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110321TSIAMALILI PRAISES BOUGAINVILLE LEADERS THAT HELPED PNG GAIN INDEPENDENCE
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The newly elected Regional member for Bougainville PETER TSIAMALILI JUNIOR today commented Bougainville leaders who supported the late MICHAEL SOMARE in getting Independence from Australia.
Speaking in Parliament today in honour of the late SIR MICHAEL SOMARE, he mentioned, SIR PAUL LAPUN, DONATUS MOLA and other Bougainville leaders who supported other Papua New Guinea leaders to get Independence in 1975.
He also mentioned the former ABG President CHIEF DR JOHN MOMIS who was present in Parliament today.
He said that the late SOMARE looked ahead into the future and mentioned during the height of the Bougainville conflict, his father was targeted by the BRA but was helped by the late MICHAEL SOMARE and the family was sent to POPODENTA where he was married.
He was later made ambassador to Brussels and Fiji and after the end of the conflict he was recalled to be the Administrative Secretary to restart government services on Bougainville.

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110321 PNG PARLIAMENT PAYS RESPECT TO THE FIRST PM
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Members of the Papua New Guinea National Parliament paid their last respect to the founding father of Papua New Guinea, the first Chief Minister and Prime Minister the Late Grand Chief SIR MICHAEL THOMAS SOMARE whilst his body laid for the last time in Parliament today.
And members from both sides of Government and the Opposition made their last remarks on behalf of their people.
Former members and formers public servants, friends and relatives all witnessed the special Parliament session.
The Prime Minister, JAMES MARAPE called on the members of Parliament to use the death of the Grand chief to reunite again and this time work out how Papua New Guineans can create economic activities that can raise the wealth of this nation.
He said that Papua New Guinea was full of natural resources that can be developed to raise the living standards of our people.
The Prime Minister called on members of Parliament to look beyond DSIP and PSIP and work hard on behalf of the people of Papua New Guinea.
He read some quotes from the hansard in which the late SOMARE defended the Constitution when tabled in the House of Assembly that the Constitution must be there to protect the people of PAPUA NEW GUINEA and must be approved.
The Prime Minister also acknowledged those leaders like the former ABG President, DR. JOHN MOMIS for their part in helping MICHAEL SOMARE in gaining independence in just two years since gaining Self Government in 1973.

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100321HEALTH RESPONSE TEAM IN BOUGAINVILLE WORKING HARD TO DO CONTACT TRACING.
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THE Health Response Team in Bougainville are trying their best to do contact tracing to prevent the spread of the current COVID-19 cases in the region says Bougainville SOE Controller and Chief of the Bougainville Police Francis Tokura.
The SOE Controller told New Dawn that with spike of COVID-19 cases in Buka and Arawa town, the Health Response Team is doing its best to do contact tracing to contain the spread of the deadly virus throughout the region.
Mr. Tokura says though there has not been any case of COVID-19 reported in the South Bougainville, people in South Bougainville should not take this lightly and practice the niupla pasin preventive measures in place.
According to Mr. Tokura, Bougainville is at level three on the cases of COVID-19 cases reported in the region.
He says restrictions on the movement of people or any announcements on the lock down in the region will be made on the assessment of the current situation made by the Public Health Committee.
He says according to the Public Health Committee there will be no restrictions until Bougainville situation on COVD-19 reached level four.
Bougainvilleans are reminded not to take this lightly and practice the niupla pasin preventive measures to avoid the spread of this deadly virus in the region and to protect themselves from COVID-19.
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100321ARAWA SCHOOL OF NURSING HELD ITS THIRD DUAL GRADUATION PROGRAM.
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THE Arawa School of Nursing today held its third dual graduation program for Diploma General Nurses Certificate and Certificate Community Health Worker Nurse Trainees.
A total of twenty graduated with Diploma in Nursing while thirty-two graduated with certificates as Community Health Workers.
The Arawa School of Nursing Administration describes the third dual graduation as another milestone achievement and legacy.
The school administration describes this as the school’s pride in their collaborative partnership at both National Government and Autonomous Bougainville Government in their endeavor in building local capacity in the health sector to ensure improved sustainable health care service is delivered to the local populace in Bougainville.
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100321 DEATH OF CHIEF UNITES A DIVIDED NATION
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The death of the father of Papua New Guinea the late GRAND CHIEF MICHAEL THOMAS SOMARE has once again united the people of Papua New Guinea and in all corners of the country all are mourning the passing of a great leader of our time similar to when our forefathers were united and that was to gain independence for PNG.
Since his passing of our first Prime Minister and Chief Minister the people have been mourning for a week now and he will be laid to rest on East Sepik the place he represented for many years next week.
And Chief DR. JOHN MOMIS who was with him all along and also named as the father of the PNG Constitution who is now retired from politics and living at home in Buin arrived in Port Moresby to bid goodbye to his dear friend.
In Buin he already mourned and did customary ritual with his people who gave him Spears and Shell monies to present to the family in Port Moresby.

He will also speak at the Funeral service in Port Moresby on Friday.
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100321 DEATH OF CHIEF UNITES A DIVIDED NATION
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The death of the father of Papua New Guinea the late GRAND CHIEF MICHAEL THOMAS SOMARE has once again united the people of Papua New Guinea and in all corners of the country all are mourning the passing of a great leader of our time similar to when our forefathers were united and that was to gain independence for PNG.
Since his passing of our first Prime Minister and Chief Minister the people have been mourning for a week now and he will be laid to rest on East Sepik the place he represented for many years next week.
And Chief DR. JOHN MOMIS who was with him all along and also named as the father of the PNG Constitution who is now retired from politics and living at home in Buin arrived in Port Moresby to bid goodbye to his dear friend.
In Buin he already mourned and did customary ritual with his people who gave him Spears and Shell monies to present to the family in Port Moresby.
The former ABG President will make his presentation tomorrow evening at the Sir John Guise Stadium.
He will also speak at the Funeral service in Port Moresby on Friday.
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040321CALL FOR INQUIRY INTO THE 2020 ABG RESPONSE ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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The steeply increasing number of COVID-19 positive cases in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville is more life threatening than the gone Bougainville armed conflict says the former acting secretary for the Department of Peace Agreement Implementation and Freelance Peace Builder, DENNIS KUIAI.
In a press statement released today, MR, KUIAI says that the publicity of those tested and confirmed positive is more merciless than the virus.
And the silence of the Government is more frightening than the pandemic itself.

He said that the Publicity coupled by awareness will not stop the spread of the virus nor will it heal those infected. The people of Bougainville are left to struggle for own survival using their best natural instincts.

MR. KUIAI says Bougainville still has the paramount task of ensuring people’s expected outcome from the PNG/ABG Intergovernmental Consultation.
It is essentially vital that Members of our Bougainville Consultation Team as well as the people of Bougainville must be protected by our Government both through preventive and curative health from the pandemic.

He says,We need healthy leadership and people to build a healthy Independent Nation of Bougainville.
In 2020, with the declaration of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Autonomous Bougainville Government declared a State of Emergency (SOE) in March that lapsed in December 2020.
He questioned, Since then, what infrastructures and policies had been put in place?
Was the appropriated funding of more than Ten Million Kina (K10m) utilised to prepare Bougainville to respond to an outbreak?
The former Acting Secretary said that for the good of our people and our future, it is only appropriate for the President of the Autonomous Bougainville Government to call for an Inquiry into the COVID-19 State of Emergency (SOE) Management and Operations so that the people of Bougainville can be well informed of the Governments’ response strategy as for their benefit.
COVID-19 Pandemic is a health concern that involves every individual person and even the simple ordinary people in the rural villages. Therefore, Government response must be inclusive of every stakeholders, the Churches, the Civil Society Organizations, Women, Youth, and Persons with Disability as well as Media.
A Result-Based whole-of-Government Approach is needed to respond to this health pandemic.
Our Government must respond now rather than later, let us not fail our people by excuses of resources constraints as we had not prepared when we had the money in 2020.

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040321BANA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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The Bana Special Economic zone project was initiated by the people of BANA to find ways of contributing to the development of BANA and Bougainville as a whole by creating a special area when investors can be free to invest without worrying too much on land issues and other such problems that stop developments from happening.
Technical team member and Deputy Chief Secretary Operations, MICHAEL OTOROA and Team leader of the Project, PAUL KEBORI told New Dawn FM today that first thing first they have been carrying out awareness and workshops in the communities for people to understand and free up their land for development.
They said that currently they are working on ILG’s for the landowners to identify their land and register to benefit as landowners.
The two leaders said that they hope to complete the ILG’s by end of this year.
The Bana Special Economic Zone will operate under the Papua New Guinea Special Economic Zone act.
The project once takes off the ground will solve unemployment issue for the people of BANA and Bougainville as a whole.
This special area will be governed by the Special Economic zone act and economic activities will be conducted.

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020321 MASIU CALL ON POLICE TO ARREST BORDER CROSSERS
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The member for South Bougainville and Minister for ICT, TIMOTHY MASIU is calling on the Bougainville Police to investigate and arrest Bougainvilleans who crossed the border and harassed Solomon Island Police last week.
He said that these people must be told that Solomon island is a sovereign state and its citizens and the common border must be respected.
The Minister made this call after about four boats crossed to the Solomon islands and argued with the Solomon Police and they even took their drone.

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040321 HAHELA PRIMARY SCHOOL TO MEET TOMORROW
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The Headmaster of HAHELA Primary School, FABIAN ANISIA is calling on all students to return to school tomorrow Friday to get briefing on what they must do so that the School remains open at this time.
MR. ANISIA told New Dawn FM that some students had their families tested positive resulting in him announcing a two week suspension of classes.
He said following his declaration, the bosses at the Education office called him and told him to allow the school to open but other Covid 19 protocols must be adhered to.
The Head-teacher also said that the school management must now install hand washing taps and make sure all students have facemasks.

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