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APEC summit will not transform PNG as supporters claim
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 15/03/2017 - 14:24Jessica Mesa and her child, Heisi, critically ill with complications from TB. Photo: Benedict Moran
Hosting the 2018 APEC Summit in Port Moresby will not boost Papua New Guinea’s development and will in fact lead to the deaths of many more people than it will assist, says community advocacy group, ACT NOW!
New report highlights the forgotten plight of SABL affected communities
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 28/02/2017 - 03:36
As the Prime Minister continues to delay the implementation of promises to cancel the unlawful SABL leases, a new international report has highlighted the plight of SABL affected communities across Papua New Guinea. |
Vanuatu islands ban western junk food and go organic
Submitted by ACTNOW on Sat, 04/02/2017 - 18:24Vanuatu’s Torba province is banning foreign junk food in favour of organic local produce. Photograph: Auscape/UIG via Getty Images
Leaders of Vanuatu province want to turn local people and tourists away from unhealthy imports in favour of locally grown crops and seafood
Five Reasons We Should Protest Against APEC
Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 16/01/2017 - 10:00In November 2015 Manila in the Philippines hosted the APEC Summit. Civil society mobilized to protest against the meeting. Below are they reasons they were so angered by APEC and what it represents. Here is PNG we should be similarly outraged as the same reasoning still applies...
Source: Telesur TV
HR Watch says PNG has failed to protect women and children
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 13/01/2017 - 18:59
A student protest in Port Moresby in June 2016. Human Rights Watch says PNG has failed to respond to corruption and police violence. Photograph: AAP
Author: Helen Davidson Source: The Guardian
Papua New Guineans took to the streets to protest against government corruption and were met by gunfire, Human Rights Watch has said in a scathing assessment of Australia’s nearest neighbour.
Development and injustice – what is happening to PNG?
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 16/12/2016 - 09:00Commentary by Peter S. Kinjap - PNG Facts
DEVELOPMENT or modernization is no magic potion. There is still unfairness and injustice. Wealth is still limited to a small handful of people. Most continue to be left behind.
This is a global phenomenon. We see it in Papua New Guinea. Those who felt dis-empowered just elected Donald Trump president of the USA. They took Britain out of Europe.
Dark Matter: Natural Resource Policy in Papua New Guinea
Submitted by ACTNOW on Sat, 10/12/2016 - 19:30Submitted By: Jan Kees van Donge, retired ex Professor of Political Science at UPNG
Our unique culture can drive development
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 18/11/2016 - 08:16“Development cannot happen without culture and Papua New Guinea must develop on its own terms” - Amanda Donigi
Source: PNG Today
Papua New Guineans have been urged to take inspiration from the country’s diverse culture and rich natural environment to create sustainable businesses and contribute to the nation’s development.
Log tax increase, a big win for people
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 11/11/2016 - 13:25SOURCE: GRACE AUKA SALMANG - POST COURIER
THE proposed tax increase on log export announced in the 2017 Budget has been described as a big win for the people of PNG.