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By Frschool Giorgio Licini-Catholic fights Reporter HOW do we stop school fights in cities like and Lae? The Tokarara suburb in the National Cap- ital District has found its own way. On PNG LNG – Tuesday 27 May the first batch of Grade 8 A proud day of students from the four Primary schools in celebrations for the area held their joint day of formation on “Building a Culture of Peace, Harmony PNG and Care for our Mother Earth”. They gathered at the convenient venue of Saint John the Apostle Catholic parish A history which is also home to one of the four schools. In the next three weeks all the Grade 8 students will go through the pro- gram and conclude with a grand ‘Grade 8 Sports Day’ on 26 June. “This is the second year we hold this activ- ity – said Josephine TaiabuBaupua – Prin- cipal of Tokarara Primary School. It was inBy Frieda Sila KanaMakingallowing companies to extract cubic feet of gas to be produced first suggested by the local parish priest, minerals from its land for more over the life of the project and Fr Silvestre Saladaga, when school fights IN that defining moment on than 100 years now including compared it to ‘filling up Lake erupted in 2012. The community, the four Wednesday May 14, 2014, gold, silver, copper, nickel zinc, Kutubu around 40 times’. And schools and the District Education Board endorsed the activity which we now plan Prime Minister spoke into the nickel, oil and others. And now the lifetime of the project is 30 to hold every year.” “The boys come to re- walkie talkie these words that after more than 30 years of ex- years from 2014. alize that they are brothers and in recent ploration work under the man- What do the landowners say opened the gas tanks into the times we never had any school fight. The waiting vessel, “Spirit of agement of PNG Gas Project at about the benefits? Grade 8 students go back to their schools Hela’, “This is Prime Minister Hides and Komo, ExxonMobil Pastor Daniel Hewali, a com- and share their experience and the mes- Peter O’Neill. I am thrilled to PNG Limited has proudly ex- munity leader in National Capi- sage of peace with the younger students”, authorise you to begin the ported . tal District is from the PDL 1 further commented the senior teacher. process to prepare the Spirit ExxonMobil operates the Proj- Nogoli- Hides area of the LNG. The 2014 program includes talks on law of Hela for the loading of the ect on behalf of a number of dif- He explained that the flame of and order, personal and community first cargo of the liquefied ferent companies, Oil Search, the LNG now appearing at the health, and protection of the environment. natural gas from the PNG the National Petroleum Com- Papa-Lealea LNG site is called, Besides the Tokarara Primary school, led LNG Project.” pany of PNG, Santos, JX Nip- “Gigiria Laitepo” and it means by Ms Baupua, Ororo, June Valley and St. Indeed what a thrilling mo- pon Oil and Gas Exploration, that Lai is a tree that grows on John’s Primary participate in the program ment for the Prime Minister and Mineral Resources Develop- the garden fence and in the old with representatives from the teaching an honour to be the CEO of the ment Company and Petromin. gardens, it is a small but strong staff. nation especially him being a On May 14th 2014, Prime tree used for firewood. The fire son of Southern Highlands, Minister Peter O’Neill and the keeps burning even when the from which Hela Province was founding Prime Minister, Grand firewood is covered in the Other stories inside... born. Chief, Sir Michael Thomas So- ashes to preserve fire for later. The Prime Minister, Peter mare, government ministers “It is what the ancestors O’Neill stood in the presence of and the governors of the prophesied will happen and witnesses of both the govern- provinces of the PNG LNG, and now it is being fulfilled,” Pastor ment of PNG, the companies the ‘tribal chiefs’ the represen- Daniel said. who helped to put in place foun- tatives of the landowners of the There is a myth of the ances- A striving dations and the infrastructure, source of the LNG were present tors in the gas basin area that the landowner representatives to witness the launch of the the fire of Laitepo will be lit local raggae and their provincial government shipment of the first LNG cargo. again in the last days and be sensation - heads, and the lead company, On the occasion also repre- distributed to the entire world to ExxonMobil PNG Limited’s sentatives from Chiyoda JGC, light up the whole world. And P2 managing director and staff, the joint venture that built the when that happens the people and read the ultimate command LNG Plant were there, Misui will get together to eat a feast for the Liquefied Natural Gas of OSK Lines, the company re- and that gathering is called Hela Province to leave the sponsible for chartering the ves- ‘Napa napa’ in the local Huli lan- shores of this land of the ‘unex- sels that deliver the LNG to guage. The myth says that PNG LNG- History pected’ and sail off into the hori- buyers. Misui OSK Lines ownes when this happens, the world in Making - P3 zons to ‘light up’ the world and and operates the Spirit of Hela, will come to an end. bring back hope to the people of as well as the Gigira Laitepo, Case study of late this nation, more in particular, Kumul and Papua, four the ves- To page 3 Mrs . Gidano - P3 the people of Hela, Gulf, West- sels that will ship gas to the first ern and Central provinces. customers in Japan, TEPCO, A few days later, the vessel CPC Corporation, Osaka Gas “Spirit of Hela” sailed off with the and . Expert the first load of liquefied natural gas Peter Graham, managing di- Unexpected (LNG) from ExxonMobil PNG rector for ExxonMobil PNG had Limited’s US$19 billion PNG said on the day of the launching Cartoon LNG Project bound for the first of the LNG that, “The volume of customer in Japan, Tokyo Elec- liquefied natural gas to be ex- - P3 tric Power Co. Inc (TEPCO). ported is huge, beyond an ordi- This load is the first portion of nary Papua New Guinean’s The key milestones of the PNG LNG the 9 trillion cubic feet of gas. imagination. Mr Graham at- has been tempted to simplify the 9 trillion Project. Photo: Nicky Bernard

Wantok TODAY is a monthly English bulletin, an initiative by Word Publishing Company, an insert in WANTOK Niuspepa P2 June, 2014 Music Scene Youth say... Empowering youths in the 21st Century with Let’s hear what Sandra, Loretta, and Josiah have to say about the challenges Issac Liri they face today as youths, and their thoughts to become good youths and bet- ter leaders in the future……. employment today. Every- fighting, vandalising, and at And lastly, attitude, to work one needs money to sur- times, they tend to laugh at me humbly and behave in an vive today, and through for not being included in their appropriate manner. employment, one can be groups. What youths must do to able to meet his or her During my primary school- become better citizens: needs. ing days, I was once offered a Youths should have an Gossiping is another smoke but I refused, and I am open and clear under- challenge to me. Gossiping happy I made the right deci- standing of things and the affects young people psy- sion that time. people around them. chologically, and we expe- What youths must do to be- Youths must always hang rience difficulties in giving come better citizens: around with the right peer our best in work and stud- I believe that youths today group. Youths must also ies. must possess guiding princi- Name: Sandra Amuru be happy of who they are, Name: Loretta Baniyamai Peer pressure is another ples to guide them on the right Age: 25 and ignore the negative Age: 21 challenge to me. Hanging Name: Josiah Kana path towards their goals. In Origin: Manus Province things that others say Origin: Milne Bay/ Cen- around with the wrong Age: 18 order for a youth to be obedi- Dream Job: Journalist about them. Youths must tral group of people leads us Origin: Madang ent towards his or her princi- Current Employment: Ad- always think positive about Dream Job: Administra- astray. Dream Job: Lawyer/Journal- ples, he or she must set ministration Secretary themselves, they must tion Officer What youths must do to ist boundaries to prevent being and Purchasing Officer learn to have confidence in Employment: Trainee Ad- become better citizens: Employment: Student (Kilak- engaged in activities which will order to build a good char- ministration officer at Youths must be involved ila Secondary School) not be beneficial in the future. My challenges as a acter. Port Moresby Medical in church activities because Before having principles and youth today: Youths should be in- Service it can shape them to be- My challenges as a youth setting up boundaries, disci- One of my greatest chal- volved in church activities, come good Christian today: pline must be the core thing to lenges as a working youth they must learn to be ethi- My challenges as a youths. Youths must also As a youth, I’ve been consider. is to complete my given cal at all times. Youths youth today: choose their friends wisely. through a lot of challenges Great people who achieved tasks before the deadline. must try as much as possi- Unemployment is one Hanging around with the and I am still facing some their dreams are the ones who Time management is an- ble to avoid conflicts with major challenge I experi- right peer group can help today. Most of my peers are had discipline when they were other one, to be at the right others, unity is better than ence as a youth. Life be- steer youths in the right di- engaged in alcohol consump- young. time and place at all times. living divided. comes hard without rection and avoid trouble. tion, drug abuse (marijuana), A striving local reggae sensation By Isaac Liri Most of the his mother’s taste in reggae greatly lyrics in influenced him. REGGAE is one of the most popu- “She’s a big fan of Bob Marley, lar music genres in Papua New Jason’s album Jimmy Cliff and Lucky Dube. She Guinea. Well known reggae sensa- describe real had these greatest hits collections, tions such as Bob Marley, Lucky life experi- and she played them frequently, Dube, Jimmy Cliff and UB40 are ences and and that really had a huge impact loved by many Papua New have positive on me,” Jason recalled. Guineans both young and old. messages for Apart from being a musician, Jason Jason Sareke Aka Jay Koesana v a r i o u s is a Primary School Teacher who from Buka Island in the Au- groups of peo- graduated at Madang Teachers tonomous Region of Bougainville is ple. College and is currently teaching at a 30 year old talented singer and a Wardstrip Demonstration School in big fan of these reggae artists. By doing so Port Moresby. Jason has successfully fulfilled the Jason is distrib- “After graduating from College I first step of his solo music career uting copies of started teaching, however, I wasn’t by completing his first album under his album to committed to my job as a teacher. I Soul Music Studios in Port radio stations to drank frequently and I was all over Moresby. Most songs in his first play on air. the place. I got suspended from album titled My World are arranged He is also mar- teaching and for four years I stayed in reggae style. keting his prod- home with my family doing nothing. “I personally like all types of music uct by giving During this period, the urge to genres, but I chose reggae to be copies of his record an album or do something the principal music genre in this CDs to outlets in with my life was so strong. I tried album because I believe that reg- the Autonomous painting and other forms of art but gae is the appropriate style of Region of I wasn’t skilled in these areas un- music one can use to communicate Jason’s album cover of his first solo album titled My World Bougainville and like music. I knew I had to take up with various audiences,” Jason ex- Papua New the guitar and write songs. I had plained. Guinea to sell. skills and knowledge in music and Most of the lyrics in Jason’s album 1989 conflict. The song can also under CHM. In this group he was “I have received positive feedback all I had to do was put more effort in describe real life experiences and relate to the native people of featured with some popular PNG regarding the current sales back at what I had in mind,” said Jason. have positive messages for various Melanesia who view land as the artists like Dadiigii and Skylon 5. home (Buka), hopefully the same When Jason decided to focus on groups of people. An example of most valuable thing in their lives. However, Jason said that Erabitz works out for me in Port Moresby music and do an album, he found such is Nikang Mesi. Jason is not new to the music in- lacked commitment, and to him it and other parts of Papua New it not so difficult. He established re- Nikang Mesi is sung in the Nagovis dustry in PNG. A couple of years was an unsuccessful project. Guinea,” said Jason. lationships with various well known dialect of South Bougainville, and ago, Jason was a member of a Currently, Jason is working end- Jason’s interest in music devel- PNG artists, and finally he has ac- the song talks about the land is- group called Erabitz who recorded lessly to build his own fan base in oped when he was young. As a lad complished his goal to record a sues in Bougainville that led to the an album titled Black Roots man Papua New Guinea and abroad. growing up with his family in Buka, solo album. HIV/AIDS kills! Stick to one partner... Feature June 2014 P3 PNG LNG –A history in Making From page 1

‘Napanapa” in the Huli language means, ‘let’s eat together.” he may establish his covenant which he swore to Ironically the gas refinery is called ‘Napanapa’ Refinery and your fathers, as at this day.” Therefore 10% of the the light of the gas waste at the LNG processing and ship- shipment and profit must be given to the work of ment site is called, Laitepo. So, is it the prophesy being ful- God. Don’t tie it to projects but the government filled with the gas being carried overseas but also being used must give it in cash to churches to look after work- here in the country to provide power? ers. Israel now has presence in the Hela province Pastor Daniel said that according to most landowners, the and Hela is working in partnership with Israel. contracts are being restricted and there is lip service to “Then the God of Israel is our God too so 10% landowners by the developer companies and the govern- must be given to the church. It can be given ment. The agreements signed by the government with UBS through the Hela Council of Churches to distribute and others were not made known to the bulk of the landown- evenly to the 3 groups of churches; the mainline ers. They hope that the payments from the LNG will follow churches, evangelical churches and the Pente- the ILG and names in the group and will be paid accordingly. costal and para church groups,” Pastor Daniel said. “We have missed out on the first part. Developers signed “When and how money will be paid, “needs to be the agreement to bring infrastructure service and projects but spelt out.” There has been a lot of abuse in missing they are slow in producing and so far people’s livelihood has people’s funds. We need fair and just leaders to dis- been disturbed immensely. This agreement needs to be re- tribute the wealth fairly for greater benefit.” Pastor Peter O’Neill and founding Prime Minister, Grand Chief Sir Michael So- visited on how it will benefit the people. There are a very min- Daniel concluded. imal number of individuals who are benefiting in the projects However since the beginning of the project in mare Photo: Nicky Bernard and not the rest of the landowners,” Pastor Daniel said. 2007, it is clear that the projects had covered the “Governor Anderson Agiru and the three MPs must talk on length and breadth of this nation to educate and said on the day of the launch. These milestones include: behalf of the people. God gave it to our forefathers and they communicate the intention of the company and the govern- 1) June 2007 Gas Agreement Term Sheet prophesied over it so the benefit must go evenly to the peo- ment. They have considered much of what is going to happen 2) 13 March 2008 CDOA ple. Current government has to spell out how much profit is to the indigenous people who are on the land. In a number 3) 22 May 2008 Gas Agreement being received on the first shipment of the gas. They must of Information, Communication and Educational (ICE) mate- 4) 23 May 2009 UBSA completed be careful leaders and must be transparent about it and peo- rials stories of projects being implemented to benefit the peo- 5) Sept 2009 Early works began ple of the land must get maximum benefit. ple are evident in terms of improved agriculture and some “Next 30 years Hela foundation is being extracted. The other infrastructure development in the area. But then again 6) 09 Dec 2009 LBSAs completed land is shrinking, garden lands in the forests are turning to one only has to go through a monitoring and evaluation 7) 09 Dec 2009 Project Sanction grassland. Source of life is being destroyed, river system is through appreciative inquiry to really determine as to how 8) 12 Mar 2010 Funding closure affected, hunting grounds are affected, gardens are affected. much of benefit is coming to the people in terms of having a 9) 12 Dec 2012 Offshore Pipeline Complete Therefore long term benefit required for business spin off sustainable and prosperous life through the life of the LNG. 10) April 2013 Komo Airfield complete must be shared evenly. Profits must be used for long term One thing is for sure, “life is not the same” any more for the 11) Sept 2013 Commissioning gas in LNG Plant benefits. people of Hela. Perhaps we can only hope and pray that the 12) Dec 2013 Commissioning of gas at Hides “First harvest of this shipment must be given to God be- wealth distribution will be fair to all inhabitants to whose gas Conditioning plant cause God gave us this land to settle on it and live off it. Our hands the “Creator God,” had given the land to care for and 13) Feb 2014 Onshore Pipeline complete fore fathers believed there’s a good man above called “Tata- in return get the most out of it. gali Wape”. He looks after the people. In the book of “The project milestones achieved along the way provide 14) May 2014 First Gas “Congratulations to ExxonMobil PNG Limited for achieving Deuteronomy 8:18 it says, “But you shall remember Yahweh clear footprints o the various phases of development leading these milestones,” said Mr. Peter O’Neill. your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that up to the historical event today,” Prime Minister O’Neill had Case study of late Mrs. Gidano Two medivac call was were received worker has been in town for more than Junction at 1:30am, and was taken back Expect the Unexpected... from two elementary teachers for sepa- six months due to unavailability of med- to Guam for the relatives to take the rate patients at different parts of Joseph- ical supplies. body home. staal on the 5th of May 2014 at 11:00 Her next alternative was to seek an- Now what would be the main causes MAROONS!! BLUUSS!! pm. The two cases were one Mrs. Gi- tenatal care at Josephstaal. Getting to of Mrs. Gidano‘s death? Bai wiin dano and Mr. Sebastian. Josephstaal for antenatal care would be 1. Closure of the Josephstaal You @#%!! Mr. Sebastian is from Minidivi in possible but can’t afford to because of Airstrip Maroons bai yahh!!@#%!! Josephstaal who once had an amputa- six (6) walking hours from Mungumat to 2. No road link to Josephstaal tion for the left hand after being chopped Josephstaal for the all antenatal period 3. No Aid Post staffing win yah!! by a youth. He was discharged and now of nine (9) months. 4. Inadequate health workers at developed severe pain on the affected Mrs. Gidano could not reach for Josephstaal Health Centre upper limb which now affects the all Josephstaal due to walking distance and 5. Medical supplies shortage body. Due to development of acute ab- the closure of Josephstaal airstrip which 6. Poor referral system dominal pain he was unable to be as- would not allow for medivac via air. Her sisted by Josephstaal Health Centre due next alternative for medical assistance The National Health Plan 2011-2020 to drug shortage for the last three during delivery was Daigul Health Cen- aims to improve health service delivery months. tre which is also six (6) hours walk from to rural majority and the urban disadvan- Mrs. Gidano, a mother of three (3) Mungumat to Yoro and to get on a vehi- tage. The National Health Plan is one of with her fourth (4) pregnancy has been cle to Daigul Health Centre the National Governments directives from Mungumat village of Josephstaal While dealing with these tough situa- which are aligned with the Vision 2050. LLG in the Middle Ramu District of the tions, she finally reached her term and Provincial Government represents the Madang province delivered last four (4) weeks ago. She National Government in the province to Mrs. Gidano has been sick for the last had a village delivery under the assis- ensure the directives are implemented four weeks during her last trimester of tance of elderly women from the com- at the provincial levels. Funds are allo- her pregnancy. Being very sick she munity. The type of delivery techniques cated by the National Government to the could hardly reach for health care due to were all village oriented from their expe- province as provincial grants and also long walking hours, drug shortage in all riences and more traditional believes through the political grants such as the levels of health facilities, closure of and cultural oriented. PSIP, DSIP, and the LLGSIP. These airstrip and no road connection of road During her four weeks of post partum sources of funds are to ensure the direc- from Bogia to Josephstaal and absence period she fell very sick. A direct mobile tives of the National Government are im- of staff in all newly built aid posts and call has been done to Daigul Health plemented. staff shortage in the main centre at Centre but they cannot make it to Guam However the point in here is why Mrs Josephstaal. bridge to pick the patient. The elemen- Gidano should die, if there is existence In her antenatal period, the nearest tary teacher than made another call to of government in the province. Why health facility has been Temandapor the Provincial Health Office for assis- dying when there is obvious evidence of Health Centre. She could not receive tance. Provincial Health Office immedi- the province and local level government medical care because; Temandapor Aid ately arranged for medivac. Two in the province. When the town is Post could not provide antenatal care vehicles left for the two patient. Patients blooming with fleshy luxuries the poor Jada 014 due to the closure of the facility. The clo- were picked up at Guam bridge at people in the remote areas of our State of Origin is played in , sure of the facility has been due to the 11:00pm. province become the victims of our own absence of health worker. The health Mrs. Gidano finally died at Ariangon government. PNG sustain the injuries... P4 June, 2014 Advertising

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