First Negotiators Certificates for customary land issued
Minister of Lands, Ralph Regenvanu, yesterday handed over the first Negotiator’s Certificate to be issued for a lease application for rural customary land under the new land laws to the Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) for the development of a futsal field and football field at Paunangisu village, north Efate. This certificate was one of three certificates […]
Nngenge Sasa: Land is Life
Q. TAEM YOU STAT SALIM GRAUN BILONG YU, DISPELA I MIN WANEM? A. FREEDOM BILONG SLIP LONG LAIK, KAIKAI LONG LAIK NA WOK LONG LAIK BILONG YU NA PAMILI BILONG YU BAI PINIS OLGETA. B. BAI YU KAMAP WOKBOI BILONG SYSTEM. C. BAI YU MAS WOK LONG NARAPELA MAN. D. YU YET NO MOA BOS […]
Office needed to address customary land issues
A SEPARATE office needs to be established to deal with customary land issues, principal and director of Niugini Land and Properties Ltd Dr Charles Yala says. Speaking at a panel discussion during the 35th Australia-PNG Forum and Trade Expo yesterday on the topic of unlocking customary land in Papua New Guinea, Yala said the Department […]
Peter Donigi and Indigenous Land Rights in PNG
By John Endemongo Kua All good things come to an end, and as such, the life of an outstanding scholar and gentleman, had come to pass yesterday morning, here in Port Moresby. The late Donigi and myself, did not see eye to eye on many national issues of importance to the nation not because of […]
Plans to merge land commissions
THE Government is looking at merging the National Lands Commission and the Land Titles Commission under a new organisation which will be called Lands Tribunal Commission, Minister for Justice and Attorney-General Davis Steven says. Steven presented a statement in Parliament yesterday on the National Lands Commission (NLC) and said the commission was established under the […]
Tete, Manus i laik go insait long Autonomy, but wanem samting tru em autonomy?
Na autonomy bilong husat? Na manus bai ronim autonomy olsem wanem? Kaen tingting yah i stap long manus bipo pinis or nogat. Mi laik introducim yu go long wanpela papa tru bilong manus autonomy, Sir Paliau Maloat, OBE, ESQUIRE, LAS PROPHET BILONG WOL, Long 1942 long jan 24 wanpela man ikam kamap long Paliau Maloat […]
