Bougainville

A cheque for $US1.49 million dollars given to Bougainville by the Papua New Guinea government has bounced, the president of Bougainville says.

Tourists are destined to play a bigger part in the Bougainville economy with the growth of adventure tourism in the autonomous region, its parliamentary speaker says.

The people who forced an Air Niugini plane to abandon its flight to Buka on Friday are terrorists, the President of Bougainville says.

Bougainville's President says momentum is buidling toward better engagement with Papua New Guinea over next year's planned referendum on possible independence.

A news service in Bougainville says the region's government payroll has about 600 fake names on it.

The leaders of Bougainville and Papua New Guinea can point to some achievements after their meeting on Friday, but many issues remain unresolved.

Nine Papua New Guinea cabinet ministers arrived in Arawa in Bougainville yesterday for a key meeting today.

A former prominent leader in Bougainville says Papua New Guinea has to start discussing compensation for the damage it caused during the civil war.

The President of Bougainville John Momis says there are key matters that must be resolved when he meets with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill this Friday.

There is a call in Bougainville for the vote on independence not to be delayed.

A landowners' association near the contested Panguna mine in Bougainville is accusing Bougainville Copper Ltd of misleading people.

The chief secretaries of the Papua New Guinea and Bougainville governments have agreed on 39 recommendations to be put at next week's meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body.

It is possible the Bougainville referendum will be held later than June next year, which has been the time referred to by Bougainville officials for some months.

Seven nominated representatives of the 367 customary titleholders in Bougainville's Panguna Mine lease area say Philip Miriori and Lawrence Daveona do not speak on their behalf.