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281123 FORTY FOUR HEALTH FACILITIES IN SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE RECEIVE MEDICAL SUPPLIES
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44 Health facilities throughout South Bougainville this week received much needed drugs and equipment from the Bougainville Pharmacy contracted by the South Bougainville DDA to supply drugs to all health facilities in South Bougainville every year.
There are more than fifty Health facilities including Buin Hospital,Health Centers, Sub Health centers and Aid Posts however only 44 are operating to get their supplies.
The Health Facilities are 13 in Buin, WISAI Health Center,Tabago Health Center,Turiboiru Health Center,BUIN DISTRICT HOSPITAL,Lenoke Health center,Piano Health Sub Center, Muguai Community Health Post, Lehu Community Health Post, Pariro Aid Post,Lamuai Aid Post,Lehuro Aid Post,
Maluoku Aid Post and Kogisagono Aid Post.
13 Health Facilities in Siwai, Katukuh Health Center, Konga Health Sub Center,
Monoitu Health Center, Tonu Health Sub Center, HAISI Community Health Post, Tumbu Aid Post,Moronei Aid Post, Maisua Aid Post, Mokorino Aid Post, Hurai Aid Post, Duisei Aid Post, Iru Aid Post and Boku Health Center.
14 Health Facilities in BANA, SINGKODO Health Sub Center, Sovele Health Sub Center, MORATONA Health Center, Biros Aid Post, WAMINABELA aid post, Murua Aid Post, Siandaru Community Health Post, Lotare Aid Post, Koro Aid Post, Sirakatau Aid Post,Sianeki Aid Post,Pope Aid Post,WAITABUNAA aid Post and Kuneka Aid Post.
Torokina has four health facilities,PIVA HEALTH CENTER, Atsinima Aid Post,Karato Community Health Post and Tsitovi Aid Post.
According to MR CHRIS NAWA from the South Bougainville member’s desk, these drugs were part of the Disaster Relief supplies but came late due to purchasing and acquiring of some drugs and including shipping.
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071223 Polye positive
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Member for Kandep Hon Don Polye visited Bougainville recently to attend the Arawa Nursing College 2023 graduation.
Polye thanked the school board and expressed sincere gratitude to the ABG Government and the people of Bougainville.
He commended the Chairlady and Principal of the College Ms Celine Tulsa for the outstanding school building and facilities as women leading in that institution.
Polye has responded on certain issues faced by the college including infrastructures, staff salaries paid by the Department of Higher Education Research and Science Technology (DHERST) making a priority to look into this.
He has also made a commitment to support other health infrastructures in South Bougainville as well.
He stated as minister for treasury and finance in 2012 to 2013 in the Somare led government K500 million had been allocated to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and a first of its kind.
However, such an amount do not trickle to the district and people.
He adds it is an issue that will be looked into when he returns to PNG.
Polye also added Bougainville should be assisted greatly in next years budget in 2024.
Polye also acknowledged the ‘big talk’ on issue of Independence. Stating he has made similar stand to support the people of Bougainville in their endeavor.
“Former Grand Chief late Sir Michael Somare was then Prime Minister and Hon Polye was Deputy Prime Minister at the time who approved the autonomy status.
“I said if the people decided a referendum for Independence and that would be the decision and I continue to maintain that because the referendum vote of 97.7% confirms that,” he says.
He further added that Bougainville should look at it as a PNG a sovereign nation in a human rights way as it is a member of the Melanesian Sphere Head group and supporting the West Papuan movement as well.
“If we support New Caledonia and West Papua to deliberate leading to self-determination, is a decision we must make to accommodate Bougainvilleans decision,” added Polye.
He added that there are two things we must address, understanding the process into liberalizing what is going to be by parliament and socio-economic capability to prepare those parameters.
He entered parliament in 2002 and in 2017 did not make it back. However, fighting a long battle in the courts of disputed returns and recognized he’s true win in 2019 and reinstated.
He thanked the people of Kandep for electing him back into parliament.
Second trip into Arawa when he was hosted. ENDS/////AK

061223 ABG DCD conducts joint-consultation workshop
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The ABG Department for Community Development (DCD) is conducting a three-days joint consultation workshop on four Community Development Bills.
The workshop will run from the 6th to the 8th of December, 2023.
The DCD is conducting a series of region-wide stakeholder consultation as part of the process for developing its four proposed legislations.
Secretary Medley Koito says “ABG DCD has identified important technical STAKEHOLDERS who can provide vital inputs/ contributions to specific bills with respect to their technical sphere of expertise.
“Their participation at the workshop will provide the basis on how we can collaborate to set required legal instruments that can craft the pathway for Bougainville towards attaining self-determination.
The four prioritized legislations include;
Bougainville Family and Child Protection Bill;
Bougainville Integrated Community Development Bill;
Bougainville Civil Registry Bill; and
Bougainville Censorship Bill
DCD is working in partnership with JSS4D and relevant stake-holders consultation as part of the processes for the development of its prioritized legislations.
Koito adds it is an important component of the legislation process to conduct a joint-consultation with the National Counterparts including: the National Office of Censorship, the National Office of Family Services, Civil Registry, the Department of Community Development and Religion (DCD&R) and the PNG Civil & Identity Registry (NID Office.
He further added the purpose of this consultation is to obtain technical advice and deliberate further on the current processes the ABG DCD is undertaking in progressing the development and completion of the prioritized legislations.
“For more information contact Mr Karaho Siwa or Mr Alex Nava on 71626719/ 71178050,” he added. ENDS////AK

051223 Lands conduct Bill Roadshow 2023

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The ABG Department of Lands, Physical Planning, Environment Conservation and Climate Change (DLPPECCC) is currently conducting a region-wide roadshow on the proposed Bougainville Land Law, kick starting the program in South Bougainville last week.
The road show aims at show casing the Bougainville Land Law to the people, giving them the opportunity to openly discuss and give their views on the proposed Land Law before the final Bill is presented to ABG Parliament for deliberation and passing as a Land Law for Bougainville.
According to the Secretary Ms. Lynnette Baratai Pokas a land policy was developed over more than ten years through a Bougainville-wide consultation and a policy was finalized in 2021.
Drafting instructions were developed and Bills drafted for laws in 2022 thus finalizing the draft Bill resulting in the road show.
“This Law has been created after much consultations with stakeholders throughout the region by my staff and captures your views on the land law and how it should be managed differently and this consultation is to present to you the ideas that you had contributed, resulting in the drafting of this Bill,” Ms. Pokas said.
Assisted by the ABG Department of Justice and Legal Services to draft the Bill, both departments are currently facilitating the presentations in this road show to gage views from the public regarding this Bill before it is finalized and presented to the ABG parliament.
The Land Bill was created to protect customary land ownership for future generations, protection to be balanced against unlocking potential financial value of customary land, provide for registry of land details specific to Bougainville and provide power to ABG to take-over management of State Land on Bougainville and PNG.
“We must protect our land and as you give your views on this draft during this consultation, I want to challenge us to be mindful of six words – Our Land, our responsibility and our legacy. Why? Because we are stewards of land and what we decide today will affect our future generations to come,” she said.
Secretary for ABG Department of Justice and Legal Services Mr. Kearneth Nanei when addressing participants at the consultation in Bolave explained that the law of the land had existed for some time and the team were visiting the constituencies to present the Bill for the people to give their feedbacks.
“We have written the law and are here to present to you for your views before we send it to the parliament,” Mr. Nanei said.
He added that it was very important for the people to give their views because the people were affected immensely when damages were done to their land and water through the Panguna mine tailings which also triggered the crisis.
Mr. Nanei further explained that as Bougainville was preparing for its independence, the ABG through the Bougainville Peace Agreement (BPA) is allowed to drawdown the powers and functions from the National Government and as such, Bougainville has the right to create its own laws on Land.
“If the ABG passes this law after you have given your views, Bougainville will have its own law of the land and PNG Land law will not apply to Bougainville,” Mr. Nanei said.ENDS/////////////

051223 Proposed Bougainville Land Law
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In the Bougainville Land Law the government proposes 1) a proposal to not alienate any further land in Bougainville 2) only have two types of land in Bougainville; customary and Government land only.
Government land refers to PNG State land that will become the property of Bougainville and land that is proposed to be known as ‘government land’ to be differentiated from PNG State Land.
Under PNG land law, government can acquire customary land without the consent of the landowners.
However, this proposed Bill does not allow compulsory acquisition, meaning that;
government no longer has the power to take customary land;
customary land cannot become government land without full prior consent from landowners and;
a preference can be allowed for customary landowners to lease land to the government for use of public purposes
The proposed bill also states that there will be Government land register whose role is to register all government land held by the Land Registrar within the Department of Lands.
The Registrar will be a statutorily protected position to defend against corruption and misuse of power and the registrar will contain survey details of existing State Land to be transferred from the National Department of Lands.
According to the proposed bill, enforcement of the law on government land will include statutory powers granted to authorize officers to enforce the Act, power to enter property, search, request documents and information, order of vacation of property, order of removal of structures and no requirement for order of the Court.
Customary land refers to land owned by family lineage groups within clans, land owned into perpetuity and land governed as much as possible by kastom. Customary land ownership is not limited to entire clans or even sub-clans as it is under PNG law.
However, the Bougainville draft law proposes to recognize ownership by smaller family lineage groups at the sub-clan level.
The draft law also proposes that no customary land can be sold in Bougainville. However, if customary landowners wish to use their land for Commercial purposes, they may register an interest in their land. Interests may include EASEMENT, LEASE and MORTAGE – these interests will be held by the Land Registrar with details of the land boundaries and owner details.
The Bougainville Land Law is structured into four parts:
1. Bougainville Customary Land Bill refers to how customary land can be dealt with and how interests in customary land can be registered
2. Bougainville Government Land Bill refers to how government uses land for public purpose and how government allocates leases,
3. Bougainville Land Registers Bill refers to registry of all government land and customary interests, register of interests and prioritization of interests
4. Bougainville Planning and Development Bill deals with land disputes and retains the use of land mediators.
Meanwhile, the road show began in Bolave last Wednesday 29th of November, 2023 where stakeholders representing Community Government Chairpersons, ward members, village chiefs, land mediators, village court officials, women, churches, youths, veterans and general public attended the meeting.
The road show continued at Bana last Thursday 30th and continued into Siwaii community last Friday 1st of December, 2023 at Panakei mini town. The team intend to visit other constituencies in Buin district within the cause of this week before returning to Central and North Bougainville.
Furthermore, the general public in each of these regions are encouraged to attend the road show when the team visits your constituencies and give your views on the proposed Bougainville Land Bill.
Those who are not able to attend this road shows are encouraged to visit the ABG Land Bills 2023 on face book and or send your comments, queries, and grievances to email: [email protected]. ENDS////////

041223 PNGMRCC AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT'S WEATHER FORECAST.
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WATERS OF BOUGAINVILLE.

SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 METERS INCREASING TO 3.0 METERS OVER WARNING AREAS.

EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS REACHING TO 30 KNOTS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

WARNING ⚠
RENEWAL STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20/33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS COUSING ROUGH SEAS.

ALL SMALL CRAFTS AND BOAT SKIPPERS ARE ADVICE TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS BEFORE AND AFTER HEADING OUT TO SEA.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT MR MARTIN TSORA ON 70103012 AND SEDRACH SIMON GAIUS ON 74551001. TA

041223 Former ENB PPC to work in BPS
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Deputy Police Commissioner and Chief of Bougainville Police Francis Tokura has confirmed the recent reshuffle of former East New Britain Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Chief Inspector Januarius Vosivai to rejoin the Bougainville Police Service in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) Commissioner of Police David Manning made the call in the current rise in law and order and administrative issues in the province.
Tokura says Vosivai who hails from Tinputz in North Bougainville graduated from the Bomana Police College, became a member of the RPNGC.
After his commissioning he was sent to work with the Bougainville Police Service in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
He has served in Arawa and in Buka as Tokura’s staff officer for a year and later elevated to East New Britain’s Provincial Police Commander (PPC) serving the people.
Vosivai served the people of West and East New Britain for almost two and half years.
He will be based here in Buka as he is seniority in rank and will be accommodated
Chief Inspector Januarius Vosivai has been transferred to assist the Bougainville Police Service with wealth of experience and expertise as the former Police Commander for East New Britain province. ENDS///AK

041223 BOUGAINVILLE EXPERIENCE TOURS GETS CRUISE SHIP TO VISIT BOUGAINVILLE
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Bougainville’s tour company Bougainville Experience Tours which has been getting cruise ships to Bougainville since the end of the Bougainville conflict managed to get one cruise ship to Bougainville since yesterday.
The vessel True North owned by North Star Cruises based in Australia arrived in Buka yesterday afternoon from Milne Bay from Australia overnighted outside Taiof island last night.
The vessel came with 23 passengers managed to come off their ship this morning and the passengers managed to visit the Buka town market before boarding for Kieta this evening.
Tour operator and Managing Director of Bougainville Experience Tours, ZHON BOSCO MIRIONA told New Dawn FM that apart from True North this year his company also got two super yachts into Bougainville.
MR.MIRIONA said that next year they plan to take in bigger vessels with more than 200 passengers.
He also said that the vessel will be in Kieta till the 7th of December with other activities set for both Central and South Bougainville.
With the Ship’s chopper on board a group of tourists will also fly to the Yamamoto crash site in Buin.
The tour operator also said that 8 of the passengers will take a charter from Buka TO Australia on the 8th of December.
New Dawn FM understands that BET is the sole tour operator on Bougainville since the former Director for Tourism Directorate, LAWRENCE BELLEH left the tourism office also disconnecting his connection with the Melanesian Explorer based in Madang Province.
BET continues to promote tourism on Bougainville despite no support from the tourism sector.
The Covid 19 pandemic also stopped all tourism activities for some time.
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011223 Illiteracy contributes to decay in nation-building
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Illiteracy is a serious issue which can contribute to the decay in nation-building.
According to Educationist and Director of University of Goroka Bougainville campus illiteracy affects bulk of the population.
He urged the Flexible Open Distance Education (FODE) year 10 and 12 graduates after school closing to take interest in reading,
Lera told the graduates during the year 2000 census the Bougainville population was 190,000 before and 370,000 after crisis.
“Sixty percent of the population were 0-30 years of ages meanwhile forty percent remained illiterate.
“From the forty percent; twenty percent of illiterates were found in the South Bougainville, fifteen percent in Central Bougainville and five percent in the North,” adds Lera.
He emphasized being illiterate could mean ruining the dream of aspiring Bougainvilleans who wish to build their new nation ‘adding there are seven pillars that makeup a nation’.
The seven pillars are the government, the people, public service consisting twenty-seven institutions, economy, development, churches and customs.
“We need adequate funding to fund all seven institutions so Bougainville can become a progressive and prosperous, healthy and wise,” he added. ENDS////AK

011223 Help Train and Build Bougainvilleans
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Speaking as a former statesman, leader, elite and Director of University of Goroka, Joe Lera emphasizes the need to help train and build Bougainvilleans to help build Bougainville.
He said as leaders more emphasis should be put into building universities, teacher colleges, agriculture colleges and technical colleges as we journey towards independence.
“Our leaders are not seeing the value in investing in our younger generation,” he says.
He adds Bougainville as a new nation will be built by Bougainvilleans who are now 0 to 30 years now not the older generation.
“You are going to build this country. That is why I am happy that the director of FODE to invite to come and speak,” says Lera.
He recalls the school fee assistance he initiated as former Regional MP which not remained for now.
Lera says during his time top thirty students were sponsored to attend the Central Queensland University, Australia.
“Eugene also former FODE student had the privilege to study in Turkey and later in Poland,” he added.
He gave examples of one of the Worlds Top basketballer Michael Jordan who never failed to give up to become one of great basketballers in history of the game.
Another being J.K. Rowling who wrote the Harry Potter book who had her book turned down for the eleventh time to become one of the World’s bestselling author in children story of all time.
He says perseverance and never giving up has enabled them to graduate today. ENDS////AK

291123 Graduands are future leaders
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Our children as graduands are our future leaders says Dr James Butubu.
About twenty-one elementary two students from Immaculate Heart of Mary Early Childhood school in Buka township.
Dr James Butubu expressed this during the Immaculate Heart of Virgin Mary Early Childhood school seventh graduation ceremony.
He says this is important now as Bougainville is beginning its journey to building a new nation.
“Soon we all we retire and you lot take over as future leaders for Bougainville.
Bougainville at this stage needs a lot of intelligent people to one day run the new nation,” he emphasized.
Butubu says we are now at the initial planning stage in each of our governments department.
He says in his profession as an extension officer under the department of agriculture supporting the economic sector are preparing for which development industries and changes to take place here in Bougainville.
“We are at the planning stage but we will still need good educated scientists, engineers, doctors, accountants and the list continue,” he added.
“Parents we have a responsibility to look after our children keep them fit at mental, physically, spiritually and emotionally. If we do not look after our children well, they could end up on the streets,” he stated.
Butubu further added this is one important task all parents must be aware of.
As a leader in one of our government department here ‘you must have a vision now to become that person in future. Parents, guardians, staff and school board was present during the ceremony. ENDS////AK