The Siwai Cultural Show held on 22 and 23 September celebrated the unique cultural, historical, and natural features of Siwai District in Bougainville’s South. BCL was delighted to again partner with the Siwai Cultural Tourism Association to provide key sponsorship for this terrific event. We also partnered with New Dawn FM to support live broadcasts […]
BCL was represented at the recent Bougainville Business Forum in Buka where some interesting topics were canvassed, including the prospect of a future sovereign wealth fund for Bougainville and updates on Bougainville’s Economic Roadmap. The forum was hosted by the Department of Commerce, Trade and Industry with other government departments also represented. Sovereign wealth funds […]
We are excited to welcome Elly Sawa to our Bougainville team as BCL’s newly appointed Bougainville Community Relations Coordinator. Elly joins the company following the departure of Genevieve Itta and will spearhead our endeavours across the Panguna project area. Elly arrives during a transformative period for BCL as a truly local company and as a […]
Rotary Australia World Community Service working in conjunction with Bougainville Rotary Community Corps, gathered 314 essential items for shipment to Bougainville for the benefit of local people. It was a pleasure for us to partner with Rotary to cover all freight and shipping costs associated with getting the container from Australia to Bougainville. The items […]
We had the pleasure of providing support for the Arawa-based Panguna Fode Centre’s major end of semester event in late June. Fode is committed to providing flexible, open distance education for young Bougainvilleans and has a current enrolment of 514 students. This year’s gala event included drama and dance performances, debating competitions and a Mr […]
Access to clean water is something that many of us take for granted, but for the people of Mimi village in central Bougainville obtaining fresh water has been problematic and inconvenient for many years. As a result, BCL identified Mimi as a community that would benefit from its water project support program. We are delighted […]
The 2023 Bougainville Inter-High and Secondary Schools Carnival delivered an exciting week of athletics and sport hosted by Arawa Secondary School. The event theme was promoting education and unity for independence through sport. Fourteen schools from across the region were represented with athletes competing across a range of track and field events as well as […]
We were delighted to continue our support for the UPNG Bougainville Students Association by purchasing 40 tickets for their sensational AROB Night concert on 23 June which featured amazing acts, including Young Davie, Silaha Kakaku and Edwin Moses with support from Cool Range Band and Latitude Zero Studios and Band. Proceeds from the night which […]
We were delighted to provide support for the recent AROB Day celebrations at Arawa’s Christmas Park which marked the 18th anniversary of autonomy for Bougainville. BCL provided assistance to Central Bougainville Event Planners for logistical arrangements, entertainment and catering. The two-day event featured a range of cultural activities including some wonderful musical performances by artists […]
BCL’S ACTIVITIES ALWAYS CONSTRUCTIVE AND RESPECTFUL The chairman of Bougainville Copper Limited Sir Melchior Togolo strongly rejects suggestions the company, through its long-running program of community engagement and support, is in anyway disrespecting government and landowner processes relating to the Panguna mine. The Post Courier has reported comments by members of Central Bougainville’s parliamentary committee, […]