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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7 dead on road

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By CHARLES MOI and AILEEN KWARAGU
SEVEN persons are dead and 15 in critical condition after the truck they were travelling in ran off the road along the Hiritano Highway in Central yesterday.
Provincial police commander Supt John Midi said the accident happened near the Mariboi Rubber Plantation at around 2pm.
The seven dead included six women.
Their bodies are still at the Agevairu Health Centre in Kairuku.
“Arrangements will be made to transport them to the PMGH mortuary,” he said.
Midi said the 15 in critical condition were taken to the Port Moresby General Hospital by St John Ambulance officers.
Information received by The National last night was that the truck was from Amoamo village in Mekeo.
Police said the truck went off the highway near Mariboi.
It could not be confirmed what was the actual cause of the accident.
It is understood that trucks from Mekeo usually pick up passengers from villages starting at Amoamo right up to Veifa.
Midi said the situation was tense at Veifa and Amoamo villages because of the number of lives lost in the road accident.
Village leaders have requested assistance from the Central police command to send officers to the two villages.
Four ambulance units attended, with 14 St John staff – eight ambulance officers, two emergency registered nurses, two paramedic volunteers from Australia and two office staff.

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