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[VIDEO] New road ends isolation for PNG town

[YouTube of embed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ8u0GI37rc

[ one featured in the video, Augustin Mano .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_Resources_Development_Company ]

Posted Fri 4 Oct 2013, 12:18am AEST

Thousands of villagers in a remote part of Papua New Guinea finally have access to the outside world with the opening of a new road.

Samberigi Village in the Southern Highlands [see map below] was promised a road 15 years ago and
now, through the determination of a young leader and support from the goverment, it's actually happened.

It's also the first time people in the area have seen a PNG prime minister.

Richard Broadbridge reports.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-04/new-road-ends-isolation-for-png-town/4997834

.. where exactly is Samberigi Village? .. chuckle .. here you go ..

Samberigi Map — Satellite Images of Samberigi
original name: Samberigi
geographical location: Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Oceania
geographical coordinates: 6° 43' 0" South, 143° 52' 0" East
http://www.maplandia.com/papua-new-guinea/southern-highlands/samberigi/

.. hahaha .. massive green, eh .. hope you enjoyed that one .. this one gives you more of an idea of the location .. firstly ..

Papua New Guinea (PNG; Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini), officially named the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea (the western portion of the island is a part of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua) and numerous offshore islands. It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region described since the early 19th century as Melanesia. The capital is Port Moresby.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea .. down to ..

Administrative divisions

Papua New Guinea is divided into four regions, which are not the primary administrative divisions but are quite significant in many aspects of government, commercial, sporting and other activities.

The nation has 22 province-level divisions: twenty provinces, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville

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In May 1990, Papua New Guinea imposed a blockade on Bougainville. Francis Ona responded by unilaterally declaring independence. He set up the Bougainville Interim Government (BIG), but it had little power, and the island began to descend into disarray. The command structure set up by the BRA seldom had any real control over the various groups throughout the island that claimed to be part of the BRA. A number of raskol (criminal) gangs that were affiliated with the BRA, equipped largely with weapons salvaged from the fighting in World War II, terrorized villages, engaging in murder, rape and pillage. Bougainville split into several factions, and a civil war began. .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bougainville#Civil_war ]
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and the National Capital District. Each province is divided into one or more districts, which in turn are divided into one or more Local Level Government areas.

Provinces are the primary administrative divisions of the country. Provincial governments are branches of the national government – Papua New Guinea is not a federation of provinces. The province-level divisions are as follows:



1. Central
2. Chimbu (Simbu)
3. Eastern Highlands
4. East New Britain
5. East Sepik
6. Enga
7. Gulf
8. Madang
9. Manus
10. Milne Bay
11. Morobe

12. New Ireland
13. Northern (Oro Province)
14. Bougainville (autonomous region)
15. Southern Highlands
16. Western Province (Fly)
17. Western Highlands
18. West New Britain
19. West Sepik (Sandaun)
20. National Capital District
21. Hela
22. Jiwaka

In 2009, Parliament approved the creation of two additional provinces: Hela Province, consisting of part of the existing Southern Highlands Province, and Jiwaka Province, formed by dividing Western Highlands Province. Jiwaka and Hela officially became separate provinces on 17 May 2012. .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea#Administrative_divisions

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Friday 28th May 2010: Port Moresby, NCD

Peace Signing Ends Tribal Fights in Samberigi Valley

Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC) as manager of Petroleum Resources Gobe (PRG) is pleased to announce today that the Bogasi and Tipurureke Tribes of the Samberigi Valley in the Gobe Oil Project area have agreed to stop their tribal fight and make peace.

[ sorry, the photo is just too huge to out ]

MRDC as manager of the PRG Trust has played a big role in facilitating the peace process by bringing together the warring tribes to a round table negotiation and we are proud to report that the both tribes have now made peace. Southern Highlands Provincial Government has also contributed in logistics in facilitating the peace process.

READ MORE .. http://www.mrdc.com.pg/media/PeaceSign.htm#