24/9/08
People in the border area of Morobe and Oro Provinces do not have schools, aid posts or trade stores. Up to 10,000 of them travel a whole day on dinghy to go to school or the health centre and there are no telecommunication facilities and very few economic activities. The two Binadere communities, Eya and Gugumi along Huon Gulf coast to the Oro border claim they are still living in the dark ages. While Gira, Manau, Mambututu, Deboi and Bowera from the coast and Pepeware, Agotame, Gobe, Yema, Tube and Sekare from the inland Waria area in Sohe district of Oro at the border with Morobe also live in the same way. Their councillor Kennedy Dabari informed the Post-Courier recently that although his people live between two resource-rich provinces, there were no services of any kind in the area.
See: http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20080924/wehome.htm
Border authority set
Parliament yesterday passed the Border Development Authority Bill 2008 paving the way for the establishment of the country’s Border Development Authority. This is the body that will now take on the affairs relating to all border issues in border provinces which are listed in Schedule 1 of the Act as Sandaun, Western, Bougainville, Milne Bay, Manus and New Ireland. The Government also announced that an additional K200 million will be allocated for the border development programs — different from the K20 million that was allocated previously — K10 million in 2007 and again this year
See: http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20080924/wehome.htm
Tags: Human Rights, PNG