George Ireng, the very brave young man behind the Ramu mine anti-marine tailings disposal campaign, today led a peaceful protest march in Madang against the governments draconian amendments to the Environment Act.
The whole country is up in arms about the amendments to the Environment Act that take away landowner rights and give immunity to foreign resource companies.
Last Friday, May 28th, was an extraordinary day in PNG's history as the government rushed through amendments to the Environment Act . These amendments:
It has been a strange week in the media with a total disconnect between what has been reported in our newspapers and on radio and tv and what has been discussed on-line.
On-line, the week has been dominated by the finding of the Commission of Inquiry into the Department of Finance - which have been nicknamed 'The Paraka Scams'.
As you will have seen, we had a few problems with our e-newsletters last week. Both the Action Alert and Weekly Update got jammed in the back-end of our website system. As a result neither was sent until Monday when we were alerted to the problem. Please accept our apologies and we hope the delays won't reoccur.
