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The Royals Visit

So here’s a question for you. How long will the Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall be here in PNG? The answer 2 days! They arrive on the 3rd of November and leave on the 5th.

The most upsetting thing for me personally is that those fleeting hours that His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will be in PNG is enough to warrant a K8 million budget to welcome him.

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Experimental Seabed Mining in Focus (Pt2)

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Experimental Seabed Mining in Focus (Pt1)

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Nationwide K1 Appeal! (Contribute to Seabed Mining Court Case)

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The Our Pacific Ways 2012 Essay Competition University Winner ~ Graham Supiri

Second Goal: Equality and Participation

By Graham Supiri

Based on Papua New Guinea (PNG) norms; the cultures and traditions, politics, economy, races, languages, geography, and the customary practices, five National Goals and Directive Principles were put in place by the PNG Constitutional Planning Committee (CPC) in 1974 after travelling throughout the country.

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The Our Pacific Ways 2012 Essay Competition Overall Winner ~ Peter Fauma

Third Goal: National Sovereignty and Self-Reliance

By Peter Fauma

Introduction

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24 000 (and the number is growing) Papua New Guineans SAY NO TO SEABED MINING!

 

Media Release:
24,000 Say No to Experimental Seabed Mining

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PNG landowners want seabed mining stopped

Eoin Blackwell | AAP

Landowners in Papua New Guinea have petitioned the government to halt a controversial seabed mining project along the nation’s coast.

Mining Minister Byron Chan on Tuesday was handed a petition with 24,000 signatures from residents of Madang, Oro and New Britain provinces who say they do not want Canadian-owned Nautilus Minerals’ Solwara 1 project in PNG’s Bismarck Sea to go ahead.

The project is the first of its kind in the world and will see minerals – mostly copper and gold – extracted from the ocean floor.

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Courts put PMIZ on hold indefinitely

By Andrew Pascoe

The state’s controversial Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) project – a USD$235 million proposal to develop a free trade industrial zone in Madang – is officially on hold.

Madang Court today ordered all progress on the PMIZ project to cease until the court makes a decision on whether the proposed development has sufficient legal grounds to proceed.

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PUBLIC NOTICE!!!

UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT: 

STOP SEABED MINING PETITION PRESENTATION

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