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Too late
French Polynesia has already been confirmed as the host of the 2027 Pacific Games. Too late for PNG now to be bidding for it – if a recent news report from Honiara is to be believed.
Start now
And because of the distance between Port Moresby and Pirae in Tahiti, it may be wise for Team PNG to start fundraising early for the 2027 Pacific Games, considering the headache they faced here at the 11th hour last week.
Less cuts
It’s true. Less power supply disruptions in the capital city nowadays. Hopefully the water supply authorities can follow suit and stop the water cuts too.
Truth revealed
Someone has revealed that the reason why the world’s two most powerful leaders – US President Biden and China’s President Xi Zinping – have a special bond is because Biden and Mrs XI share the same birth date – today! Xi’s wife Peng Liyuan was born on Nov 20, 1962. Biden was born on Nov 20, 1942.
Bold statement
At least one successful businessman who owns a chain of supermarkets and pharmacies is boldly telling the Government to raise the minimum wage to help ordinary people cope with the high cost of living. Great.
Food for thought
A bad attitude is like a flat tire. You cannot get very far without changing it.
Top quote
“The cost of living pressures are too high. You say that inflation is a single digit number, but if you take a basket of goods, basic stuff like rice, tin fish, flour, they have all gone up double digits. So how can you expect the man on the streets to afford food? The economists have to find a solution to this.”
– City Pharmacy Limited founder Sir Mahesh Patel.

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