The central government and the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) signed a ship purchase contract with a shipbuilding contractor at the Government House in Port Moresby…
The Autonomous Bougainville Government launched its own civil works plant in Arawa, local media reported on March 5. Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama handed over equipment…
Three academics from the Australian National University stated on February 26 that residents in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville are still suffering from trauma related…
The Buka/Arawa Highway in Tinputs, North Bougainville, was flooded due to heavy rain on February 25. People traveling on foot or by vehicle at the…
The Autonomous Bougainville Government’s (ABG) Digitalization Technical Working Group (DTWG) is set to present the official information and communication technology (ICT) roadmap by the end…
The governments of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville have agreed that the contentious issue delaying progress on the independence referendum be resolved before the Bougainville…
The Torau community filed an objection following a decision made by the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) Boundaries Commission to reject a petition to create a…
Prime Minister James Marape announced a contribution of 1 million kina towards the work of the Bougainville Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Mission in Rumba on…
Local tourism company Southsea Horizons Australasia on December 11 signed a service level agreement with the Bougainville Tourism Authority (BTA) to boost development in the…
The copper- and gold-rich Bougainville region is set to declare independence by 2027, eight years after a landslide vote to secede, the Autonomous Region of…
The Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ABG) met with representatives from US-based SpaceX to discuss bolstering technological capabilities in the region. ABG President Ishmael Toroama held…
The president of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG), Ismael Toroama, has called the central government to address the Bougainville independence issue directly. Toroama told a…
Independent moderator and former New Zealand governor general Sir Jerry Mateparae was given six months to support the Papua New Guinea and Bougainville governments in…
Over 300 traditional landowners from Panguna on November 8 signed a land access and compensation agreement (LACA) with Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL). The agreement followed…
The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) said a joint understanding has been reached with Papua New Guinea (PNG) to expand the role of the recently appointed…
A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck northwest off Bougainville at around 7:08 PM on October 20. The quake was centered at a depth of 127km with tremors…
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck southwest of Bougainville at around 11:41 AM on October 18. The quake was centered at a depth of 35 km with…
The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has officially launched corporate plans for government departments that sets out clear strategies up to 2027, to prepare Bougainville’s institutions…
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake occurred 22-km southeast of Panguna in Bougainville at around 1:50 PM on October 13. The quake was centered at a depth of…
Aropa Airport will receive upgrades funded by a civil aviation investment signed between Papua New Guinea National Airports Corporation (NAC) and the Autonomous Bougainville Government…
The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has officially sought Vatican support in its bid for political independence from Papua New Guinea. A letter from the ABG…
Papua New Guinea will bring in former New Zealand governor-general and senior diplomat Sir Jerry Mateparae to help resolve a deep impasse over Bougainville's political…
Establishing ties with the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) will be the priority for the Autonomous Government of Bougainville’s (ABG) newly created “external relations” office, as…
The governments of Papua New Guinea and the autonomous Bougainville region have agreed on a moderator to be brought to try and repair an impasse…
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea's Bougainville Island on September 1, the US Geological Survey (USGS) showed. The quake…
