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Medicine vendor
This man (right) at Boroko, Port Moresby can become a billionaire overnight if the herbal medicine he is selling in bottles, which he claims cures all diseases (presumably including the Covid-19), can be medically tested and proven effective. People are always keen to listen to his (at times scientific) explanations, aided by a kind of a chart pasted on the wall.
Finally a win
Huge sigh of relief on Saturday night when the Brisbane Broncos finally won a game – after six consecutive defeats.
A lifesaver
How convenient it is to pull out your phone pretending you are answering a call when you find yourself in an awkward or embarrassing situation in public.
Food for thought
You are in charge of your own happiness. You do not need to wait for other people’s permission to be happy.
Finally a mask
He finally relented to public pressure and wore a mask in public for the first time after six months of refusing to, and after 130,000-plus Covid-19 deaths and millions of cases later in his country. What an example of a leader is Donald Trump.
Top quote
“If we think that (women are owned by husbands), then we are reducing their humanity to being just a thing – men think that women are like a piece of property. Instead, bride price should be thought of as a value of a woman being reflected through payment.” – PNG Council of Churches general secretary Rev Roger Joseph