Michael Somare News

Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that the co-venturers have agreed to proceed with the development of the Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas project, pending completion of sales and purchase agreements with LNG buyers and finalization of financing arrangements with lenders.

PAPUA New Guinea Prime Minister, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare yesterday hailed the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Port-of-Spain as one of the best he has ever attended, as he hailed its assurances to small States vulnerable to climate- change.

Trinidadian Prime Minister Patrick Manning Sunday formally declared closed the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on Sunday in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.

PORT OF SPAIN: The 52 Commonwealth nations will go to Copenhagen determined to forge a meaningful agreement to combat climate change and have backed plans for a $US10 billion fund to immediately assist countries most vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

Papua New Guinea has criticised the United States's "irresponsible" and "unacceptable" climate change policy at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting .

Pledges by China and the U.S. to set numerical targets for their greenhouse-gas emissions through 2020 may reignite stalled progress for a global climate agreement at negotiations next month in Copenhagen.

Stimulus spending and other emergency measures have set the stage for global economic recovery, but nations must push ahead with free trade and investment to ensure growth, President Barack Obama and fellow Asia-Pacific leaders said Sunday.

President Barack Obama is hoping to nudge forward an arms-control deal in talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Leader of the Opposition Sir Mekere Morauta [pictured] has renewed his challenge to Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare to inform Papua New Guineans for which forest areas he co-signed carbon credit certificates in favour of an Australian-based company Climate Assist last year.

Runaway former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was reportedly in Papua New Guinea at the weekend, Australia Network News reported Monday.

HONIARA a ' The University of Papua New Guinea Open Campus in Honiara, which is gaining popularity among Solomon Islanders seeking further education, will launch its programs today.

HONIARA : The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Somare, has called on Pacific Islands Forum countries - particularly Australia and New Zealand - to treat Fiji more leniently.

Fiji's Melanesian neighbours will work to end opposition by Australia and New Zealand to the current Fiji government.

THE biography of the late statesman, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, is a story about a man walking a political tightrope for most of his life when he would rather have been a medical man.

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Somare while launching the book " Tuimacilai " a biography of the late Tui Nayau and Former President of Fiji, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara often wondered if the political challenges in Fiji now would be emphasised if Tui Nayau was still active in the political arena.

Three Prime Ministers from the region will be in Suva tomorrow for the launch of a major biography of Fiji's late founding father, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.

Papua New Guinea prime minister Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare will make an official visit to Solomon Islands from the 12 to 14th of this month, October.

REDD Copenhagen Countdown - North-South Agreement in Place, Immediate Need for Countries' Financial Commitment & Higher Targets by Federica Bietta, Coalition for Rainforest Nations photo: tommorphy via flickr.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at the High-level Event on REDD in New York, today, 23 September: Welcome to this High-level Event.

PORT MORESBY : Civil Aviation, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Charles Abel has lashed out at a press report for "getting it all wrong" and urged the media to get its facts right prior to publishing.