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Excerpts from the first edition – PNG Echo.

Independence for Bougainville (Excerpt)

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( read the full article at www.pngecho.com/first edition) “Bougainville will be independent whatever it takes.” Writes Chris Baria On September 8, 1968, soon after CRA announced that there was an estimated 900 million tons of low grade copper at Panguna, two out of the three members of the Papua New Guinea House of Assembly and 22 students met in Port Moresby to discuss a referendum to choose whether Bougainville should remain part of Papua New Guinea, secede or become part of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (now the Solomon Islands – an independent nation-state). My uncle was part of that Continue reading Independence for Bougainville (Excerpt)→

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To Maserati or not?

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By Rita (The reluctant reviewer). During APEC, it seems a no-brainer that someone should have organised drag races down the length of Independence Boulevarde as entertainment . They had the racing cars (Maseratis) and the track. Why didn’t the APEC committee think of that?  Absolutely no imagination? More money than sense (leaving the Maseratis idle)? What? I mean, there would have been a birds’ eye view from up there at APEC House for the VIPs and the splendid sidewalks would have made good viewing platforms for the pubic too. The only problem would have been that Independence Boulevarde’ (built by Continue reading To Maserati or not?→

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