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 As the country goes into its second day of polling for the 2022 National General Election, Police Commissioner David Manning has once again appealed to the people of Papua New Guinea for their cooperation in making this election free, fair, safe and corruption free. Photograph of the security operations launch [Supplied] “It is the mission of the members of the security forces to ensure we have a free, fair, safe and corruption free National General Elections 2022. But this responsibility is not solely ours alone but for every citizen of Papua New Guinea,” Mr Manning said. Mr Manning made this comment when he launched the 2022 National General Election Joint Security Task Force parade at the Sir John Guise stadium in the nation’s capital, Port Moresby, on Friday 24 June. Speaking from Tari, where he witnessed the one-day polling for the Hela Province yesterday (Monday July 4), Mr Manning said the commitment of the security forces for a free, fair and safe election is evident from the ...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, James Marape, and Governor General, Sir Bob Dadae, will have the opportunity to meet the newly proclaimed King, King Charles III tomorrow. The Prime Minister and the Governor General are in London for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. PNG Prime Minister James Marape and his delegation arrive in UK [Photo by PM’s Media] Both leaders are scheduled to meet King Charles on Monday September 19. Their meeting with King Charles III coincides with P-N-G’s 47th Independence anniversary. The day of their meeting is significant as King Charles III was in PNG in 1975 (as Prince Charles)  to witness the young nation gain its Independence. Foreign Affairs Minister, Justin Tkatchenko, confirms says their meeting with King Charles III is also historic in itself. Meantime, Prime Minster James Marape and Madam Rachael Marape arrived in London today. They were received upon arrival by United Kingdom’s Special Representative to the Foreign Secretary Gordon Dav...

 Somoa has down  England  27 – 26 in extra time to book a  historical Rugby League World Cup Grand final spot.  It is the first time in Rugby League history that  a nation outside Australia, New Zealand and England has won a semi final  to book a grand final spot in a Rugby League World Cup. Samoa will take on Australia in the Rugby League World Cup grand final  At half-time Samoa was leading 14 points to 10.  In the second, the score seesawed with England taking the lead at one point.  The game drew at 26 – 26 on full-time following a  late try from England. In the golden point extra time, Stephen Chriton slotted a field goal 35 meters wide to win the match for Samoa.  Full-time : Samoa 27   England 26  Next :  England vs Samoa Livestream : Rugby League World Cup Semi final

With the overnight temperatures starting to drop now that autumn (fall for our American viewers) is upon us we need to make sure that we have all of our cacti and succulents in the right place moving forward for winter. A good part of our cacti and succulent collection will overwinter or winterize in the unheated greenhouse but that is because the ones which weren’t capable of surviving the freezing temperatures died out a few years back when I decided I didn’t want them in the house (Lorna doesn’t know that and is very unlikely to read this either)!  However, we are thinking about putting them into next year’s show against the local chapter of the The British Cactus & Succulent Society (BCSS) so I am going to have to put the work in this year to make sure that that at least some of our plants are of show quality, and that means sorting out the greenhouse and bringing the tender specimens inside for protection.  So why not follow us on our journey as we campa...