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Sparkling trifecta... Stars sparkle and arms raised in victory salute as (from left) Cecilia Kumalalaname (silver medal), Salome Dell (gold) and Ann Mooney (bronze) celebrate on the athletics victors’ dias after laying claim to the 800m sprints trifecta at the 13th South Pacific Games in Samoa yesterday.— Picture by JASON PINI

TOP STORIES:

Lae public poised to pay for road repairs
- RESIDENTS and visitors to Lae will dig deeper into their pockets in order to have a smooth ride on the city streets.

Put end to contraband smuggling
- THE smuggling of contraband products into Papua New Guinea is growing at an alarming rate and the people must help the Government to clamp down on the illegal trade, PNG Customs and the country’s consumer watchdog said yesterday.

Parkop ends juicy consultancy deal
- NATIONAL Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has cancelled the contract of a legal consultant hired by his predecessor Wari Vele, saying it was “unnecessary” and the fees “exorbitant”.

BUSINESS:

RSL seeks top role in agriculture
-RAMU Sugar Ltd seeks to become the country’s premiere agro-industrial company and a catalyst in transforming the Mark-ham Valley into a national food bowl.

ANZ launches new service
-THE ANZ Bank branch in Wewak, East Sepik province, launched its new “beam net” service last Monday.

Data Nets expands
-DATA Nets Ltd recently completed the purchase of 80% of NEC (PNG) Ltd, the country’s leading PABX (private automatic branch exchange) and telephone products supplier.

EDITORIAL:
Education a top priority
-THERE is too much complacency about education in Papua New Guinea.

SPORTS
‘Drunk’ Juni is sacked
WHAT should have been Team PNG’s successful hunt for more SP Games medals in the field and track events in Apia yesterday was ruined with news that lawn bowls champion and gold medal favourite Peter Juni had been struck from his singles competition for drinking alcohol while playing.

A more sober Juni on his way to winning the gold for PNG in the pairs event last week.

Team Morobe still on fundraising drive
-TEAM MOROBE is embarking on a second fundraising drive to raise the targetted amount of K300,000 to adequately cater for Team Morobeís participation in the third PNG Games in November.

Fiji dominate 100m in both men and women
- FIJI outran Papua New Guinea in the 100 metres sprint in both men and women events yesterday at the South Pacific Games in Apia to maintain their dominance in the region.

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