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Dolphins’ weekend Two rugby league teams calling themselves the Dolphins caused “upsets” last weekend: One beat the favoured Parramatta Eels while the other from Redcliffe beat the PNG Hunters in […]

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So fake Colleague instantly knew he had been pranked when he received a text massage yesterday saying, in part: @happy Easter-congratulation! Your sim#has been WON(sic). K100,000,00 (sic) from [TRU KAI,roots […]

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National census With the PNG Games being deferred to next year, we should not hold our breath that another state project, the 2024 national population census, will go ahead as […]

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Disaster agencies With our News pages currently inundated with reports and pictures of natural disasters, we expect state agencies monitoring them to be active, including our own volcano observatory. Hey, […]

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Not fooled Someone posted on Monday that the South African Springboks had been stripped of their 2023 World Cup victory. A footnote at the end read: “This is an April […]

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Eighth wonder The Leichhardt Oval in Sydney, home of the West Tigers outfit, is called the “eighth wonder of the world”. A wonder indeed, as many NRL fans are still […]

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Census info The 2024 National Census is less than 100 days away. One would think that there would be a countdown going on or something. There isn’t even a billboard […]

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Rugby academy One of our fellow Melanesian member countries has started a rugby academy targeting students as young as 15 to identify and develop their skills early. Food for thought […]