Court orders state, stakeholders to resettle Manam Islanders

The Madang National Court on September 3 ordered the central government, Manam Resettlement Authority chairman, Madang provincial government (MPG) and the Manam Resettlement Authority to identify and acquire land for the resettlement of about 10,000 displaced Manam Islanders. The people were displaced following the eruption of the Manam Island volcano in October 2004. Since then,...