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The Pacific international Hospital’s “No Cash, No Treatment” policy has  resulted in yet another death – this time of a 10 year old boy. Kua Dom,  was rushed to the private hospital  by his mother on the 3rd of January  following severe stomach pains but staff at the hospital refused to treat  the boy  because the money  his mother had on hand at the time of the  emergency was insufficient.

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CHRISTMAS is a time of giving and receiving. And this christmas 2011, the people of Raikos, in Madang received their gift from the supreme court of Papua New Guinea that will last their life time and their children’s. After four years of battle this supreme court decision of December 22 has ruled in favour of Chinese Mining company MCC to dump toxic mine tailings in their sea.  “This ruling makes

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[From Post Courier, 25 November, 2011] LAWYER Alois Jerewai is familiar with the buzz of mosquitoes and the sweet aroma and taste of ‘saksak’, the staple of every sago loving ‘saki’ in PNG.Mr Jerewai, from Sepik, has also heard that famous folksy ‘saki’ tune made famous by the Hollie Maea band many times.So when it finally lured him to Kerema, the little ‘yu yet kam na lukim’ river port west of

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By Ganjiki D Wayne “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself”~Leo Tolstoy The theme of changing ourselves before demanding change in others is slowly gaining a footing in the mindsets of our people. Slowly we are starting to realise that in order for real change to happen in our land, “I must change”. From adamant cynics—who blame the system, the

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[From Post Courier, November 24, 2011] By Deborah Moses The Commission of Inquiry into Special Purpose Agricultural and Business Leases (SABL) in the Western Province has heard more damning evidence of local landowners losing their land to conniving loggers without their knowledge.Commissioner Nicholas Mirou is hearing into SABLs granted for land portions 27c, 1c and 14c in the North Fly

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PARLIAMENT today made history by passing a bill in support of the women of Papua New Guinea. The Bill known as the Equality and Participation Bill had the support of 72 members. However, two members voted against this bill. There has been a lot of mixed feelings about this bill. First is the argument that women have always had their place in a PNG society. They have played key roles in taking

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MEMBER for Pomio Paul Tiensten wants court action against the speaker of parliament? He says, he has missed only two parliament sittings. The thing about Mr Tiensten's leadership is that he has been taking his own people for a ride. When the going got tough he fled. Early this year when the Pomio Special Agriculture and Business Leases (SABL) in PNG became an issue, he was prompt to announce

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Final Declaration: Stop Land-Grabbing Now! Nyeleni, November 19, 2011 We, women and men peasants, pastoralists, indigenous peoples and their allies, who gathered together in Nyeleni from 17-19 November 2011, are determined to defend food sovereignty, the commons and the rights of small scale food providers to natural resources. We supported the Kolongo Appeal from peasant organizations in

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BY THE CRITIC Everyday I meet interesting people.Two months ago, it was  a doctor -   the Director of Medical Services at a provincial hospital. During our discussion, he  said  we – the PNG government – are    putting money into areas   that won’t improve the nation’s health.After years of working  as a doctor,  you’d think he would have unshakable confidence  in the  processes and the methods  

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 "The revolution will not be televised but it will be Tweeted  and YouTubed and Facebooked and emailed and smartphoned." - Guy Horton writing about Occupy Wall Street The future of Papua New Guinean  bloggers  and online campaign organizations hang in the balance   as the US Congress debates a law that  will  give them the power to heavily censor the world’s internet.             The

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“Me mangi Wabag and Western Highland,  bitch.. I know u give good service to WH's but i'm sure you'll do the same to me.. ;)…” This  was Facebook   a post by Elias Kepa, a wannabe bodybuilder  who claims to be a 4th year student at the University of Papua New Guinea. Elias  was one of  three imbeciles  who hurled sexually tainted, verbal abuse and other threats  against prominent woman

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RD TUNA DUMPSITE - Currently, Madang has only one fish cannery owned and operated by Filipino Company, RD Tuna.  The previous   government led by Somare  was pushing for 10 more canneries   to be placed  near this area.  If these are the kind of  images  we get to see from just one cannery, imagine the impact 10 more will have  on the local community.    DEAD FISH  LEAKING OIL DRUMS -

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Despite what smooth talking diplomats  say in public gatherings,  I have always argued that  Australia’s involvement in Papua New Guinea   only serves their  purpose.    Call it a conspiracy theory   or  whatever you wish but Australian involvement in “strengthening”  functions of the  PNG government   are a key destabilizing factor.                On paper,  Papua New Guinea is Australia’s

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[From Post Courier, October 28, 2011] THE appearance of Greenpeace ship Esperanza into remote West Pomio in East New Britain Province last Sunday brought the whole world to focus on the trend of illegal logging that seems to be rampant in Papua New Guinea. The Esperanza, a Greenpeace frontline world campaigner in fighting for the rights of minorities and also raising awareness on environment

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Non Government Organisations in PNG are calling on the government to suspend all Forest Clearance Authorities (FCAs) until the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the SABLs has been fully implemented. The term of the CoI into the SABLs has been extended by another five months in order to fully implement their terms of reference. In an open letter to the Prime Minister today, the

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[From Post Courier, October 21, 2011, By Luana Paniu] THE Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Special Purpose Agriculture and Business Leases (SPABL) will be carrying out site visitations commencing next week for substantive hearings into SABL cases. The first cases are scheduled to begin on Monday next week at three separate central locations in the New Guinea Islands and Central Province

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Men, women, children...young and old watch helplessly as their houses are burnt to the ground. More than a hundred  people  living within the parameters of the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone  area  Madang are now homeless after their houses were burnt on Wednesday by police and members of a security company.              More than 50 houses were torched with the assistance of  members of

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[The National - Friday 14th October, 2011] THE government will restore the rights of landowners to challenge in court any decisions on projects they feel could be detrimental to the environment. To facilitate this, the National Executive Council recently agreed to repeal the Environment (Amendment) Act 2010 which had denied them this right. Environment and Conservation Minister Thompson

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[BY GLORIA PUNAI,  DWU STUDENT, 2011] As the dawn breaks with the yellow sparkling rays of the sun in the horizon, birds sing their praises, flowers bloom in the valleys, grey smoke rise from sago and kunai (savanna) thatched roofs and ebb into the vanishing fog. Green grass and leaves glitter with the teardrops of the disappearing fog. Voices of nature echo over the mountains, into the

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[From Post Courier, October 12, 2011] THE time frame of three-months for the Commission of Inquiry into SABL ends on October 21, but so much has yet to be done. The enormous number of irregularies discovered in many of the SABLs during preliminary findings as part of Terms of Reference (TOR) has seen 75 cases now before the Commission of Inquiry. Since files were opened for mention two weeks ago

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[From Post Courier, October 12, 2011] Last weekend, landowners in West Pomio area in West New Britain reported to civil societies that police were flown into the area by Gilford, a subsidiary of logging giant Rimbunan Hijau Group (RH). The policemen, the report stated, assaulted and brutalised villagers during raids into several villages. The police action against the villagers came about

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[From Post Courier, October 11, 2011] Logging giant, the Rimbunan Hijau Group (RH) yesterday welcomed police investigations into alleged police brutality on villagers in the West Pomio area of East New Britain Province. In a press statement, the company denied the allegations, adding that the local landowners were supporting their operations and it was only a handful of disgruntled landowners

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IF rivers are poisoned or run dry If people are forced to move into the mountains And good food production land is taken from them forcibly And if children have to skip classes to help reach harvest targets If women sustain unforseen medical conditions as a result of their handling of chemicals If lactating mothers unintentionally poison their children from breastfeeding If families are forced to

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BY SCOTT WAIDE Golu Kuyerir  is from the  Madang’s Transgogol area.  A man of medium height  with a  good sense of humor. He stands  in full traditional attire topped with a kumul headdress  and prances   about  in front of a small enclosure representing a conservation area.  Then he turns to a crowd of  men women and children  and continues his enactment of what he  describes as an invasion

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National Pledge      We, the people of Papua New Guinea,                                   pledge ourselves, united in one nation.       We pay homage to our cultural heritage,       the source of our strength,       We pledge to build a democratic society,       based on justice, equality, respect and       prosperity for our people.       We pledge to stand together as one people,

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MORE trouble in Kurumbukare, MCC's Ramu Nikel ore production site as police continue to pull down villagers' houses and food gardens. On September 2, nine police officers from Wallium in Madang helped to pull down houses, burning four of them and cutting down food crops in gardens as they sent 28 families running without shelter and food. These villagers had been sent running for the last two

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NEW Minister for Environment and Conservation Thompson Harokaqveh has made a commitment to rescind the controversial Environment Act Amendments. He said in his ministerial speech during the handover-takeover ceremony last week, that since this amendment has not been gazetted and are not in force they should be immediately rescinded. He said, his department secretary Dr Wari Iamo is

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CoI queries unregistered files [From The National, by JAMES POK, Wednesday, September 7th 2011] The Commission of Inquiry into the Special Agriculture and Business Leases (SABL) was told yesterday that 31 SABL files were not registered with the Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAL).  The deputy secretary responsible for provincial agriculture technical services Francis Daink told

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[From The National - Thursday, August 25th 2011, By BOSORINA ROBBY] FOOD is a basic need and the cost of it in recent times has become too expensive for many families, National Research Institute deputy director Dr Musawe Sinebare said yesterday. Speaking at a media briefing on the Food Security Conference next month, Sinebare said the high cost of food needed to be properly addressed in order

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[From Post Courier, August 25, 2011, By Luana Paniu] The Department of Lands and Physical Planning has been given seven days to reconstruct 18 more title files to be submitted to the Commission of Inquiry into the Special Purpose Agriculture and Business Leases. The files, which are part of the 75 SPABL cases now under investigation by the CoI, were reportedly destroyed or misplaced. The

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SHE was all dolled up and sitting at Crowne Plaza in Port Moresby enjoying a cocktail party when she got this text message from Wina her colleague,  "tonight we're at Kaugere and looking over the shanties are the glittering brightness of overseas. Now we understand the darkness of the neon lights. While the elite conspire to acquire more power, the de-elites mingle through desolations. This is

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The dolphin's burial site. FIRST it was the small fish, then there were some unexplained medical conditions in children and now a 2.5 metre dolphin is washed up on the beach near the St Michael's Primary School in Alexishafen on Monday August 22. Local villagers in Kananam (Alexishafen) have been complaining about the amount of oil in their sea and the chemical discharge from RD Tuna's cool

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GOVT TO IMPROVE DETERIORATING INFRASTRUCTUREFOR RELEASE – 19th August 2011Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said his government is serious about addressing the deteriorating state of basic infrastructure like roads and bridges throughout the country.Mr O’Neill said Cabinet has approved the terms and conditions of two Asian Development Bank loans totaling US$90 million for the Bridge Replacement for

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PM SAYS GOVT IS SERIOUS ABOUT COMBATING CORRUPTIONFOR RELEASE – 19th August 2011Just three weeks in office and the O’Neill-Namah Government has already started the ball rolling in its efforts to eradicate corrupt practises both in Government and the private sector.Following an announcement last week of the setting up of an investigation team to probe allegations of misuse of public funds at the

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[From Post Courier, August 19, 2011, By Harlyne Joku]PNG Trade Union Congress president Michael Malabag said the union movement is happy and endorses the new Minister for Labour and Industrial Relation’s statement this week to increase the national minimum wage. Mr Malabag agreed that certain companies are not complying and paying their workers less than the minimum wage rate set of K2.29 hourly

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[From Post Courier, August 19, 2011, By GRACE TIDEN]CUSTOMARY landowners of Pondo Plantation located in remote northwest area of Gazelle Peninsula in East New Britain Province were handed over the title of the plantation recently. The principal landowners in the Lassul Local Level Government area had bought the plantation under the land mobilisation program from a local businessman and had been

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BOSMUN and Sainai people of Madang's Ramu River are mourning the loss of their sacred sites as as loggers take down trees in the name of development this week. The developers say they are building a corridor road to some place near the Sepik. Others say, they are cutting down trees to plant cocoa. This same area was initially marked for a cattle project, then talks of a rice project came up. All

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WATER will become a critical issue for many Papua New Guineans as extractive development progresses and climate change presents its challenges. Water is mainly harvested from rivers and channelled in pipes to some distant places. The sad thing is that indigenous people living near or around those water sources do not usually get a drop of this piped water. In Papua New Guinea in recent

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PAPUA New Guineans have been celebrating 100 years of arrival of christianity in the country for the last 10 years in different parts of the country. It is a proud moment for christians as we remember how the early missionaries helped us step out of "darkness" into light. But I want to take us back and look at that dark life we left behind. Many of our traditional rituals that accompanied our

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LAST Friday more than 100 women from the Bel area of Madang gathered on Idawan island in Kananam and prayed for our corrupt leaders to find true wisdom in God. At this world prayer day event, the women highlighted issues brought on them with the arrival of industrial development. They noted these changes with heavy hearts as they raised their hands to beg God for his mercy. Madang has been

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[From The National - Friday, August 12th 2011, By PATRICK TALU] THE National Fisheries Authority (NFA) has signed a deal with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community to boost partnership between the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) and SPC in managing the region’s tuna resources. NFA managing director Sylvester Pokajam and SPC director general Dr Rodger Jimmie signed a memorandum of

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[From Post Courier, August 12, 2011, By Luana Paniu] Three key people involved in procedures to issue the controversial Special Purpose Agriculture and Business Leases (SPABL) are the first to appear before the Commission of Inquiry. Department of Lands and Physical Planning (DLPP) Acting Secretary Romlly Kila Pat, Acting Deputy Secretary, Customary Lands Adrian Abby and the Registrar of Titles

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FRIDAY afternoon on Kokopau, the entry point to the rest of main Bouganville island was a scene of young drunks, taking some green cans before heading home. This seems to be a normal scene on Fridays, my escort tells me. Manuvering through the groups of drunks towards the northern end of the island brought me closer to majestic Sohano island and looking back to Buka on the other side. I could

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LANDOWNERS in the Niapak Mine area in Bogia, Madang Province are saying they do not want any mining activities on their land.Communities in and around the ridges in the Niapak mine area said, they are paying close attention to what is happening at Ramu Nickel's Basamuk site and Kurumbukare and they do not want the same for them.They said, "we have not seen government services in our area for a

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Community advocacy group, ACT NOW! has welcomed the announcement by Papua New Guineaʼs new Prime Minister that his government will establish an Independent Commission Against Corruption”. "ACT NOW! is very pleased the Prime Minister has pledged to establish an ICAC and has recognized the crippling effects of corruption in PNG”, says Effrey Dademo, Program Manager for ACT NOW! “ACT NOW! has been

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PETER O'Neill is Papua New Guinea's new prime minister. Mr O'Neill, member for Ialibu-Pangia and former minister for treasury was voted 70-24. He replaces Sam Abal, member for Wabag who has been acting Prime Minister since Grand chief Sir Michael Somare stood down following a leadership tribunal decision in April that suspended him for two weeks. Further, the former Prime Minister fell sick and

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[From Post Courier, August 2, 2011, By JOSHUA ARLO] The failure of a lawyer to turn up in court yesterday has resulted in endorsement of a National Court order awarding more than K337, 000 to a landowner company. Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia, who gave time for the lawyer to turn up in court to argue his client’s application against a National Court order, waited in vain whenthe lawyer was

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Landowners go to Supreme Court to stop Chinese miner from dumping waste into Basamuk Bay [From Post Courier, By ROSALYN ALBANIEL-EVARA] THE battle between the developers of the Ramu nickel cobalt project and landowners in Madang is far from over. The landowners and supporters have filed an appeal with the Supreme Court stopping RamuNico from proceeding with its plans to dump millions of tons of

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-21524777280445314842011-08-02T11:20:00.000+10:002011-08-02T11:20:47.728+10:00

[From The National - Tuesday, August 2nd 2011] A LOGGING company has been fined K3 million by Customs after it made false declaration of goods on its shipments. Customs said the company, Growood PNG Ltd, based in Madang, illegally smuggled and falsely declared shipments which included vehicles, machinery, logging equipment and fuel destined for its logging camp. The pontoon and barge Muragawa 2

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-77015645241655222352011-08-01T15:06:00.001+10:002011-08-02T12:42:51.708+10:00

The MCC has given an undertaking that they will not dump mine tailings into the Basamuk Bay in Madang pending an appeals hearing on August 19. Just last week the injunction was lifted allowing this company from dumping mine wastes. Even though the National Court in Madang recognised that the damages will be catastrophic, it ruled against the people and the environment, a decision that forced

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-62498367062650444992011-07-29T16:01:00.000+10:002011-07-29T16:01:59.590+10:00

THANKS to a new Curative Health Centre at the Ramu Sugar, the Ramu health centre has been out of electricity for the last three months. The curative health centre was built within the premises of the Ramu health centre to treat sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other diseases. However, an unforseen expense incurred during this health centre’s upgrade work that slapped it

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-91871934716824418952011-07-29T13:46:00.002+10:002011-07-29T13:46:41.705+10:00

More than 2 million people in Papua New Guinea stand to be affected by severe food and water shortages unless serious steps are taken to ease the effects of a possible drought in the next 12 months. The warning came from Papua New Guinea’s National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI) which says there has to be a collective effort by government agencies as well as communities to deal with

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-47734439108848169002011-07-28T14:51:00.000+10:002011-07-28T14:51:50.652+10:00

Thursday 28th July, 2011 Acting Prime Minister Hon. Sam Abal while attending the funeral of his elder brother Late Philip Abal in Wabag today (28/07/11) announced the commencement of the Commission of Inquiry into the Special Purpose Agricultural & Business Leases (SPABL). I am very happy to inform the people of this country that the Commission of Inquiry into the Special Purpose Agriculture

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-29435899885991844942011-07-27T17:16:00.000+10:002011-07-27T17:16:50.957+10:00

What a sad day for Papua New Guinea, July 26, 2011! For money we have been forced to bow so low to allow for mining companies to breach our laws and degrade our very beautiful environments that make up this country. For money we boast world class mines that take and take and take and leave nothing behind. For money, we bow to promises that leave us stricken with economic poverty. For money, we

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-26212389605798114252011-07-27T16:19:00.000+10:002011-07-27T16:19:24.485+10:00

Plaintiff landowners from Madang have reacted angrily to a statement by Highlands Pacific’s Managing director, John Gooding urging them not to appeal yesterday’s court decision. Plaintiffs, Louis Medaing and Terry Kunning said, “Highlands Pacific – a minor partner in the project – should not put their nose into our business - both personal and legal." Both men represent a thousand landowners

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-9118881172117170792011-07-27T09:37:00.000+10:002011-07-27T09:37:04.997+10:00

IN a major court room battle that started in September 2010, Madang National Court Judge, David Cannings has handed down a decision allowing Ramu Nickel to dump toxic mine tailings into the sea. On behalf of 1040 plaintiffs, Louis Medaing and 10 others sought to prevent Ramu Nickel from causing public or private nuisance through their deep sea tailings placements (DSTP) system. They also sought

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-12693825588560104882011-07-26T10:53:00.000+10:002011-07-26T10:53:52.588+10:00

MORE than 1,300 permanent seasonal workers at the Ramu Sugar, a division of the RAIL face termination tomorrow if they do not return to work. Last Wednesday (July 20) drivers and harvesters walked off their jobs in protest over unfair pay and working conditions. Company officials at that time took this lightly and went out golfing as the workers waited impatiently for some favourable responses.

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-80886081309360958612011-07-26T09:37:00.000+10:002011-07-26T09:37:26.507+10:00

Watuts demand a better deal! ON Queen’s birthday weekend two Union of Watut River Communities (UoWRC) executive members were apprehended and locked up at the Buimo jail by police in Lae, Morobe province. The following weekend another three executive members of this group, two of them women, were locked up at the Bulolo jail also in Morobe Province. After five hours the two women were bailed at

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-10245787379273286832011-07-20T15:04:00.000+10:002011-07-20T15:04:31.812+10:00

Workers at the Ramu Sugar in the Harvest and Transport Division are on strike today. This is the second strike in one month for the Ramu Agri Industries Limited (RAIL). Last week it was the oil palm workers who went on strike. Now it is the sugar workers. Both groups walked off their jobs in protest of poor working conditions, no proper safety gear and low pay. The harvesters and drivers went

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-20984307553387868722011-07-14T17:15:00.000+10:002011-07-14T17:15:30.123+10:00

ON Monday July 11, the striking workers at the Ramu Agri-Industries Ltd (RAIL) returned to work after a week long strike. They demanded better working conditions, proper work gear and fair pay. Many of the workers are from rural Southern Highlands, Enga and Simbu. The company, Ramu Agri-Industries currently pays them 12t for every bunch or for harvesting on five square hectares per day which

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-65878766341220673922011-07-14T13:25:00.000+10:002011-07-14T13:25:04.539+10:00

IT is yam harvest time in Madang, and again another year of poor harvest. This has been blamed on too much rain this year as they fear a period of food shortage is approaching. Farmers say, "too much rain has affected our planting time, and our harvests are poor." Many report that their root crops rot in the soil before they are harvested or are full of water when harvested. "We need the sun to

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-13140601515526177752011-07-14T12:28:00.000+10:002011-07-14T12:28:13.055+10:00

LANDOWNERS in Transgogol area of Madang are concerned at the way JANT Pty Ltd is operating in their area. Speaking on behalf of the group Mr Kiob Loussy said, JANT's 30 year agreement to operate in the area expired in October 2010, but they are harvesting logs at such great speed in the area without a new agreement. Mr Loussy said, we went to the Madang Forestry office yesterday to raise this

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-10295847828922337382011-07-07T17:08:00.000+10:002011-07-07T17:08:00.706+10:00

[From Post Courier, By PORENI UMAU, July 7, 2011] LANDOWNER and clan leader of the Panofun clan at the Vidar site of the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone in Madang has called on the landowner umbrella company Kananam Investments Limited (KIL) not to venture into businesses already taken by the five clans. Sali Tagau made this call yesterday after receiving reports that KIL was trying to start a

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-27357829799749797582011-06-30T12:23:00.000+10:002011-06-30T12:23:30.331+10:00

ONE of the major clans in Kananam, Seg Clan is not happy it is missing out on a spin-off business with the PMIZ project in Madang. Seg clan is one of the seven clans in Kananam village who are within the PMIZ project area and who have been hopeful they will be considered as important participants in this big tuna project. The much talked about PMIZ project had promised local people spin-off

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-43570136313156274462011-06-30T11:49:00.000+10:002011-06-30T11:49:35.439+10:00

LANDOWNERS in the Astrolabe Bay in Madang are rejecting Marengo's plan to dump mine wastes in their sea. They made this stand known last week during a meeting with Marengo officials in Ileg, a village on the Astrolabe Bay. The Marengo official were in the communities of Ileg and Bongu to gauge their views  of the company dumping mine wastes in their sea and people told them, "we are not stupid.

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-86203926905957338222011-06-23T14:34:00.000+10:002011-06-23T14:34:09.371+10:00

[From Post Courier, Thursday June 23, By Harlyne Joku] National Court judge Justice Cathy Davani has ordered a Malaysian logger Concord Pacific Limited to pay a hefty K225.5 million to four tribes in the Western Province for illegal logging, causing massive environmental damage. Justice Davani made her ruling in a 42-page judgment on Tuesday this week. Judge Davani’s decision has been hailed as

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-66429716574820480982011-06-23T11:17:00.001+10:002011-06-23T13:11:25.299+10:00

THEY once came with their parents who worked on plantations in Madang. Over 100 years now these plantations have become home to them. These are the people who have come from Madang inland and the Sepik to work on the former cocoa and coconut plantations. As a new wave of development comes into Madang they must now evacuate and leave the place to be developed. But there are other people who have

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-64081794931209738762011-06-22T17:43:00.000+10:002011-06-22T17:43:52.879+10:00

WOMEN in Kwanga, Middle Ramu District, Madang are demanding their land be returned to them. On May 21 they rubbed mud all over their bodies and disrupted a soccer game over the Special Agriculture and Business Leases at the Ben Semri Soccer Tournament. Covered in mud they took the centre of the soccer field and staged a sit-in protest as their spokesperson, a man, took stage and announced why

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-91575953529056865662011-06-21T12:42:00.000+10:002011-06-21T12:42:30.986+10:00

COMMENTARY [From Post Courier, Tuesday June 21, By PETER KORUGL] On May 5, Acting Prime Minister Sam Abal announced that a Commission of Inquiry (COI) was to be established into the issue of Special Agricultural and Business Leases (SABLs) over customary land in Papua New Guinea. Abal said the COI would investigate the granting of SABLs to ensure that all legal requirements were followed and

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-75089127866383740952011-05-14T17:07:00.000+10:002011-05-14T17:07:00.683+10:00

THE Madang Indigenous People's Forum (MIPF) have commended the Acting Prime Minister Sam Abal for his move in calling for a Commission of Inquiry into the Special Agriculture and Business Leases. Speaking through their chairperson, Mr Alfred Kaket, the people said, Mr Abal has saved us. He is a true Papua New Guinean who understands the value of land. Mr Abal knows that the bulk of Papua New

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-57398458610188005742011-05-14T16:34:00.001+10:002011-05-14T16:35:32.920+10:00

NAUTILUS Minerals is escaping the international seabed authority's (ISA) watchful eyes by mining within Papua New Guinea's exclusive economic zone, says private lawyer Moses Murray. Mr Murray said while Nautilus Minerals boasts world class technologies and sophisticated mining methods, it could not prove that its activities would not cause environmental harm. While world class scientists are

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-68911563511462251542011-05-14T14:59:00.000+10:002011-05-14T14:59:11.659+10:00

“Why is John Pundari, the Mining Minister questioning Australia’s Greens Politician, Senator Bob Brown’s actions, in calling for a senate inquiry into the already approved Solwara 1 Project, that will be conducting ‘Deep Sea Mining’ (DSM) in the Bismarck Sea?” That’s from John Simoi, Chairman of the Bismarck Solomon Seas Indigenous People’s Council (BSSIPC) and Vice Chairman of the Madang

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-44374684324326074332011-05-14T12:16:00.000+10:002011-05-14T12:16:07.363+10:00

[From Post Courier, May 13, 2011] Investors rejecting government’s troubled PMIZ project . . . While the Papua New Guinea government has recently reaffirmed its commitment to the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone project in Madang Province, despite some vociferous local opposition, it seems major international companies are rejecting the project and choosing instead to invest in Lae, Morobe

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-86879484784517739602011-05-11T21:23:00.000+10:002011-05-11T21:23:17.662+10:00

11 May 2011Community advocacy group, ACT NOW! is calling on all opposition MPs to publicly state their position on the Commission of Inquiry into Special Agriculture and Business Leases."We have heard from the leader of the Opposition, Belden Namah, that he opposes the inquiry'," says ACT NOW! Program Manager, Effrey Dademo, "but do leading opposition MPs like Sam Basil, Mekere Morauta, Bart

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-7872868676013697592011-04-29T16:38:00.000+10:002011-04-29T16:38:23.796+10:00

[From Post Courier, April 29, 2011, By SIMON ERORO] THE barge, pontoon and machinery imported into the country by Growood (PNG) Limited and impounded in Madang has been seized by PNG Customs Services and company slapped with K3 million fine. Customs Commissioner Gary Juffa confirmed yesterday that the company was fined K3 million to settle outstanding duties and penalties within 30 days. Mr

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-9778172321611026012011-04-29T14:17:00.001+10:002011-04-29T14:21:23.770+10:00

TWO years ago they formed incoroporated land groups (ILGs) following advise from government officials and since then they are still waiting for the promised "seed funding". In the mean time the government has gone ahead and invited investors to come and invest in the PMIZ project. Also in the last phase landowner company Kananam Investments Ltd and other small landowner companies stood by and

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-83663460438043620542011-04-26T16:44:00.000+10:002011-04-26T16:44:02.390+10:00

FOUR years ago at a public forum Sir Arnold Amet, then then Governor for Madang promised the people of Kananam he would return portions of their land to them. Two Saturdays ago he was back at Kananam and repeated this same promise to the same crowd. Ding, ding, bells ringing in these people's heads, they've heard this line before. Now they question, "which portions of land is he talking about and

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-32824008882892217122011-04-21T17:04:00.000+10:002011-04-21T17:04:20.092+10:00

[From PNGDev News, April 22, BY Martyn Namorong] Last night, for the first time in my miserable life, I had a weird dream that I was elected to Parliament. And guess what happened as I was about to take my seat; the Honorable Members decided to adjourn Parliament.  Perhaps my ambitious subconscious wanted me to write about politics. Part of the Legislative agenda this May sitting of Parliament

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-36472522770492921662011-04-18T18:42:00.000+10:002011-04-18T18:42:56.831+10:00

[From Post Courier, April 18, 2011, By LUANA PANIU] THE Special Purpose Agricultural Business Lease (SPABL) scheme has been described as structural theft by landowners of the pristine, Collingwood Bay of the Northern Province. They are concerned that if the SPABL is not stopped, there will be alarming social and environmental implications for the next generation. “We fear that our children are

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-84220389676265664032011-04-14T16:16:00.000+10:002011-04-14T16:16:18.942+10:00

IT is interesting to watch development practitioners throw comments and critiques at each other about development work especially on internet. It is particularly interesting to watch a discussion among several people on a post on poverty by CUMA PNG on their facebook page. A very practical subject for a good healthy discussion it ended badly and prevented others from participating in that

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-24252286801488961862011-04-14T10:33:00.000+10:002011-04-14T10:33:07.137+10:00

THREE weeks ago Governor James Gau was invited to a public forum hosted by the people of Rempi to discuss the Pacific Marine Industrial zone issue on April 12 at the Rempi village. However, Governor James Gau decided otherwise and opted to attend the Mineral Policy and Legislative Review meeting hosted by the Department of Mineral Policy and Geohazard Management at the Madang Resort Hotel. Many

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-38965568531903112452011-04-13T16:58:00.000+10:002011-04-13T16:58:31.290+10:00

THE people of Ramu in Madang province have been woken rudely this week to learn that their land, totalling an area of 112,400 hectares, portioned as 16C, Milinch Sanai and Annanberg, Forumil Bogia and Ramu  have been taken according to Government Gazette No. G67. This is the latest Special Agriculture and Business Lease (SABL) which was granted on 11 March, only four weeks ago, to Urasir

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-75190452914089122502011-04-11T14:49:00.000+10:002011-04-11T14:49:40.186+10:00

PAPUA New Guinea's Mineral Resource Authority will meet in Madang tomorrow to review the PNG Mining Act 1992 and to work on the proposed Law for offshore mining. Currently the PNG government has no law governing off shore mining, however, it has granted approval for this work to commence in the Bismarck Solomon sea by Canadian Mining Company Nautilus. This is said to be the first of its kind deep

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-16600370206114387822011-04-11T12:55:00.001+10:002011-04-11T12:57:06.428+10:00

[From Post Courier, April 11, 2011] PNG Customs Commissioner Gary Juffa has cautioned the Government to reject a submission from Exxon Mobil to amend Customs laws that would see significant revenues lost in Customs duties from companies associated with Exxon Mobil. Mr Juffa in an interview with the Post Courier said Customs had dispatched the advice to the Treasury Department against accepting

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-29888160025714372832011-04-08T17:10:00.000+10:002011-04-08T17:10:28.889+10:00

A KONG accompanied by a local from the Josephstaal area in Madang are in the area forcing people to fill and sign Incorporated Land Group (ILG) forms and get their land registered. His message is that their land is in the control of the government and by creating ILGs they will get their land back. However, this message is completely away from the intent of the ILGs which is to organise clans

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-23351996600328882762011-04-08T13:29:00.000+10:002011-04-08T13:29:36.069+10:00

By Eva Maria Kuson Agriculture has been the backbone of PNG economy and is the lifeline of more than 80 per cent of the population more particularly the rural dwellers. However there is enormous shift of attention from this essential sector to other introduced sectors such as the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and other extractive mineral industries. These extractive industries have taken

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-73992467425497915782011-03-31T16:30:00.001+10:002011-03-31T16:35:13.276+10:00

[From Post Courier, March 31, 2011, By PETER KORUGL] The customary land tenure system in Papua New Guinea is recognised by the National Constitution. And its importance is reaffirmed by the Lands Act (1996) which regulates State land and to govern interactions between the State or companies and customary land owners. This is the position of leading NGOs in the world, including Papua New Guinea.

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-50114119885359013792011-03-31T16:17:00.000+10:002011-03-31T16:17:37.792+10:00

[From Post Courier, March 31, 2011, By TODAGIA KELOLA] THERE must be a specific legislation governing the recent approval by the Government for the world’s first offshore mining project in the country, a senior lawyer has said. Camillus Narokobi who has written a thesis on the Bismarck Archipelago seas while doing his Masters degree on the studies on law of the sea, said PNG doesn’t have any

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-57463786187548525972011-03-31T16:07:00.000+10:002011-03-31T16:07:35.980+10:00

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-89793121457074567712011-03-31T13:33:00.000+10:002011-03-31T13:33:27.599+10:00

CONTINUOUS rains in Madang have made transportation difficult in this once sleepy town but now standing to welcome development projects. This photo shows vehicles jammed at a river crossing near the RD Tuna Fish Cannery in Madang this week as the bridge is allowed to be carried away with the floods. This small bridge is only 15 minutes north from Madang's central business district. It has come

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-39332397010375385472011-03-29T13:28:00.000+10:002011-03-29T13:28:39.019+10:00

[From The National, March 29, 2011] ALWAYS there has been pressure to get at the 97% of land held firmly in the hands of customary landowners. Almost all development, except logging operations and mining and hydrocarbon resource project areas, has taken place on the 3% of alienated land in the country. At the same time, customary landowners have always wanted to develop their land commercially

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-47794533325484488952011-03-29T12:54:00.000+10:002011-03-29T12:54:50.157+10:00

BY ERIC BANGI THE parties completed their final submissions 23 March 2011 before Justice Cannings in the National Court in Madang. The trial commenced on 9 and evidence was completed 23 February 2011.  Expert witnesses for the both the Plaintiffs and Defendants came from overseas for the trial and gave evidence. After evidence, the Court adjourned to 23 March 2011 for final submissions. Mrs

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-23401645404967955252011-03-25T13:10:00.000+10:002011-03-25T13:10:01.129+10:00

Councilor, Douglas Gedisa  led a blockade of all MMJV vehicles  three weeks ago  THE cancellation of a public forum in Lae to highlight  mine pollution concerns  along the Watut and Markham rivers has drawn widespread anger  from local Level government councilors and community leaders in the area.             It is understood Morobe Governor, Luther Wenge issued orders to cancel the forum at

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-74216485652242011182011-03-22T11:35:00.000+10:002011-03-22T11:35:00.380+10:00

[From Post Courier, March 22, 2011, By MOHAMMAD BASHIR] Tuna from the Asia-Pacific region will have to be canned in PNG before they are imported into the European Union market duty free. As a result, PNG stands to benefit big time economically from its rich tuna supply and has the rare opportunity to import tuna from other Asia Pacific countries. With the Pacific Industrial Zone in Vidar, Madang

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-82976370670418512752011-03-22T11:24:00.000+10:002011-03-22T11:24:08.487+10:00

[From Post Courier, March 22, 2011, By Harlyne Joku]FOR the first time ever, the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has taken out a protective order under the Environment Act on the Allied Gold Limited, develop of the Simberi gold mine in the New Ireland Province. DEC Secretary Dr Wari Iamo said a protective order was taken out by the state in the event that incidental reports

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-35911848305010353612011-03-21T16:30:00.000+10:002011-03-21T16:30:23.154+10:00

[From The National, March 21, 2011, By KARI TOTONA] HUMAN activities and Mother Nature remain the two major threats to our coral reefs and it is important that everyone, from the rural to urban settings in PNG, are aware of what they provide for them and how they also need to survive and live to sustain the future generations. Seaweb programme associate Ruth Pune told the fourth Seaweb series

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-57050188054934268182011-03-18T18:22:00.000+10:002011-03-18T18:22:22.000+10:00

Front row: Adolf Skarmai (second from right) and Vitus Kai (right) with part of the leaders group at this afternoon's meeting.  KANANAM and Dapu leaders today announced they will not let the PMIZ project on their land. Led by Adolf Skarmai of Seg clan and Vitus Kai of Mabenob community the leaders said, they are angry at the way the government is treating them. They said, they will join

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The final product from a day's work of alluvial mining in the Watut River. This brings home a good amount of cash for basic needs. LIFE goes on for the people of the Watut in the Bulolo District of Morobe province but more pressure now put on them as mine activities intensify upstream. The pictures in the panel on the side here show mud flows in the Watut River and a village located next to a

Kandawanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068122658736094139.post-36241806241850861782011-03-18T12:54:00.000+10:002011-03-18T12:54:55.668+10:00

THE Land Title Commission hasn’t done its job in declaring who the rightful landowners are at the Kumbukari area, the mine production are in the Chinese-owned MCC's Ramu Nickel project. Since the previous Land Title Commissioner, Patrick Nasa’s passing in June 2009, nothing has been done till today, and the landowners are left in chaos to deal with the mine and police themselves. "Our land is not

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