Via our Namibian Friends, SWAKOPMUND MATTERS (12-2012)

 The Secretary-General stressed several all important points. Among those are the following when he elaborated on the “precarious state of the marine environment”.

By Andrew Pascoe

MILNE BAY Governor Titus Philemon and National Planning Minister Charles Abel have added their names to the rising chorus of politicians standing against a Canadian miner’s plans to mine the Bismarck Sea.

The newly-elected Philemon has signed a petition demanding a halt to plans by Canadian miner Nautilus Minerals to explore for minerals in the province’s seabed, saying: “There will be no seabed mining in Milne Bay.”

via Port Douglas News

A new tuna cannery in PNG is an opportunity lost for FNQ according to Warren Entsch MP.

News that a massive new tuna cannery will soon open in Papua New Guinea and process 380 metric tons of tuna a day has led to Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch to call for Far North Queensland to get its share.


via Post Courier

GLOBAL mining giant Rio Tinto has started to cut staff numbers in its Australian operations, and intends closing its Sydney office as it battles falling commodity prices and threats to demand from Europe’s debt crisis.
Rio Tinto’s Australian manager David Peever told Reuters by telephone that around 30 support and services staff in Sydney and an undisclosed number of employees at the company’s much larger operation in Melbourne in would be cut.

What do the National Goals and Directive Principles mean to you?

1. Pick one out of the five National Goals and Directive Principles and write about what it means to you in 1,500 words or less before Monday the 27 of August 2012.
2. Competition is open to Students in the following categories: Tertiary, College and Highschool.
3. Entries can be in English or Tok Pisin

via PINA

Papua New Guinea’s investment in Australia reached US$1.2 billion, equal to 12.8% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010, according to Asian Development Bank country economist Aaron Batten.

This was 350% higher than the amount of money invested by Australian companies in PNG, he said.

by Patrick Paniwa Sakal & Gynnie Kero

TAX concessions for mining, oil and gas were given under the tax law, a well-placed source in Internal Revenue Commission said.

via The National online

OFFICIALS from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea hope to schedule a meeting in which the return of graft fugitive Djoko Tjandra will be the topic for discussion.
Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa confirmed the Indonesian government’s interest in such a meeting while discussing a letter sent by PNG.