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Once the land is gone: A poem about land

By Maua Faleauto of Samoa

"Once the land is gone Sa Moa Sa Yoo nara"
A mamulu ese atu loa fanua Samoa-Sa Moa Tofa Soifua

Once the land is gone there will be no Sa Moa,
A mamulu ese atu loa fanua Samoa o le a leai foi ma se Sa Moa

Once the land is gone there will be no temple to the Ancestors,
A mamulu ese atu loa fanua Samoa o le a leai foi se malumalu o augatama

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A long running battle between students and staff of Unitech continues against former Unitech chancellor Philip Stagg, former prochancellor Ralph Saulep, terminated unitech Professor Narayan Gehlot and highereducation minister David Arore.

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Indonesia interferes in the investigation in the death of a West Papuan activist

Source: Asian Human Rights Commission

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PNG NGO questions lack of action on SABLs

Source: Radio New Zealand

An NGO which pushed for an investigation into the issuing of Special Agriculture Business Leases in Papua New Guinea is questioning why the government hasn't acted on the findings of a Commission of Inquiry.

In September the prime minister Peter O'Neill tabled a report in parliament from the inquiry which found more than 90 percent of those leases were fraudulently or improperly obtained from customary landowners.

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Mass killings and torture have been reported from the Indonesian territory of West Papua

Source: Alison Bevege in the Herald Sun

HE WAS just a little kid, maybe six years old. Walking through the garden with his mother and two teenage aunties.

Then the Indonesian soldiers came.

"My mum was in front, leading me in the middle and my aunties behind,'' said Benny Wenda, now 39.

"My mum knows they will rape and she tries to defend.''

A soldier smashed her in the head with the butt of his gun.

"The Indonesian military beat my mum down in front of my eye,'' he said.

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Commentator wants all SABL cancelled

Source Sinclaire Solomon, PNG Edge

An East Sepik province commentator has called on the Government to cancel all Special Agriculture and Business Leases (SABL) and to investigate and prosecute those responsible for one of Papua New Guinea’s worst land development schemes ever.

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Educate women for a better nation, says young Papua New Guinean leader

Source: Radio Australia

To young Papua New Guinean activist Tamara Kruzang Mandengat, education and self reliance are the keys to a better future.

Tamara Kruzang Mandengat

Tamara Kruzang Mandengat says that more focus must be put on educating young women in Papua New Guinea (Credit: ABC) 

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Commercializing land must be in the interest and benefit of people: Research

By Pasifika Wardrobes Media Consultancy

Customary owned land is the secure source of sustaining livelihood and must be utilized well for the benefit of local Papua New Guineans.

This was one of the key conclusions from a rapid qualitative assessment report titled “Gender and Economic Choices in Papua New Guinea” which was commissioned by the World Bank, Papua New Guinea.

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KL Kepong, withdraw from Collingwood Bay

Source: Upreshal Singh, FMT news

Despite staunch protests, Malaysian palm oil giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) has illegally forced its way forward to try develop almost 40,000 hectares of customary land in the Collingwood Bay region of Papua New Guinea. The indigenous communities of Collingwood Bay have made themselves clear, they do not want their lands to be cleared for palm oil or anything else, but instead want KLK out of their lands with immediate effect.

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Papua New Guineans still waiting outcome of SABL taskforce

By Pasifika Wardrobes Media Consultancy

Landowners and interested citizens are still anticipating the outcome of the Special Agriculture Business Lease (SABL) taskforce, since the appointment of the taskforce in late October this year by Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill.

Many who have followed the issue of SABL since the Commission of Inquiry have questioned the Government why it has taken too long to cancel all SABLs and return land titles to the rightful landowners.

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