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Bougainville Independence Patriotism Day Join us on Monday September 2nd 2024 as we honor Bougainville’s journey towards...
28/08/2024

Bougainville Independence Patriotism Day

Join us on Monday September 2nd 2024 as we honor Bougainville’s journey towards independence by commemorating the Bougainville Independence Patriotism Day.

Celebrations will begin with a dawn service and a patriotic procession from Buka Town to Hutjena. The main event will be hosted at the Hutjena Oval with a patriotic key note address and cultural performances of unity and pride. A key highlight will be the swimming competition at the Buka Passage with exciting prizes. The swimming competition is a way of highlighting our resilience as a people on this journey that we have embarked on.

Celebrate our patriotism, history, and the strength of our people!

Politician Theonila Matbob grew up during the Bougainville conflict in the 1990's and has used this experience to stake ...
27/08/2024

Politician Theonila Matbob grew up during the Bougainville conflict in the 1990's and has used this experience to stake her place in politics.

She's one of just a few women to be part of a Pacific parliament — so what would it look like if there were more of her?

And how would it change the lives of women around the region?

Listen here

https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/politok/politok/104254660

Bougainville Constitutional Planning Commission (BCPC) will be extending its consultations to Brisbane, Australia this  ...
24/08/2024

Bougainville Constitutional Planning Commission (BCPC) will be extending its consultations to Brisbane, Australia this week.

This will be the second international consultation to gather views from Bougainvilleans living in Australia; the first international consultation was done in June this year with Bougainvilleans living in the Solomon Islands.

Please note our Australian based Bougainville News Alerts editor Colin Cowell with be on attendance

The three chairs to the BCPC – President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and BCPC Chairman, Hon. Ishmael Toroama, Alternate Chairman of BCPC and Vice President of AROB Hon. Patrick Nisira and Deputy Chairman of BCPC, Attorney General and Minister for Justice and Independence Hon. Ezekiel Masatt will be traveling with selected Commissioners and secretariat to attend this consultation.

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https://bougainvillenews.com/2024/08/24/bougainville-news-alerts-bcpc-expands-consultations-to-brisbane-australia/

VALE DAVID OSIKORE The team at Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is deeply saddened by the passing of our esteemed colle...
19/08/2024

VALE DAVID OSIKORE

The team at Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is deeply saddened by the passing of our esteemed colleague and friend David Miringtoro Osikore.

David, who was 63, served on the board of BCL since August 2019 and was appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in March 2024. Unfortunately, he had to step down from these positions in July due to health reasons but remained on the board up until the time of his passing on 17 August.

David brought invaluable local knowledge to his roles with BCL and more than 30 years’ experience in the exploration and mining industries in both PNG and abroad. He commenced his career with the Papua New Guinea Department of Mines, attached to the geological survey division, and went on to work with various exploration and mining companies, including previously with BCL.

BCL Chairman Sir Melchior Togolo said David was an enterprising and highly respected leader, who was firm, but always fair.

“David went out of his way to help others and was a willing teacher to his fellow colleagues and all who reported to him. As a board, we valued his wise counsel and well-informed views about exploration and mining as well as community dynamics in Bougainville,” he said.

David played a pivotal role in BCL’s engagement efforts with landowners and government and his work was instrumental to the awarding in February of a five-year extension to BCL’s EL01 exploration licence for the Panguna project area.

As a Bougainvillean, he was proud of the progress BCL was making and was optimistic about the potential of the Panguna project and the opportunities this would afford the people of Bougainville. The fact David spoke Telei and Nasioi assisted greatly in communications with the local Nasioi community.

Sir Melchior said: “Above all else, David was a thoroughly decent man; a strong family man and a reliable friend to so many. He will be greatly missed.”

08/08/2024
Around 200 groups of Indigenous Peoples currently live in voluntary isolation and initial contact. They reside in remote...
08/08/2024

Around 200 groups of Indigenous Peoples currently live in voluntary isolation and initial contact. They reside in remote forests, rich in natural resources, in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Venezuela.

They choose to live detached from the rest of the world, and their mobility patterns allow them to engage in gathering and hunting, thereby preserving their cultures and languages.

These peoples have a strict dependency on their ecological environment. Any changes to their natural habitat can harm both the survival of individual members and the group as a whole.

Despite their right to autonomy, as enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact face unique challenges often overlooked by the surrounding world.

Developments for agriculture, mining, tourism and natural resources in their territories result in the deforestation of swathes of Indigenous Peoples’ forests, disrupting their way of life and destroying the natural environment that they have protected for generations.

For Indigenous Peoples living in voluntary isolation and initial contact, one of the most serious threats from external contact is exposure to diseases.

Due to their isolation, they do not have the immunological defenses to combat relatively common diseases. Forced contact with the outside world can lead to devastating consequences and can destroy entire societies.

This International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August 2024 focuses on ‘Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact.’ Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact are the best protectors of the forest.

Where their collective rights to lands and territories are protected, the forests thrive, alongside their societies.

Not only is their survival crucial to the protection of our planet, but it is also essential to the preservation of cultural and linguistic diversity. In today’s hyper-connected world, the existence of Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact is a testament to the rich and complex tapestry of humanity.

It would be a huge loss to our world if they were to cease to exist.

27/07/2024

On this day 15 years ago, a great man, a man with wisdom for the Bougainville journey toward independence, was laid to rest in his final home.

Today, people should be aware of the famous quote, "The duty of man is to protect this land." Tapping into tourism is one way people can sustain and preserve the environment.

Our duty from a tourism perspective is to implement your dream to protect the environment. You are gone, but your words are still remembered by our generations.

His tomb remains a tourism attraction for visitors. If you want to learn more, visit Guava Village.

REST IN PEACE Francis Ona.




Post-conflict resource development and state formation in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville Webinar 2nd qqAugust Ple...
25/07/2024

Post-conflict resource development and state formation in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville Webinar 2nd qqAugust

Please note that this is a hybrid event. For online attendance please sign up to obtain the Zoom link. Access link will be delivered via email upon registration.

The research will focus on local factors affecting the institutional formation of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG), a sub-national entity of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Conflict over resources has been a tragic feature of Bougainville’s recent history, most notably the uprising in 1989 that sabotaged the giant Panguna copper mine and led to a civil war that resulted in an estimated 20,000 deaths.

In 2001 a peace agreement was signed with PNG, bringing hostilities to an end. The two governments are now engaged in a dialogue that will determine Bougainville’s future political status.

A crucial issue is the need for the ABG to increase its revenues substantially if it is to be granted independence.

With limited development options, extractives (minerals, gas & oil, forestry) will need to be exploited.

However, given the context of widespread customary land ownership, unconsolidated state institutions, and historical incentives the risks of violence recurrence are high.

To assess state formation, two sets of case studies will be prepared: one, to examine recent efforts by the ABG to develop extractive resources and to resolve conflict and maintain peace therein; another, to examine local challenges to ABG legitimacy and governance.

Register here

https://events.humanitix.com/post-conflict-resource-development-and-state-formation-in-the-autonomous-region-of-bougainville-gca9vnjr/tickets?_gl=1*1by5s98*_gcl_au*MTkwNTAzMTYwOS4xNzE2NDM4ODU4*_ga*ODcxNjcwMjMuMTcxNjQzODg1OA..*_ga_LHKW5FR9N6*MTcyMTM0MzQwMy40Ny4xLjE3MjEzNDQ3ODEuNTEuMC4w

New Aid Coordination Policy to coordinate international aid in Bougainville  The Autonomous Bougainville Government will...
24/07/2024

New Aid Coordination Policy to coordinate international aid in Bougainville

The Autonomous Bougainville Government will soon introduce a policy to coordinate development aid in Bougainville by its international development partners.

Currently, important development partners such as Australia, New Zealand as well as other development partner countries and non-governmental organizations (NGO) enjoy autonomy on how they provide aid in Bougainville.

In most cases, the priorities of the donor countries and the NGO’s are independent of the priorities of the ABG and National Government functions that operate in Bougainville.

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama said that collaboration between Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) is crucial for promoting development.

“A coordinated approach to providing aid by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and our development partner countries is crucial for maximizing efficiency and impact,” President Toroama said.

He added that when these organizations collaborate with the government, it reduces duplication of efforts and wastage.

“In defining our destiny, we must understand that Bougainville is geographically located in a position that attracts massive foreign aid motivated by geo-strategic reasons in the Pacific region,” President Toroama said.

“We find ourselves in a period of our history where we are transitioning between a post-conflict region and political independence as a sovereign nation,” President Toroama said.

“The foreign aid we receive from donor states, most of whom are within the Asia Pacific Region, is based on their need to maintain regional stability and address geo-strategic concerns,” President Toroama said.

“We cannot be subtly coerced into meekly accepting aid that does not reflect our felt needs and aspirations. By doing so we will fall into the neo-colonial trap that disallows us from participating in development,” President Toroama added.

President Toroama said that the new aid coordination policy would not regulate aid completely but better coordinate its implementation in Bougainville to ensure service delivery was effective and met the needs of the people.

The first hearing date has been set in a class action against miner Rio Tinto opens new tab for historical environmental...
23/07/2024

The first hearing date has been set in a class action against miner Rio Tinto opens new tab for historical environmental and social damage caused by the Bougainville copper mine in Papua New Guinea that it operated in the 1970s and 1980s, lawyers said.

The first court hearing will take place in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby on Oct. 10, according to lawyers representing the claimants.

"We are committed to advancing the action against Rio Tinto and BCL on behalf of the class," said Matthew Mennilli, partner at Sydney-based law firm Morris Mennilli in a statement. "We hope to empower claimants after their voices were unheard and ignored for so many years."

BCL, or Bougainville Copper Ltd (BOC.AX), opens new tab, ran the Panguna mine in which Rio Tinto held a majority stake.

The mine ceased operations in 1989 when related disputes spiralled into a civil war lasting for a decade.

A Rio Tinto spokesperson confirmed that it had been served with a class action and that it was reviewing the details of the claim. "As this is an ongoing legal matter, we are unable to comment further at this time," he said.

Rio Tinto in 2016 transferred its 53.8% stake in BCL to the Autonomous Bougainville government and the Papua New Guinea government for no amount.

The miner in 2022 began work to assess the mine's legacy, hiring an independent group to assess the impact and consult on next steps. It is due to report back to Rio this year.

Class actions are increasingly being used by affected populations as a way to access higher compensation from resources companies for damaging events.

More than 720,000 Brazilians, including 46 local governments, are suing BHP (BHP.AX), opens new tab and Vale (VALE3.SA), opens new tab in a potential 36 billion pound ($46.5 billion) lawsuit over the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam.

The class action against Rio Tinto is much smaller. It is made up of a majority of villagers in the affected region of Bougainville. A further 1,500 people have joined the class action since it was filed with 3,000 claimants in May

They are seeking compensation for "historical mismanagement of the Panguna Copper Mine, which caused large scale environmental and social harm," according to the statement.

    President Toroama reaffirms commitment to equal opportunities for Bougainville-owned companies The Autonomous Bougai...
19/07/2024



President Toroama reaffirms commitment to equal opportunities for Bougainville-owned companies

The Autonomous Bougainville Government is embarking on creating holistic growth in the infrastructure development sector in Bougainville.

This approach emphasizes improving key infrastructure such as roads, hospitals and schools, and building the capacity of local construction firms in Bougainville.

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama said that his government is giving more opportunities to local construction firms to actively participate in Bougainville’s development.

“With the limited availability of funds we have to be innovative in how we use our resources, hence our development programs focus primarily on healthcare, education, infrastructure development and economic growth,” President Toroama said.

“The approach to supporting local contractors improves infrastructure, builds the capacity of our contractors and provides employment for our people who contribute directly to our local economy,” President Toroama said.

The President’s ultimate goal to create sustainable development in Bougainville through tangible infrastructure development is supported by his other objective to empower local companies to build their capacity and support Bougainville’s economy.

The President intends to use local companies to promote local economic growth by creating employment opportunities and ensuring efficient project ex*****on.

This will be achieved when local companies begin undertaking projects of larger magnitude in all development sectors.

“The role of any government is to provide its people an opportunity to actively take part in the development process be it political or tangible development,” President Toroama said.

“My government is playing a facilitatory role in allowing Bougainvilleans the opportunities to realize their felt needs and aspirations,” President Toroama said.

“The onus is on our contractors to seize this opportunity to build their capacity and improve the standard of their work,” President Toroama stated.

President Toroama said that if Bougainville continuous to rely on outside firms to develop Bougainville it will not achieve the level of self-reliance in the construction industry.

“Bougainville must be built by Bougainvilleans,” President Toroama said.

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: 2024 BOUGAINVILLE CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL The annual Bougainville Chocolate Festival is back! Get ready f...
18/07/2024

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: 2024 BOUGAINVILLE CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL

The annual Bougainville Chocolate Festival is back! Get ready for an exciting celebration of cocoa excellence from September 24th to 26th in Arawa, Central Bougainville.

This year’s festival, themed “Improving Innovation and Information Sharing for Sustainable Socio-Economic Empowerment,” will showcase the latest in cocoa innovation and promote top-quality beans. Officially announced by ABG Minister for Primary Industries, Honourable Geraldine Paul, the festival is now a key event on the government's calendar, supporting the Toroama – Nisira Government’s Six-point Strategy for Economic Growth and Control.

“My ministry and department is proud to be leading the festival which has made its mark as a flagship program in Bougainville, and recognized internationally as an avenue for producing quality Bougainville cocoa and winning global awards,” she said.

“Bougainville cocoa is among the best in the world with products like the award-winning Bougainville Nunu, Black Opal, and Twilight chocolates. All of these important recognitions stemmed from the networks established through the Bougainville Chocolate Festival.”

Minister Paul said the government’s long-term plan includes investing in downstream facilities for cocoa, copra, and boutique industries to create job opportunities and generate household income. She also highlighted the importance of ensuring legal mechanisms and enabling infrastructure—such as electricity, roads, and ports—through a collaborative approach to support industry growth in Bougainville.

Join us in Arawa from September 24th to 26th to celebrate Bougainville’s finest cocoa, enjoy world-class chocolates, and participate in an event that drives sustainable socio-economic empowerment through innovation and information sharing.

The Bougainville Chocolate Festival is an initiative of the Autonomous Bougainville Government, implemented in partnership with the Governments of Papua New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand.

Don’t miss this event—mark your calendars!

CAN PANGUNA BE ‘GAME-CHANGING ? Bougainville Copper Limited Our Chairman Sir Mel Togolo yesterday told the CANCONEX foru...
03/07/2024

CAN PANGUNA BE ‘GAME-CHANGING ?

Bougainville Copper Limited Our Chairman Sir Mel Togolo yesterday told the CANCONEX forum, as part of PNG Resources Week, that the redevelopment of Panguna can be a ‘game-changing’ investment for Bougainville with benefits cascading through the community.

The new employment and training opportunities for local people will be significant along with business development opportunities.

Sir Mel said BCL shares a common goal with the ABG, landowners and others to make Bougainville stronger at all levels. Importantly, mutual respect and understanding will underpin progress.

Compared to the past, BCL today operates as a truly local company with the ABG and people of Bougainville set to own a 76.8% share in the company. The board reflects our local identity with five of seven directors being Bougainvilleans.

Sir Mel also had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion about Panguna with Bougainville's President, Ishmael Toroama; Minister for Community Government and Member for Ioro Constituency, Theonila Roka Matbob and community leader, Theresa Jaintong.

See the other themes explored by Sir Mel in his speech here: https://www.bcl.com.pg/panguna-what-was-what-is-what-can-be/

Bougainville Regional member Peter Tsiamalili Jnr presenting a necklace to senior Wurundjeri elder, Aunty Joy Murphy Wan...
26/06/2024

Bougainville Regional member Peter Tsiamalili Jnr presenting a necklace to senior Wurundjeri elder, Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin AO who gave the traditional Welcome to Country greeting at last night NRL State of Origin game the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Unearthing 79-year-old history.

“ Aunty Joy, em werim mimis mi putim lo em lo luksave lo lidasip na tok tenkiu lo pipol blo em lo mi sanap antap lo sacred graun state of origin i pilai lo em. Aunty Joy to luksave lo Torokina na Bougainville.” Said Peter

Tenkiu Australia, now yumi mas wok stret na wok wantaim impac lo Bougainville na too lo Torokina.

79 years after the first interstate match was played in Torokina on Sept 16, 1945, the game honoured the pioneers of the State of Origin.

Bougainville Regional member and Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jnr and Australian Defence Force sergeant Gary Blackman showcased the Japanese artillery shell trophy at Melbourne's MCG on Wednesday night, during Game 2 of the State of Origin series which NSW demolished Queensland 38-18.

Albanese meets with Solomon Islands prime minister in CanberraIn Canberra, Anthony Albanese is meeting with the Solomon ...
26/06/2024

Albanese meets with Solomon Islands prime minister in Canberra

In Canberra, Anthony Albanese is meeting with the Solomon Islands prime minister, Jeremiah Manele.

Solomon Islands’ budget is in a bit of peril, which will be one of the issues discussed at the bilateral meetings today.

Anthony Albanese is holding a press conference with the Solomon Islands prime minister Jeremiah Manele.

He opens by speaking about the strength of the relationship:

Australia and Pacific nations are well-placed to reach the security needs of our region.

We regard security as the job of our Pacific family. As we demonstrated during the Solomon Islands’ historic joint elections in April, when Australia worked with Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Fiji, to assist the Royal Solomon Islands police force with election related security and logistics.

And, prime minister, can I say that I very much look forward to working closely with you in the future.

This has been an important visit for you. It’s been a visit in which you will see, go to the State of Origin tonight in Melbourne to experience some Australian culture, before visiting Brisbane as well.

You and your delegation are welcome here. You are very familiar with Australia, having been here, as we discussed in our one-on-one meeting, as part of the public service engagement and cooperation that we have with exchanges.

Those people-to-people relations are so important. And I see today as an important next step in a personal partnership, but also a partnership between our two nations that I want to see grow into the future.

Jeremiah Manele says he is honoured to be in Australia, for what is his first international trip since becoming the prime minister of Solomon Islands – and he paints a bit more of a picture about how the meeting between himself and Albanese went:

We had very frank discussions and dialogue and looked at ways to lift the current Solomon Islands–Australia relationship to another level, through transformational partnership.

During this visit we discussed many areas of mutually important strategic partnerships, ranging from the highly successful and mutually beneficial Pacific Australia labour mobility scheme, as the prime minister has alluded to, to investments in infrastructure, police training and security, climate change, health, and the new Pacific engagement visa to mention a few.

I’m committed to ensure our relationship with Australia goes from strength to strength.

And I’m also committed to finding amicable and win-win solutions to any of our partnerships that may need the attention of our cabinet.

And on that note, I have said we had very frank discussions this morning, and taken onboard Australia’s concerns in some of these areas. And we will report back to cabinet on the way forward.

Earlier, Richard Marles told ABC radio:

I’ll be having lunch with Jeremiah Manele myself, and we constantly talk about ways in which we can support Solomon Islands. And obviously, we’ve been providing development assistance to Solomon Islands for decades. So, we’ll look at the requests that are being made by Solomon Islands and how we can help.

I would say that we seek to be the partner of choice for Solomon Islands, and that includes in respect of security. We understand we don’t get rights here, that’s something we need to earn, but in prime minister Manele’s government, there is the opportunity for a new partnership with a new government, and we are very optimistic, optimistic about the prospects of being able to pursue that with him.

State of Origin beginnings in Bougainville PNG are to be celebrated at MCGThe pioneers of the State of Origin concept ar...
26/06/2024

State of Origin beginnings in Bougainville PNG are to be celebrated at MCG

The pioneers of the State of Origin concept are set to be honoured at the MCG tonight with the trophy from the 1945 interstate matches between NSW and Queensland in Papua New Guinea on display at Origin II.

While it was widely considered that the Origin concept was adopted from AFL, sport's greatest rivalry began on Medco Oval in Torokina at the end of World War II as Australian troops waited in Bougainville to be taken home.

The two matches, both won by Queensland, are now believed to be the first interstate clashes in which players were selected along State of Origin lines and represented their birthplace rather than where they had enlisted during the war.

The trophy from the series, made from a 120mm Japanese Naval shell casing with handles either side mounted on a three-tiered wooden base, has been rediscovered from a Brisbane Army Museum.

It will be taken from the museum in Caxton Street, near the venue of the first State of Origin in 1980, to Melbourne to be displayed alongside the current State of Origin Shield at the MCG on Wednesday night.

Rugby league historian David Middleton said the trophy, which has the names of the Queensland players and the scores - 10-9 and 20-13 - inscribed, confirmed that the genesis of State of Origin began in PNG on September 16, 1945.

“There's always been debate about how State of Origin started and who came up with the concept,” Middleton said.

“But we now know through this incredible relic that State of Origin was in the minds of fans and players as long ago as 1945, and that they played after the war ended in Papua New Guinea along Queensland and New South Wales lines.

“There was already this incredible rivalry that existed between the states in rugby league, but we didn't know about the fierceness of that tribalism at the time.”

Sport played a significant role in military life but was usually played as inter-regimental or inter-battalion competitions and as the battalions largely comprised of NSW and Queensland personnel they played an Interstate Rugby League Series.

You had a bloke like [Rabbitohs great] Jack Rayner, who was born in NSW, but enlisted in Queensland who was playing for Queensland battalion teams, and many Queenslanders were playing for NSW battalions,” Middleton said.

“Someone came up with the idea, and it may well have been warrant officer Ron Connor, who went to his superior officer and said we would like to play an interstate game based on where our players were born.

“Fortunately, his superior officer there was a rugby league man, as well, from Charters Towers, who agreed to the concept and the games went ahead.”

The teams comprised mostly of players from the Brisbane and Sydney competitions and Connor wrote a match report in which he said the standard “of this interstate match was better to watch than the one in Brisbane a few weeks ago”.

Among the players of note in the Queensland team were Brisbane half-back Bobby Williamson, Rockhampton fullback Jack Barnes and Ipswich ho**er Kelly Brennan, who went on to play in the Interstate Series in Brisbane the following year.

The NSW team included St George centre Doug McRitchie, who was man-of-the-match in the 1949 grand final and played for Australia in 1950 when the Kangaroos won an Ashes series for the first time in 28 years.

“Doug McRitchie became the inspiration for Ron Coote when he started the Men of League [now Family of League],” Middleton said.

“He was lying in hospital on the South Coast of NSW when Ron went to visit him, and the thought struck him that the rugby league needs to do more to look after its former players

So not only does Doug McRitchie have a connection as an Australian Test player, and a connection to the start of Men of League but he also has this remarkable connection to the genesis of State of Origin.”

With the NRL considering a bid to include a Papua New Guinea team in the competition as part of a wider commitment to the game in the Pacific, Middleton said the connection between PNG and State of Origin was significant.

There had been stories during WWII about how the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, those famous Papua New Guineans who helped the Australian soldiers march up the Kokoda Track, loved rugby league,” Middleton said.

They loved watching the games played by the soldiers, and so this game - State of Origin played 35 years before Queensland and NSW did battle at Lang Park - has great significance historically and of course, there is the connection now with discussions about a possible team in the NRL.”

Teams
Queensland: J Barnes (Captain), J. Christopher, L. Ashmore, C. King, E. Lade; N. H***e, R. Williamson; H. Bradshaw, M. Tresdon, T. Kraft, M. Thompson (Vice Captain), K. Brennan, F. McLennan.

NSW: H. Parkinson, W. Peachy, D. McRitchie, T. Briggs, H. Dhu; H. Majoribanks (Captain), R. Miller; H.Taylor, V. Love, C.Smith, J. Hobson (Vice Captain), D. Sinclaire, H. Freeman

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President Hon Ishmael Toroama calls on Veterans of the Bougainville Civil War to support the reopening of the Panguna Mi...
25/06/2024

President Hon Ishmael Toroama calls on Veterans of the Bougainville Civil War to support the reopening of the Panguna Mine. This initiative is seen as a key step toward economic growth for Bougainville and resolving unresolved issues from the war.

20/06/2024

The Australian Government has announced it will provide $2 million in extra funding to assist Papua New Guinea's recovery response to last month's devastating landslide in Enga Province.

Hi Everyone, This is the moment we've all been waiting for: "TAMA FESTIVAL IS COMING UP!" This two-day event will run fr...
19/06/2024

Hi Everyone, This is the moment we've all been waiting for: "TAMA FESTIVAL IS COMING UP!"

This two-day event will run from August 7th – 8th, 2024, at Christmas Park, Arawa Town Central, Bougainville.

First, we would like to thank PNGTPA for continuously supporting us throughout our journey, especially with awareness. We are now moving into the product marketing and development phase.

We also extend our gratitude to Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) (https://www.bcl.com.pg/), SP Brewery (https://www.sp.com.pg/), and Bougainville Experiences Tour (BET) (https://bougtours.com) for confirming their sponsorship of the Tama Festival.

We have a list of additional sponsors, and we will mention their names once they confirm their sponsorship.

To the general public, our contact information is listed below. Start registering your group to take part in the Tama Making Competition, Cultural Performances, and many more activities.

Thank you!

CBTA
Phone:
+67573747028 /+67573656050/ +6757365050
Email: [email protected]

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