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Loyal fan
When your prime minister is pumping his fists in the stand cheering your team on, you just have to go the extra mile to win. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was in the stands again on Saturday cheering on the Cronulla Sharks as they trounced the South Sydney Rabbitohs 39-24. Two weeks ago, he was watching another Sharks game with our PM James Marape who was visiting. What a loyal fan.
Great story
Our feature story on this page last Friday about how lawyer John Ules overcame his family struggles and hardship to finally graduate this year was widely read, according to the feedback from readers. At least two want to contact him to thank him personally for an inspirational account of overcoming one’s challenges to achieve one’s dream.
Service off
The competition is tight but one of our mobile phone networks chose to go off the air for most of the weekend. Consumers were complaining of the poor service. Waste of money to buy data, one said. The network is looking for experts to fix the problem. And the weekend is gone.
Con job
Three local journalists on duty travel to Hawaii last week had to transit through Manila in the Philippines. They were quickly directed by a nicely-dressed lady to the uber transfer service. She told them it would cost them 15,000 pesos (K100) to travel the other terminal which was less than a 100 meters away. The journalist suspected that they were being conned. They took the free transit bus instead and saved all the pesos.
Too rude
A reader is complaining about the regular use of a vulgar word by some police officers to resolve disputes. The word refers in a cruel way to a part of a mother’s body. Would the officers like it if it is said to them? Civility and decency are important in public service.
Missing in action
What has happened to all those beautiful motorcycles that were zooming about during Apec? We only see a few of them about nowadays.
Top quote
“So far I have received reports that some writs have not been conducted properly and I will rely on the Presiding Officers journal to determine if I will accept or fail those wards.” – Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato