Enhancing the ‘Stongim Gavman Program’ to stimulate Papua New Guinea’s development and protect Australia’s interests (Australian Policy Online)
Rather than looking to create new policy prescriptions for the economic development and security of Papua New Guinea, this paper makes the case for improving on an existing set of policies. International
Japanese Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton steps in to the unknown aiming to be big in Japan (Daily Telegraph)
Briton to fulfill lifetime ambition when he takes on the testing Suzuka circuit in this year’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Qualcomm receives order from Japanese commission (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Qualcomm Inc., which licenses technology for mobile phones and manufactures chips that run them, said Wednesday that it was ordered by the Japan Fair Trade Commission to remove certain provisions from its license agreements with Japanese manufacturers.
Take2: The trouble with the Guinea (Mail and Guardian)
In Africa, three countries are known as Guinea this or Guinea that. There is Guinea-Conakry, where according to news reports, soldiers have killed 157 protesters; then there is Guinea-Bissau and the oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
School fete turns deadly in New Guinea (Calcutta News)
Police in Papua New Guinea are still hunting a notorious criminal gang for the killing of a magistrate at a school function.
Philippines May Hold Interest Rate on Slow Inflation (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) — The Philippine central bank will likely keep borrowing costs unchanged this week as the nation’s strengthening economy hasn’t yet reignited inflation risks.
US troops pull out from Philippine village after attack (EARTHtimes.org)
Zamboanga City, Philippines – US troops pulled out Wednesday from a southern Philippine village where two American soldiers were killed in a landmine attack by suspected Islamic militants. The Seabees, members of the Construction Battalions of the US…
54 inmates escape during prison break in Papua New Guinea (EARTHtimes.org)
Sydney – Inmates at a Port Moresby prison timed their mass breakout to coincide with one of Papua New Guinea’s biggest sporting events, Deputy Police Commissioner Henry Wavik said Monday. A visiting Australian rugby side was playing a team picked by …
PM’s XIII beat Papua New Guinea 42-18 (BigPond News)
The Australian Prime Minister’s XIII have comfortably beaten Papua New Guinea 42-18.
Exxon Papua New Guinea LNG Project Tops $1 Billion in Spending (Bloomberg)
Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) — Oil Search Ltd., partner in an Exxon Mobil Corp.-led liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea, said committed spending on the venture has reached $1 billion and a final investment decision is likely by year end.
