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 PORT MORESBY: Port Moresby City Manager, Ravu Frank this evening in the strongest possible terms condemned a fight between supporters of candidates over disputed ballot boxes in Moresby North-East Open Seat’s counting centre at the Sir John Guise Stadium. A dispute over the boxes amongst scrutineers escalated this afternoon into a full-scale fight onto the John Guise and Waigani Drive roads. Mr Frank described the filmed fight as disturbing and inhuman. Calling for continued peace and order during the counting period, he calls on all parties to resort to lawful means to address their grievances other than resorting to violence like this. City Manager Frank commended the swift intervention of the security personnel, under the leadership of Metropolitan Superintendant Gideon Ikumu, which prevented the fight from further escalation.  He called on the police to identify machete-wielding youths who were slashing fellow residents without any  second thought, and have them held accountable.

The ‘Recharge’ suffix used by Volvo cars can be somewhat confusing, writes Brian Byrne. Initially used for any version of one of its models that had an electric drive component, it could mean petrol-hybrid, plug-in petrol hybrid, or a fully electric car. The C40 Recharge is that last, and unique so far in the Volvo range in that the model is only available with battery-electric power. I’ve reviewed the C40 Recharge before, earlier this year. And also the XC40 Recharge, the electric version of the company’s compact SUV, as well as the related Polestar 2. They share powertrains, interiors to a great degree, and infotainment interfaces. So my recent stint with the C40 Recharge brought very familiar impressions. The reason for my revisiting the particular model was its powertrain, this time a single RWD electric motor instead of the AWD dual motors of my C40 of earlier this year. The C40 Recharge is essentially an XC40 with a coupe rear end, a format that has become an almost de rigeur var