Douglas Tomuriesa, Pope Francis and James Marape

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  Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa said he is disappointed and embarrassed over the way His Holiness Pope Francis was treated by Prime Minister James Marape over the last three-days during the Papal visit, and the lack of courtesy and respect shown by the Prime Minister. He said the Prime Minister continuously declares PNG as a ‘Christian country’ and prides himself on being a religious individual but he was surprised when the Pope was continuously snubbed by the PM over the weekend since the Pope’s arrival on Friday. “The Pope is the head of the Catholic church, the largest Christian church in the world and he is also a head of state. “PNG not only being a Christian country, but a country that prides itself as a ‘friend to all, enemy to none’, the PM should be according the Pope with the highest level of respect,” Tomuriesa said. The Opposition Leader pointed out that on Friday, the Prime Minister did not welcome the Pope at the airport, a tradition he had accorded to many other wo
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Hunters drop Kot, Waine returns

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SP Hunters squad members training on the Gold Coast. – hunterspic

By PARKER TAMBUA
COACH Matthew Church has dropped Benji Kot with Emmanuel Waine promoted to the second-row for the SP Hunters’ round-two Hostplus Cup clash with Central Queensland Capras tomorrow (3.50pm kick-off).
He told The National yesterday that the former Kimbe Cutter needed some improvement in his game.
Church has retained the majority of his South Pacific Brewery-sponsored line-up from their opening-round win over Mackay Cutters last weekend.
“Kot has a few things we need him to work on with his game,” Church said of the forward.
“He (Kot) is not injured, he is right to play, but Waine returns to our line up in his place.”
Kot got sin-binned in the 35th minute last week which placed his side under pressure for the next 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, the Australian said co-captain Ila Alu would not be available for some time after he underwent surgery on a fractured collar bone which he had sustained during a trial match against the Capras early this month.
“Alu is still recovering from the injury to his shoulder,” Church said.
“He won’t be available for some time and we can’t confirm a return date as yet.” Church said Digicel Cup premiership-winning Lae Tigers playmaker Jamie Mavoko had fully recovered from a hamstring strain he had suffered during training this month.
“Jamie has returned to training,” he said.
“He still requires a couple of weeks to regain his match fitness before he is available for selection going forward.”

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