All things happens for a reason in it’s season. To all people of PNG, don’t be uptight of what happened today when some of my colleagues decided to leave my Government. They are elected leaders, what they did today is…
Ireland’s former prime minister, Bertie Ahern, is in the country to be briefed on the progress of the Bougainville referendum. The referendum is scheduled for June 15 next year. Ahern, who has been appointed chairman of the Bougainville Referendum Commission,…
By Papua New Guinea correspondent Eric Tlozek Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has cast doubt on whether an independence referendum will go ahead for the autonomous region of Bougainville because key conditions have not been met. Part of the…
By Papua New Guinea correspondent Eric Tlozek The Papua New Guinea and Bougainville Governments have moved a step closer to a referendum on the autonomous region’s independence by creating a commission to oversee the vote. The Bougainville Referendum Commission will be…