Source: The Australian

By NATASHA ROBINSON

From PACNEWS

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, says he will do everything possible to protect his people and his country from irregular land dealings.

The comments come in response to the scandal surrounding the issuing Special Agricultural and Business Leases (SABLs).

“We have made some fundamental mistakes over the past few years,” O'Neill told ABC Radio Australia.

“One of them is the Special Agricultural and Business Leases that has been given out by government over the past few years.”

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has admitted the SABL land grab in which control of more than 5 million hectares of land was seized from customary people was a fundamental mistake by the government

Speaking on Radio Australia's Background Briefing program Mr O'Neill said the government had made "some fundamental mistakes over the past few years".

viaThe Post Courier

By TODAGIA KELOLA

via Radio Australia

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, says he will do everything possible to protect the interests of his people from irregular land dealings.

One O’clock in the afternoon in any coastal area of PNG is humid and hot! Most people want to be sitting under the shade of mango tree – preferably with some nice ripe mangos and the pawpaw variety would be nicer even.

Pawpaw mangos in PNG are famously called 'Rabaul mangos' and the subject of today is Rabaul…well specifically Kokopo.

Source: The National

AN interim report on the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into Special Agriculture Business Leases (SABL) will be presented to cabinet and the prime minister at the end of this month, a lawyer said. Alois Jerewai, one of the three commissioners inquiring into SABLs, said yesterday in a statement that the final report was expected to be released a few weeks after the interim report.

PUBLIC NOTICE: 

The East New Britain Sosel Eksen Komiti (ENBSEK) and concerned citizens of East New Britain have organised and are staging a march against Seabed Mining.

Where: From the Kalabond Field to the     Kokopo Market

When:   Thursday 11th October 2012

Why:   This is to express their concerns and to petition their Provincial and National MPs to take a stand against the progress of what is obviously a potentially destructive experiment.