Community
Backing Business to Succeed
The creation of new businesses and the growth of existing ones is critical to Bougainville’s economic development. President Ishmael Toroama has made business development and the promotion of innovation a focus of his government and the reasons for this are multi-faceted. Profitable businesses help generate income, provide tax revenue to
BCL Sponsors Panguna Landowners for Financial Literacy Training
Bougainville Copper Limited is proud to support SME’s within the Panguna district, sponsoring 10 participants for a Financial Literacy Training program. The participants were selected at random from different disciplines of engagement that were common within Panguna. A total of 175 individuals undertook the 3-day Financial Literacy Training program conducted
FORMER BCL CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR PETER TAYLOR AWARDED CBE IN THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST 2020
Bougainville Copper would like to warmly congratulate Peter Taylor who was awarded a CBE for services to the community, to business, economic development and international relations in Papua New Guinea. Peter is the former Chairman and Managing Director of Bougainville Copper. He lived and worked in Bougainville during the mines
ARAWA’S LONGEST SERVING ELECTRICIAN
By Denika Seeto Michael Pye of Temarua Central Electrical has been an electrician for almost 50 years. The 67-year-old Arawa local started working at 20-years-old and has since grown his business in Central Bougainville. I first met Michael when visiting the BCL transit house renovation in Arawa in February this
TRAVEL JOURNAL: LAURA KETSANA
Team Bougainville u18 sprinter for Air PNG National Athletics Championships It was on a Wednesday, my PE teacher told me that I was one of the selected students who will be taking part in the National Athletics Championship in Kimbe. I was very surprised and excited. I couldn’t believe that
SKILLS TO UNLOCK FUTURE OPPORTUNITY
IMAGE – Farmer with Mauang Exports GM and Bougainville Copper VLO Jeffrey Clason The importance of skills development was recently highlighted in a Post Courier story about the early success of Bougainville farmer Martin Tsiora in replanting his old cocoa plantation with vanilla beans. Martin was one of the farmers
BETTER ROADS ARE SAFER ROADS
Early last month the PNG national government launched the National Road Network Strategy 2018-2037, but what will this mean for Bougainville? The urgent need for better roads in various parts of the autonomous region is something commonly raised by Bougainvilleans in social media forums. Better roads mean safer roads for
DEFENSIVE DRIVING FOR BETTER DRIVERS AND SAFER ROADS
Between the 3-5th August, Bougainville Copper provided defensive driver training for 10 enthusiastic BCL vehicle contractors and one staff member in Arawa. The training was facilitated by Concept Training Group from Port Moresby. The drivers were trained on the following topics: PNG Road & Safety Legislation Defensive Driving Overview Driving
FOND MEMORIES STILL ENDURE
Former workers share Panguna thoughts with BCL’s editorial team.
KICKING GOALS AT THE BESTA CUP
Pictured: Borderzone Soccer Team from Panguna with BCL VLO Benedict Ienu Bougainville Copper was delighted to sponsor the Panguna Borderzone soccer team, which competed in the Championship round of the Besta Cup in Arawa between the 6-12th August. BCL Village Liaison Officer Benedict Ienu from Moroni in Panguna, presented the
