Newspaper for Bougainville
Plans are underway in Bougainville to set up a fortnightly newspaper
Plans are underway in Bougainville to set up a fortnightly
newspaper at the end of this month. A board of directors will spearhead the
project with the aim of getting the whole community involved in the running
of the paper. It will be an A4 newsletter with arrangements in place for the
paper going tabloid but this will depend on the availability of funds. Already,
funding for printing and freight services has been secured through New Zealand
AID (NZAID) for the proposed paper for six months. The newspaper, to be named
the Sankamap Times, is being converted from the Peace Monitoring Group and the
Bougainville Transitional Team-run newsletter, Nius Bilong Peace. Technical
adviser from NZAID and the man helping to set up the newspaper Steve Dickens
told Post-Courier on Friday that a working group has already been set up to
co-ordinate the project. The group includes information officer Martin Terea,
Robert Tapi, Chris Baria and other contributors will be responsible for the
overall running of the newspaper. Mr Dickens said the name Sankamap Times was
decided upon by the group after seeking suggestions from two secondary schools
on the island. (Postcourier)