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A SHORT-story competition run by the Glasgow Herald’s Weekend page in 1954 attracted 942 entries from as far away as India, Canada, and the United States. Some, we observed, did not really qualify as short stories, being straightforward accounts of holidays at home or abroad, or narratives of true incidents at a conversational rather than a literary level (an assertion that was speedily challenged by one reader in a letter to the paper). All 942 entries were read and assessed. And, once that had been done, the judges awarded the prizes. The authors of the fourth- and third-placed entries, respectively, Henry R. Saunders, of Gartocharn, and D.R. Miller, Greenock, both received £25. The runner-up, Iris I.J.M. Gibson, of Paisley, was given £50.
English breakfast tea is poured from a teapot. Photo credit: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire. Climate change is putting the much-loved British cuppa at risk as extreme weather and rising temperatures hit tea-growing countries, a report warns. The UK and Ireland drink more tea per person than any other countries in the world, with Kenya alone producing half the black tea drunk in the UK. But a report from Christian Aid warns that Kenya, the world’s biggest exporter of black tea, faces more erratic rainfall, making floods and droughts more common, and rising temperatures. Research suggests climate change is going to slash optimal conditions for tea production in Kenya by a quarter (26%) by 2050, and areas with only average growing conditions will see production fall by 39% by mid-century.
Morobe has now become the 14
th Province in the country to successfully establish its Provincial Procurement Committee following the swearing in of its members in Lae on Friday.
The members include Morobe provincial administrator Bart Ipambonji as the chairman, provincial finance manager Andrew Namuesh, provincial works coordinator Charlie Sindang and provincial planner Gordon Aking.
They were sworn in together with Markham District Procurement Committee members by the National Procurement Commission (NPC)
NPC chief executive officer Mr Simon Bole said the committee establishment now gives procurement powers to the Morobe Provincial Government to procure goods, works and services up to the threshold limit of K5 million and Markham District up to the threshold limit of K2.5 million.
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A total of 271 new COVID-19 cases including 13 new deaths were recorded across 18 provinces as of Wednesday 19 May.
As the country’s COVID-19 death toll increases, Controller David Manning called on citizens to refrain from activities that will trigger the surge in the spread of the virus.
Papua New Guinea’s total COVID-19 deaths stand at 154, with Simbu alone reporting 12 and a single one from the National Capital District. Of the 13 deaths, nine were males whilst three were females between the ages of 22 to 70 years old.
Manning whilst expressing his condolences to the family of the dead said every effort must be made to save the lives of citizens, especially people with underlying medical conditions.