Pacific Beat: Friday

Published: March 11, 2021, 7 p.m.

Port Moresby residents prepare to farewell PNG's first prime minister Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare with a state funeral at the Hubert Murray Stadium. Artists pay tribute to Sir Michael through their work. PNG hospitals scale back their services as COVID-19 numbers rapidly increase with fears health services may collapse. New research says the toxic exposure from French nuclear testing is far worse than previously thought.