Central Bougainville

They also have the privilege to learn about the importance of water sanitation and hygiene.

Teacher-in-charge of Br. Felix Koniana Elementary School, Rehab Taiaka, was delighted when her school received two handwashing stations and a new ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine.

In November last year, the AHP-IV WaSH baseline assessment for elementary schools in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARoB) was conducted by Save the Children and found that Br. Felix Koniana Elementary was one of those schools in ARoB that had no WaSH facilities at all.

The launching, officiated by President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Ishmael Toroama, signified the awareness and consultation program to begin in Central Bougainville, in which the BCPC will be visiting community governments, schools and other formal and informal institutions to gauge views from the public to draft a new constitution for Bougainville.

President Toroama challenged Bougainvilleans to actively participate in the creation of a new Constitution for the region, through the Bougainville Constitutional Planning Commission.

The first step is reclaiming the company’s former holdings in Bougainville by agreeing to abide by the terms of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) on inward investment.

Bray expressed the company's gratitude to the Autonomous Bougainville Government and the people of Bougainville for their confidence allowing the company to reclaim the lands they leased before the Bougainville crisis, and because of their history together, he hopes this relationship can continue.

This year’s festival, to be held in Arawa, Central Bougainville, is expected to draw thousands of people, farmers and international chocolatiers.

It will be the fourth since it began in 2016 and will be staged on Thursday and Friday, 8 and 9 August, 2019.

Festival Co-chair and Secretary for Primary Industries, Thomas Betitis, says a key aim of the festival is to connect Bougainville cocoa farmers and their world class cocoa beans to international markets and buyers.

According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred around midday.

Reports from the ground state the issue stemmed from disgruntled locals from the Wakunai area of Central Bougainville, who were protesting the sale of merchandise with the iconic Upe, which originates from the area.

The Upe is worn by young men as they are initiated into adulthood, and is a respected and taboo symbol in the area.

Women are not allowed to wear the symbol.

The region consists of four districts, Arawa, Panguna, Wakunai and Kieta, and the delay has affected over 40 000 eligible voters.

CBR Returning Officer Denise Palipal confirmed reports received from the voters that many of the names are not on the electoral roll.

Palipal and CBR police commander Spencer Aila urged all 49 polling teams not to carry out polling until the preliminary roll is printed and distributed to them.

Palipal confirmed that they will be using the preliminary roll from the 2012 elections.

The chiefs rallied behind Governor Sir Julius Chan to support what they term a courageous step for peace from the BRA Commander.

He was the first to meet with Sir J within three days of him assuming the Prime Ministership of Papua New Guinea in 1994 in Honiara, during the height of the Bougainville conflict.

In a stunning football match that saw two Bougainville teams clash in the finals, the boys from Buka town outran the local village boys to claim the title.

Central Bougainville will now represent Islands region in the Besta Cup Championships to be held in Port Moresby or Lae early next year.

The two teams also took part in the tournament for the first time as most of the players are students and teachers.

Meanwhile, four of their players were selected for the U17 trials that will be held on Tuesday.

The Central Bougainville side opened the scoring in the 15th minute of the game, but  Kimbe fought back to  level the scores at 1-1 before the break.

After the break, it was anybody’s game for the taking as Kimbe showed a lot of courage in front of their home crowd. But the Bougainvilleans held a strong side to defend as they push their forward packs  in attack.

After several attacks from both sides, Bougainville forwards broke through the host team’s defence to convert their only chance to lead 2-1.

In the men’s division South Bougainville will take on SBLC Buluma while Central Bougainville will play the host Kimbe Team (2). The winners of the two games will play in the grand final while loosers play for third and fourth placings.

In the women’s division, Buvussi will play Mosa NBPOL for the third and fourth placings, while Kokopo team 1 will play Kumbango in the finals.