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An mission to relieve drought-struck islanders in far east Papua New Guinea has laid bare the difficulties ...
The Panguna mine has been the cause of immense social and environmental suffering, but it’s also seen as Bougainville’s main resource to achieve independence.
But in 2002 the Bougainville government had sent me as a youth to represent Bouganville at the Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival in Fiji, so that is where got interested in tourism.
Zhon Bosco Miriona: I started the company in 2010. But in 2002 the Bougainville government had sent me as a youth to represent Bouganville at the Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival in Fiji, so that ...
VSA’s Bougainville Programme Manager, Matt Lambie, shares, “Joe is an ideal ambassador for this cultural exchange. His work not only represents the best of Bougainville’s artistic traditions, but he ...
VSA’s Bougainville Programme Manager, Matt Lambie, shares, “Joe is an ideal ambassador for this cultural exchange. His work not only represents the best of Bougainville’s artistic traditions, but he ...
However, as modernization and tourism rapidly sets in, one street in Goa City still seems to be immune to the pressures of change. This street, separated from the busy tourist centers, is a living ...
The final afternoon, on Pok Pok island, we are also reminded that while Bougainville is part of PNG, its 300,000 people voted for independence in 2019.
Political deadlock frustrates Bougainville’s aspirations of independence The territory voted in 2019 to leave Papua New Guinea, but the country’s parliament is still to ratify the separation.