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190819BUKA TOWN STOOD STILL TODAY AS CHRISTIANS BID FAREWELL
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The small town of Buka this morning stood still as Christians on Buka island bid farewell to the Catholic Bishop of Bougainville, the late BISHOP BERNARD UNABALI who died last week due to illness in the Philippines.
A true fighter of unity who successfully united all Bougainville Churches on Good Friday 2019 in Arawa, had church leaders from other churches joined catholic faithfuls to bid him farewell by processing for the last time in Buka town before he was taken to the mainland this morning.
The procession included the leaders of the newly formed Bougainville Christian Churches Association headed by its chairman, ALBERT MAGOI who represents the Pentecostal churches under the Kingdom of God Network, the Bishop of the United Church, Bishop Abraham Toroi and representing the SDA church was the church elder and former ABG Speaker, ANDREW MIRIKI.
All shops were closed to pay respect to the Church leader who wanted all churches united and preach one gospel for Jesus Christ and to see brothers and sisters from other denominations as their competitors.
The casket was carried from HAHELA where it stayed last night to Buka town and the convoy of cars was more than One hundred with people walking with the casket.
It was later taken to Kokopau on the ship and was taken to the Kokopau town church before it left for its final journey home.
New Dawn FM will post on its Youtube page the pictures of the Processions yesterday and today tomorrow.
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220819BRC RESPONSES TO WATAWI REGARDING BALLOT PAPER
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The Bougainville Referendum Commission also assured the Member for Selau, Hon Joseph Watawi, that the final ballot paper design, containing
the text agreed to by both governments, would be made available on awareness posters well ahead of polling.

Commissioner Nisira said they were focusing on each step of the process, and providing information in phases to ensure people were well informed.

The public display, beginning in Bougainville in the first week of September, for three weeks, will require everyone to check the Preliminary Roll displayed in their Ward to ensure they are enrolled correctly; complete an enrolment form
if not; and tell their Ward Recorder if any names were not eligible according to the referendum criteria.

Specific information and dates will be provided to those living outside of Bougainville shortly.

The briefing also covered the strong turnout of Bougainvilleans enrolling across Bougainville, as well as those living elsewhere in Papua New Guinea.

Also the final numbers would be known when the Preliminary Roll is finalised at the end of the month.

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220819BOUGAINVILLE PARLIAMENT MET YESTERDAY
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The Bougainville House of Representatives met for one day yesterday for the members to get an update on the Referendum preparations from the Bougainville Referendum Commission.
The BRC briefed the members in the morning before the house began its session at 2pm.
The highlights of the session was the presentation by the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Referendum and member for SELAU, JOSEPH WATAWI who presented to the house on how Bougainville must prepare for the referendum and also manage the outcome of the referendum result.
Many members made comments on the presentation and supported the work of the committee is doing.
Later the leader of the Government Business and member for RAMU and Education Minister, THOMAS PATAAKU introduces a motion for the ABG members to send their condolences to the Catholic Church on Bougainville and the people of Bougainville on the death of Bishop Bernard Unabali.
Nearly all members passed on their condolences.
New Dawn FM carried live the Parliament session from Kubu to its listeners in Buka, Arawa and Buin.
New Dawn FM also noted that the ABG President, Chief DR JOHN MOMIS, his deputy and mining Minister, RAYMOND MASONO, Finance Minister ROBIN WILSON, Police Minister, WILLIE MASIU and the Bougainville Peace Agreement Implementation Minister, ALBERT PUNGHAU were in Arawa meeting with the Bougainville Affairs Minister, DR. PUKA TEMU in Arawa.
Minister PUNGHAU and DR PUKA TEMU are co-chairs of the Joint Government Road show team.

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220819BRC PROVIDES UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF REFERENDUM TO PARLIAMENT

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The Bougainville Referendum Commission yesterday provided an upbeat report on referendum preparations to the members of the Bougainville House of Representatives.

Commissioner Patrick Nisira and Chief Referendum Officer Mauricio Claudio told Members that the Commission was on track to deliver polling, commencing 23 November, and called on their assistance to deliver clear and simple messages about the upcoming public display of the Preliminary Roll.

“We have recently travelled around Bougainville to consult with 37 Community Governments, and we’re satisfied that this will be a peaceful referendum.

People are taking ownership of the process and are ensuring that they are
prepared, and also maintaining a peaceful environment.”

“We are managing our costs and logistics within the budget and six-week extension provided by the two governments, and there will be no more delays, extensions or deferrals,” Mr Nisira said.

Deputy Speaker, Francesca Semoso and others commended the Commission on its comprehensive progress report, but raised questions regarding whether the ballot paper would be publicly displayed ahead of polling, and whether
the new date provided by the two governments was legal.

The Chief Referendum Officer assured the House that while dates are for the two governments and not the BRC, it was the legal opinion of the Commission and the two governments that the exchange of letters by the two heads of
Government announcing the six-week extension was legal.

“We do note however, the intention of the Prime Minister and Acting President to formalise this decision at the next meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body,” Claudio said.

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210819NOBETAU PAYS TRIBUTE TO LADY ROSITA
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The ABG Chief Secretary, JOSEPH NOBETAU has sent his condolences to the children and relatives of the late Lady Rosita Kabui the wife of the late ABG President Joseph Kabui.

He said that the lady contributed in the Peace building on Bougainville supporting her former husband the late JOSEPH KABUI.

MR. NOBETAU said wives support politicians very well as politicians are pressured all the time due to the nature of their work.

But the work of the first ABG President was different who worked tirelessly during the conflict and to create peace amongst all Bougainvilleans after the conflict.

She will be remembered by the people of Bougainville along with here late husband.

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210819 MINISTER SEES WEAPONS BEEN COLLECTED FOR CONTAINMENT
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The Bougainville Affairs Minister, SIR PUKA TEMU this afternoon visited the armory being built for the containment of all Meekamui weapons in Panguna.

He wanted to confirm by physically witnessing the work of collecting the Meekamui weapons for containment as they were never part of the original containment and destruction program supervised by the UN Observer mission in 2004.
He was happy to see many guns ready for containment on First of September 2018.
In his address to the people of Panguna this afternoon, SIR PUKA TEMU assured the people of Panguna and Bougainville that Papua New Guinea will never send armies to destroy Bougainville again in the future.
He said that PNG government under the leadership of Prime Minister JAMES MARAPE is committed to see the completion of the process and to see lasting peace on Bougainville.

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200819SMLOLA MEETS WITH NCOBA ROADSHOW
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Despite the absence of the Vice President Raymond Masono who is also the minister for mines, the meeting between the Land Owners Association and the Road Show delegation led by the Minister for Bougainville Affairs, Hon Puka Temu co-chaired by the Minister for Bougainville Peace Agreement Implementation Hon Albert Punghau went ahead as scheduled.
In his opening remarks Hon Puka Temu stressed the importance of putting aside whatever differences there were between the different factions and mining groups but to make of paramount importance the overall peace process, saying that it was important to establish a peaceful environment first before any further discussions of mining should be concluded for a conducive environment for business to thrive
Minister Punghau said that the time for the Bougainville Peace Agreement is now upon us and we are now looking at the economic aspect of the future of Bougainville he adds that Section 23 of the Constitution states that the land belongs to the people and in order to come about a peaceful solution consultation with all parties must be had In good faith.
The talks also made mention of an up-coming Economic Summit that will be held later in the mean time consultation is called for, Minister Punghau said ABG cannot do it alone but will require the people behind it to make it happen
For the people to talk to each other to come to agree on the issue of fair benefit sharing in Bougainville as a whole.
Mr Philip Miriori Director of SMLOLA agreed to what was said by the ministers – however stated that SMLOLA is a legal entity compared to most others therefore should be given recognition
Mr Miriori stated that 31st of august 2019 will see Panguna host an economic summit whereby SMLOLA will give its presentation which he invited all to attend he added that they still are keen to have an audience with the Deputy President Hon Raymond Masono should the time be made.
Miriori says the Reconciliation of SMLOLA and ABG must be treated as a matter of urgency. He said, Tomorrow the roadshow will be able to see what is being happening is the process of Weapons Containment and how SMLOLA has contributed in its part in the Peace Process.

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200819 ROADSHOW MEETS WITH ABG
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The third UN Presidential Roadshow that is led by both the Minister for Bougainville Affairs Hon. Puka Temu and the Minister for Bougainville Peace Agreement Implementation Hon. Albert Punghau yesterday kicked off in Arawa at the newly established National Coordinating Office for Bougainville Affairs (NCOBA).
In his opening speech the Hon. John Momis President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville said, what should guide us is the resolution of the Bougainville Crisis in accordance with the principle of Peace by Peaceful means, stating it is absolute and non negotiable. President Momis added that we needed to do things practicle and recognise potential, so as to enable launching something that was self propelling, he says there is no more time for procrastination. The president addressed the ABG Ministers including Hon. Puka Temu stating that it was a great privilege to jointly address issues that have long been left unattended to.
In response to the Presidents speech Hon Puka Temu, Minister for Bougainville Affairs informed the group of ABG Ministers that the mandate of his office was to make sure that everyone was working together and conclude the final arm of the Bougainville Peace Agreement, making sure that the Referendum process was credible so that the outcome would also be credible. Hon. Temu also informed the ministers that the government has now approved a total of 15 million kina to go towards the security of the Referendum. He adds that the electoral process and the non-electoral process is complete and no more changes will be made by both the PNG Government and ABG, The minister for Bougainville Affairs said that he would now rather focus on the next five years or so for Bougainville.
Hon. Albert Punghau stressed that this roadshow was a little different from past road shows in that it was focused around after the Referendum, What next? With the aim of having all stakeholders voices and efforts come up as a combined solution and the two governments to act upon the peoples voice during the negotiation period of the Referendum outcome
Present at this consultation was also the Hon Member Nicholas Daku former member for DPI, Hon, Willie Masiu Minister for Police, Hon. Robin Wilson Minister of Finance, Hon. Sam Akoitai Regional Member for Central Bougainville and the Member for Women, Central Bougainville Ms Marcelline Kokiai
The aim of the Roadshow is to consult with special interest groups who are focused on promoting peace and building awareness for the post – Referendum period. To look at where and how these groups are up to now and help address any issues that may jeopardise their activities. And jointly map out a way forward.
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190819BISHOP ROCHUS EXPLAINED BALANCE LIFE
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The Catholic Bishop of Kavieng, BISHOP ROCHUS TATAMAI yesterday explained what the late Bishop of Bougainville has been trying to establish for his people on Bougainville and that is for the people to a balanced life.
He told the people during the funeral mass, that balanced life was actually practiced by our ancestors before the arrival of the early missionaries that came and separated us with their church doctrines.
Bishop Rochus said that the church rivalry was brought by the different denominations and this was what the late Bishop wanted to remove on Bougainville by uniting all churches to work together as partners.
And he successfully did that with the reconciliation of all churches in Arawa on Good Friday, 2019.
He said even now, we have relatives in different churches which means that there is no need for creating instabilities amongst our people of Papua New Guinea.
Bishop Rochus said that balanced life happens when there is total peace and harmony in our communities and this was the dream of the late Bishop Bernard Unabali to see it happen on Bougainville.

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190819 SPEAKER WELCOMES CASKET
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The ABG house of Representative Speaker, SIMON PENTANU welcomed the casket of the late Bishop Bernard Unabali into Bougainville from abroad.
Speaking at HAHELA after the chopper landed, Speaker PENTANU welcomed the late Bishop into Bougainville.
He said that his journey was long but the people of Bougainville want to warmly receive you back to Bougainville your home.
MR. PENTANU had the honour to welcome the late Bishop in the company of the ABG Vice President, RAYMOND MASONO, National Member for North Bougainville, WILLIAM NAKIN, the Bougainville Regional member, the member for Hagogohe and Minister for Public Service, ROBERT HAMAL SAWA, the Member for TERRA and Finance Minister Robin Wilson, the member for Halia GORDON BATEK , the Priests of Bougainville, United Church Bishop ABRAHAM TOROI and Friends and students from Catholic Schools in North Bougainville.

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