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Money influence
POLITICS do make strange bedfellows. Already one can already feel the undercurrents of political manouverings, horse-trading as the momentum builds up to the 2022 general election. Money will reign in the end.
A few notes
SHOW the Kina notes you are holding and suddenly the service you quickly need is completed in seconds. Money buys everything – as a colleague found out when trying to get something done in a hurry!
Virus-free church
NATIONAL Pandemic Response Controller David Manning says religious activities are exempted from the ban on gatherings of more than 100 people. Are we assuming then that the Covid-19 does not dare infiltrate a church event?
No figures
A READER says: No one has any idea what the country’s population (even estimated) is, or the number of graduates and qualified people looking for work. So tell me, what statistics do these guys base their national development plans on?
Below the nose
ALMOST two years after being told – and reminded – to cover our nose with our mask, some still wear them below the nose. And we are supposed to be adults. It takes a shorter time to potty train a toddler, folks.
Food for thought
RELATIONSHIPS are like birds. If you hold tightly, they die. If you hold loosely, they fly. But f hold with care, they remain with you forever.
Top quote
“FROM Friday, the testing positivity rates have risen – from 15 per cent to 55 per cent on Monday, to 61 per cent yesterday (Tuesday). We don’t know yet if these are Omicron cases. Samples will be sent to Melbourne for genetic sequencing.” – PMGH director of medical services Dr Kone Sobi.

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