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 After exclusion 52 for the Eastern Highlands Regional seat, 11 candidates now remain in race to be declared at Governor elect for the province. Peoples National Congress Party candidate Simon Sia currently leads the race with 127, 974 votes followed by former Governor and leader of PNG One National Party Peter Numu with 113, 828 votes. On third place is United Labour Party candidate Livingstone Fontenu with 57 478 votes while PNG Party candidate James Pupune trails on fourth spot with 39, 596 votes and rounding off the top five sees independent candidate Pius Kasampi with 31, 697 votes on fifth spot. Eliminations continue today. FM 100 / PNG Today Next :  Teams Named for Santos PNG Orchids Trial Match

Papua New Guinea’s Acting Prime Minister John Rosso welcome the visiting Vatican Cardinal, Luis Antonio Tagle today in Port Moresby.  Rosso says the PNG Government has worked closely with Catholic Church as a key development partner. PNG Acting PM Rosso welcomes visiting Vatican Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle  The Deputy Prime Minister said the Government is looking forward to advancing more cooperation with the Vatican to address pressing issues discussed through international forums. DPM Rosso said the church continues to provide spiritual needs for people and is crucial for a developing country. PNG’s diplomatic relations with the Vatican were formalized on the 7th of March 1977. Cardinal Tagle will be on his way to Mt Hagen for the consecration of a new cathedral.    NBC News /PNG Today Next :   PNG Air resumes flights to Wapenamanda, Enga Province

Toyota Ireland has added a second version of the Corolla Cross hybrid SUV to its lists, with a smaller engine and some modifications that include more cargo space, writes Brian Byrne. Though pricing isn’t available until March, potential buyers of the 1.8 hybrid version can register their interest and book now for deliveries in the summer. The addition follows the launch of the 2.0 hybrid Corolla Cross last year. The 1.8 hybrid will offer 140hp and a 0-100km/h acceleration of just under 10 seconds. The switch to a torsion beam rear suspension of the new variant allows the addition of 46 litres more to the cargo capacity of the SUV. More than 90pc of Toyota’s passenger cars sold in Ireland have hybrid electric powertrains.  

Over the last two decades, the world has gone through dramatic technological changes, each day we see a new innovation making previous radical technologies obsolete and redundant. These new innovations have transformed the way the world connects with each other; the world is going virtual even as we speak. This is the digital age. While this worldwide connectivity is increasing, we need to adapt to it too to be more efficient. This rapid revolution has made the world a small global village where you are supposed to be quick, effective, and efficient and you have to get the job done in a limited time-frame . There is no room for errors and delays. One of the most popular developments in the field of tech is the Artificial Intelligence which started from Siri and this concept of a personal virtual assistant expanded to the likes of Cortana, Bixby, Alexa and Google Assistant which allow for many features that were considered science fiction in the early years. One of the many interestin...