by International State Crime Initiative - A response to the Paga Hill Development Company (29 October 2012)
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Safe guarding resources for future generations
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a mountainous, rainforest covered country located on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, the New Ireland, New Britain, Bougainville islands and other smaller islands. Papua New Guinea shares its land borders with Indonesia to the east, Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the south-east. It is also a country richly blessed with natural resources.
So here’s a question for you. How long will the Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall be here in PNG? The answer 2 days! They arrive on the 3rd of November and leave on the 5th.
The most upsetting thing for me personally is that those fleeting hours that His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will be in PNG is enough to warrant a K8 million budget to welcome him.
Second Goal: Equality and Participation
By Graham Supiri
Based on Papua New Guinea (PNG) norms; the cultures and traditions, politics, economy, races, languages, geography, and the customary practices, five National Goals and Directive Principles were put in place by the PNG Constitutional Planning Committee (CPC) in 1974 after travelling throughout the country.
Third Goal: National Sovereignty and Self-Reliance
By Peter Fauma
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Media Release:
24,000 Say No to Experimental Seabed Mining
Eoin Blackwell | AAP
Landowners in Papua New Guinea have petitioned the government to halt a controversial seabed mining project along the nation’s coast.
Mining Minister Byron Chan on Tuesday was handed a petition with 24,000 signatures from residents of Madang, Oro and New Britain provinces who say they do not want Canadian-owned Nautilus Minerals’ Solwara 1 project in PNG’s Bismarck Sea to go ahead.
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