Source: PNG Mine Watch

On October 28, 2014, hundreds of Porgerans marched onto Barrick Gold’s Porgera mine site to demand benefits that rightfully belong to the Porgera Special Mining Lease (SML) Landowners.

Source: Post Courier

Letter of the Day

SABL stands for Special Purpose Agriculture Business Lease.

The acronym SABL speaks for itself.

Any educated person would reason, without having any prior knowledge of the concept, that such a lease has something to do with agriculture, and not forestry.

MEDIA STATEMENT

PURPORTED “VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE” AGAINST HON.GARRY JUFFA, MP                 GOVERNOR FOR ORO PROVINCE

As the Minister responsible for Provincial Governments and Local-level Government matters, I am concern about the events and a purported vote of no confidence against Hon. Garry Juffa MP, Governor for Oro Province by disgruntled faction of the Provincial Assembly Members.

Source: PNG Mine Watch

Picture: Oro Govenor,Gary Juffa

Source: EMTV

Source: The Critic

Press Release 

Picture: Juffa, Arore and Gore

Source: Post Courier

The National court has declared two agriculture and business leases of SABLs covering over 38, 000 hectres of land in Northen Province null and void, and further ordered the State to cancel thier titles.

Source: PNG Loop

MP representing women of central Bougainville in the ABG is advocating against illegal logging activities in Kereaka, in the Kunua District of west coast Bougainville.

Joan Jerome revealed yesterday that she had received information from sources about illegal activities in Kereaka and is not happy about that.

Oro Governor Gary Juffa has demanded explanations from Community Development Minister Delilah Gore for using her position to draw funds from the Department of Community Development to sponsor a political upheaval in Oro.

Source: PNG Exposed

Documents have come to light that show more than K17,000 was paid by the Department of Community Development to the Grand Papua Hotel in Port Moresby on October 20.