Category Archives: Bougainville

Bougainville and Belden Namah: Who profits from Panguna?

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Here, I am reproducing an article that was published earlier this year.  What has happened since?  Does anyone know? Original by Susan Merrell and Chris Baria As this article goes to print [last May] there is a constitutional crisis being faced by Autonomous Bougainville Government after it has allegedly been entertaining a proposal from a small mining developer from Western Australia – ‘Caballus’. According to my information: Caballus, believed to be headed by Western Australian businessman, Jeffrey McGlinn, arrived in Buka with pre-written amendments to the Bougainville Mining Act that apparently will do away with landowners’ rights to their mineral Continue reading Bougainville and Belden Namah: Who profits from Panguna?→

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Spotlight on Bougainville

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We at PNG Echo have a soft spot for Bougainville and with the issuing of writs for the upcoming election being scheduled for 27 September and with voting to commence on 23 November, we intend to produce a series of articles and commentary on Bougainville – we hope they will prove informative and helpful. For myself, having an abiding interest in political nationalism and having studied it extensively, especially in my country of birth, Wales – well, it only stands to reason that Bougainville is close to my heart. As such, I intend to produce a comparison of Bougainville’s march Continue reading Spotlight on Bougainville→

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