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Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?

April 7, 2019

This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea’s mining industry as important players – in Hela, Porgera and Madang – are being examined over their performance. Video: EMTV COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae Just into the fourth month of 2019, and resource projects in Papua New Guinea have come under scrutiny. Early ... <a title="Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/07/scott-waide-will-png-project-reviews-mean-more-benefits-for-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?">Read more</a>

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Bougainville landowners call on Momis for protection from ‘offensive’ draft law

February 23, 2019

Australian mining entrepreneur accused of being “disrespectful” over a demand for wholesale and draconian changes to the mining law. Image: PNG Attitude/PC Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Landowners throughout Bougainville were today calling on President John Momis for protection from a “callous opportunist.” The landowners said that the customary laws of Bougainville and the basic human ... <a title="Bougainville landowners call on Momis for protection from ‘offensive’ draft law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/23/bougainville-landowners-call-on-momis-for-protection-from-offensive-draft-law/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville landowners call on Momis for protection from ‘offensive’ draft law">Read more</a>

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Jubilee Australia accuses Bougainville over ‘reckless land grab’ law changes

February 14, 2019

Panguna mine in operation … back in its heyday around 1971. Image: Robert Owen Winkler/Wikimedia Commons/PNG Mine Watch Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Autonomous Bougainville Government, led by president Dr John Momis, has been accused by a research and advocacy group of allowing a “reckless land grab” with its planned mining law changes. The proposed ... <a title="Jubilee Australia accuses Bougainville over ‘reckless land grab’ law changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/jubilee-australia-accuses-bougainville-over-reckless-land-grab-law-changes/" aria-label="Read more about Jubilee Australia accuses Bougainville over ‘reckless land grab’ law changes">Read more</a>

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Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders

February 11, 2019

An international non-government organisation, The Global Witness, has reported that 48 individuals were killed in the country last year, a majority related to agribusiness. Image: Philstar By KEN E. CAGULA in Davao City The massive human rights violations committed against indigenous peoples or Lumads and peasants are designed to silence the opposition to the continuing ... <a title="Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/killings-arrests-as-military-flush-out-mindanao-environmental-defenders/" aria-label="Read more about Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders">Read more</a>

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Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid

February 9, 2019

Destruction in the Arawa Hospital during the 1980s Bougainville civil war, sparked by a mining and environment dispute. Image: PNG Mine Watch Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A highly controversial proposal by an unknown and newly registered company, Caballus Mining, is attempting to grab a monopoly over all large scale mines in Bougainville, reports PNG Mine ... <a title="Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/09/miriori-fires-broadside-at-rogue-bougainville-mining-rights-bid/" aria-label="Read more about Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid">Read more</a>