NEW DAWN ON BOUGAINVILLE

290910 AIMO IN BUKA
By Veronica Hannette

The Minister for Correctional Service, Tony Aimo and Deputy Commissioner Operations, Henry Wavik arrived in Buka this morning on official visit to Bougainville.
The team was welcomed at the Buka airport by the Acting Chief administrator, Raymond Masono and a cultural group from Hangan Village who performed the traditional welcome ceremony of washing feet.
The team would be visiting the Bekut Prison cells on Buka island before the newly completed facility can be declared for official Gazettal.
The team returns to Port Moresby on Friday.

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Picture of Minister AIMO at the Buka airpost this morning.

9th September 2010
Food safety awareness in Buka
By REUBEN KALAUNG and VERONICA HANNETTE

THE National Health Department will conduct a 1 day awareness on the new food safety law tomorrow in Buka. Food Safety Technical Advisor Rose Kavanamur was in Buka for a week and has been working with Environment Health officers to identify food borne issues.

Speaking on Bougainvilee’s New Dawn FM today, Mrs. Kavanamur said many new diseases has evolved nowadays due to the effects of climate change and global warming, that created the need for the enactment of new food laws to protect our people.

All food retailers, hoteliers, restaurants, food bars and even street vendors are urged to attend the 1 day workshop. Food inspectors from the Health Department will be inspecting all food sellers after the awareness workshop. Those who are found to breach the new law will be penalized accordingly.

Mrs. Kavanamur said one very important aspects of food safety is how food is prepared before its being sold for public consumption.
The National Government has signed an agreement with the world trade organization allowing free trade between countries in the world. Many imported food come into country and the Health Department need to regulate these food imports.
The new Food Law was passed by the National Executive Council in 2007. It aims to protect food that the public consumed.

280910SEMOSO COMMITS
By Aloysius Laukai

The Regional member for Bougainville and Minister for Bougainville Affairs, FIDELIS SEMOSO has committed FIFTY THOUSAND KINA towards the setting up of a Bougainville’s Disaster and Emergency Fund for Bougainville.
He told a press conference this morning that he supported the move by the Bougainville Disaster and Emergency office to raise funds on Bougainville for emergency programs.
Last week, six COE chairmen’s on Buka island and the Atolls announced the setting up of the Disaster fund to be managed by the Disaster and Emergency section of the Division of Local Level Government.
Launching for the fundraising drive would be announced soon with plans for Wheelbarrow push in all COE’s on Buka island.
The Regional member will be heading the wheelbarrow push in Buka town.
Meanwhile the Regional member has called on the Business Houses in Buka town to support the fundraising drive.

280910 CS MINISTER VISITS BEKUT JAIL SITE
By Soditha Lavett

The National Minister for Correctional Services Tony Aimo will arrive in Buka tomorrow, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Beikut Land owners in the Peit Constituency.

The minister will inspect the site where the government will construct a prison cell in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

Upon his arrival, the minister will pay a courtesy call to the president of the ABG Chief John Momis, Minister for Police, Correctional Services Law and Justice Leo Hannett and the Bougainville Chief Administrator Lawrence Disin..

The Ministerial delegation will then travel to Beikut on Thursday accompanied by Minister Hannet and the Bougainville Administration Officials.

A welcome ceremony has been organized by the land owners and village chief Paul Kerouh.

The delegation returns to Port Moresby on Friday.

280910SEMOSO APPEALS
By Aloysius Laukai

The Regional Member for Bougainville and Bougainville Affairs Minister, FIDELIS SEMOSO today appealed to Bougainville leaders especially the ABG members and the National parliamentarians to support the fundraising drive to raise funds for Emergency purposes.

MR. SEMOSO said that Bougainville is prone to Natural and man made disasters and must have funds ready available if disaster strikes.

He said many deaths occur not because of the disaster but because the assistance needed is not immediately at hand.

MR. SEMOSO also said that Bougainville must stop begging and try to raise its own revenue to help its people.

He said Bougainvilleans used to be self reliant until the crises that has completely made them became beggers’ on their own land.

The Minister wants the people to change from these negative attitudes.

270910 OGIO’S SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET
By Tom Kathoa

Increased revenue and wealth created by the LNG Project in the Highlands Region has forced the National Government to prepare a Supplementary Budget says the Member for North Bougainville, Hon Michael Ogio.

The LNG Gas Project is in the Southern Highlands Province and is the single largest revenue earner for the country.

Papua New Guinea stands to earn billions of kina from the project which will start selling its gas products to overseas buyers in 2014.

Mr. Ogio who is also the National Minister for Higher Education Science and Technology said Papua New Guinea stands to earn K553 billion from the project.

This is a huge amount of money for the country and its people.

Due to this big money coming into the country, the national government is preparing a supplementary budget.

He told the people of Tinputz that a supplementary budget is prepared only when there is surplus money around.

Minister Ogio predicts the next annual budget for Papua New Guinea to be around the eight billion kina mark.

The minister was in Tinputz to present an Ambulance to the Tearuki Health Centre and some water tanks to the people of Kovanis and surrounding coastal villages.

A total of seventeen (17) water tanks costing more than K70, 000.00 would be delivered to these areas including the Six (6) presented at the weekend.

270910 EDWINA SAYS THANKS TO B’VILLE
By Veronica Hannette

The outgoing team leader and development specialist for AUSAID Edwina Betts thanked the Former Acting President JOHN Tabinaman, former President JAMES Tanis and the current President John MOMIS for encouraging Bougainville strategic policy that encourages donor and development partners to work as a team.

She was speaking at the farewell ceremony at the Kuri Village Resort last Thursday.

She said that she enjoyed working with development partners and the government of Bougainville during her short stint on Bougainville.

As a team leader for Ausaid she worked with development partners UNDP, VSA, CARE INTERNATIONAL, WORLD VISION, NZ police and the Churches.

Ms Betts also commended the ABG for spear heading new approaches so that all Donor in Bougainville can collaborate and work to develop Bougainville.

270910 FAREWELL OF AUSAID TEAM LEADER
By Veronica Hannette

The team leader and development specialist for Aus Aid, Edwina Betts was fare welled last Thursday at the Kuri village resort.

Deputy Administrator Raymond Masono while at the farewell said that it seems that only a short while ago we gathered to farewell the first time officer that was posted to Buka on a full time basis, REBECCA WARNER who was later replaced by Edwina Betts.

This replacement has shown that Aus Aid and the Autonomous Bougainville Government are working closely to develop Bougainville.

The Administration of Bougainville also extended their gratitude to Aus Aid and New Zealand Aid for their additional resources provided through the Government Implementation Fund (GIF) in helping in the re-building process on Bougainville.

He also thanked Ms Betts for her effort in helping Bougainville return to normalcy.
She was replaced by another woman, MADELEINE MOSS.

270910 JOINT EFFORTS
By Tom Kathoa

The Member for Taunita/Tinputz and Minister for Works and Communications in the Autonomous Bougainville Government, Hon Carolus Ketsimur has publicly announced that he would work closely with the Member for North Bougainville and Minister for Higher Education in the National Parliament, Hon Michael Ogio to develop the Tinputz area.

Mr. Ketsimur made the pledge during the presentation of an ambulance and several water tanks to people of Tinputz by Mr. Ogio at the weekend.

In accepting the ambulance and water tanks, Mr. Ketsimur said he would now be working in partnership with Mr. Ogio and urged the people of the area to do the same.

He said only through a collaborative effort the people of Tinputz can develop and bring the area back to its former glory days as the region’s highest cocoa producing area.

Turning to the youth and young generation, Mr. Ketsimur appealed to them to refrain from what they are doing and work together with their leaders and village elders.

Mr. Ketsimur said Tinputz is known as the most trouble sport area of Bougainville and appealed for a change in this regard.

The people of Tinputz would have to raise above all these in order the invite economic activity into the area.

Mr. Kestimur’s statement was supported by the Sister In Charge of the Teauroki Health Centre who appealed to support politicians who delivered something to them and not false prophets