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Locally shot film on tuna industry gets international award

On 08 Apr, 2014 By rait man

By Joey Tau on PNG Edge

Canning Paradise was awarded the "Best in Festival" award from the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF).

Canning Paradise is a feature-length documentary about one of the world's most prized resources, and those who pay for it.

Decades of overfishing by the global tuna industry have now pushed the final frontiers to the waters of PNG.

Gary Juffa condemns Papua New Guinea for giving away its natural resources

On 23 Jan, 2012 By rait man

By Martyn Namorong*

FORMER Papua New Guinea Customs Commissioner Gary Juffa has condemned the recent announcement that Papua New Guinea would return to talks related to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT). Mr Juffa described its as one of the many worse deals Papua New Guinea’s ruling elite continue to enter into on behalf of the country.

Ex-Minister still pushing PMIZ

On 19 Jan, 2012 By rait man

PMIZ catches Japan's eye

On 03 Aug, 2011 By rait man

PMIZ Watcher

Local communities file complaint with IFC over PMIZ and SEZ laws

On 12 Jul, 2011 By rait man With 2 Comments

PMIZ Watcher

Local communities affected by the proposed Pacific Marine Industrial Zone in Madang have filed a formal complaint in Washington about the role of the International Finance Corporation in promoting the project and in developing Special Economic Zone laws in PNG.

The communities have filed their complaint with the International Finance Corporation Ombudsman. The IFC is a part of the World Bank Group which is based in the United States.

A fishy affair - the cancer of corruption in the National Fisheries Authority

On 07 Aug, 2010 By rait man With 4 Comments

By Countryside

My dear grandmother died of thyroid cancer and it was ghastly. Her tender body rapidly deteriorated and because the cancer had closed her mouth, the only way to feed her was to drill a hole through her stomach and for to breathe, another through her throat. She had it bad and her odor was very strong, almost similar to putrification. It was advanced and after 6 months, she went home to be with the lord.

Trouble at RD Tuna as workers strike over minimum wage

On 27 Jul, 2010 By tok stret

RD Tuna security staff have been accused of harassing female workers who refused to start their night shift in support of 489 fellow workers suspended for demanding the company abide by PNG's minimum wage laws. According to witnesses at the plant, around 30 female workers were last night physically forced into the factory.

Somare's next step in selling off PNG makes Environment Act amendments look insignificant

On 23 Jun, 2010 By rait man With 1 Comments

Prime Minister, Michael Somare, has a secret legislative plan that will make the proposed changes to the Leadership Code and even the recent amendments to the Environment Act seem relatively benign and insignificant.

The PM is waiting for the opportunity to again by-pass proper Parliamentary process and bulldoze through legislation for a Special Economic Zones (SEZs) that will further impoverish rural Papua New Guineans and boost the profits of foreign multinational companies.

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