2) PNG teens crossing to Jayapura to learn Islam
3) Local Government of Jayapura Regency promotes local food
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1) ULMWP stands in solidarity with Kanaky New Caledonia during the upcoming independence referendum
3rd November 2018
To the people of Kanaky,
On behalf of the people of West Papua, the ULMWP stands in solidarity with you and your nation on the eve of your historic independence referendum. As fellow Melanesian brothers and sisters, we are deeply inspired by your struggle for self-determination and independence.
This is a true act of democracy and a golden chance to choose your own destiny.
This is a true act of democracy and a golden chance to choose your own destiny.
In West Papua, we are encouraged by your successful campaign for the same fundamental right that we continue to campaign for; that of Melanesian self-determination. Tomorrow’s referendum in Kanaky is shining a light towards self-determination and decolonisation. It is now West Papua’s chance to follow.
After a long and hard-fought struggle, your colonial power now provides the opportunity for Kanaky to determine its own fate in accordance with the fundamental right to self-determination. We hope that this will be an important lesson for Indonesia to learn from and allow us in West Papua to democratically and peacefully choose our own destiny too. Indonesia has a lot to learn from this referendum in Kanaky.
As a democratic referendum on independence, your vote is a powerful symbol for the world. The ULMWP and the people of West Papua will continue to support you and stand in full solidarity with your people and the future of your nation as you have always done with us.
Yours, in solidarity,
Benny Wenda
Chairman of The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP)
Chairman of The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP)
November 2, 2018
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2) PNG teens crossing to Jayapura to learn Islam
7:43 am today
Papua New Guinean teenagers are travelling unaccompanied to neighbouring Indonesia's Papua region to study Islam.
The trend has come to the attention of PNG's Consul General in Jayapura, the capital of Indonesia's Papua province.
Geoffrey Wiri said in recent months there had been an increase in young PNG people coming across.
"There's about six of them there right now in Jayapura," he said.
"I raised concern with our authorities back here in PNG that, look, these children are going over there unattended, unaccompanied, and they're going on their own will to learn something that they've got no idea what they're learning about."
Mr Wiri said the six teenagers, who come mostly from PNG's Highlands region, were being looked after by a Muslim organisation in Jayapura.
But he expressed concern that the teenagers had their unsigned passports processed when travelling to Indonesia.
Mr Wiri said the children - youngest of whom is aged 12 and the oldest is 15 - now go by Muslim names.
"We can't track back to their families back home because they're using Muslim names," he said.
Of the place where they had come to study, "it's kind of a restricted school where only these people go and there's one teacher," he explained.
"My concern is, what's the benefit, when they go back (to PNG) what's the result?"
The Consul General said the six teenagers were not the first group to come across to Indonesia's Papua.
"There have been other people fom PNG that have come through the Muslim training in Jayapura," he said.
However Mr Wiri indicated it was not certain that authorities in PNG followed up on the activities of converts once they returned to PNG.
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3) Local Government of Jayapura Regency promotes local food
Published 5 hours ago on 3 November 2018
By pr9c6tr3_juben
Sentani, Jubi – Jayapura Regent Mathius Awoitauw highlighted the importance of the availability of local food supplies such as sago, fish, tubers and cocoa in Papua. It means that in every official occasion, the local food will serve as a snack or lunch.
“The local government supports the availability of local food stocks including sago-based food, cocoa, fish and tubers to support the local food security program in this region,” said the regent after opening the Jayapura Food Security Board Meeting at Jayapura Regent Office in Gunung Merah Sentani on Tuesday (30/10/2018).
Furthermore, the regent said the local government needs to address the issue of the local food as an alternative to rice. “From the health perspective, the local food is healthier. Therefore, ahead to the regional event such as PON 2020, the local food must represent our culture to visitors, give them an impression of the originality of our food,” he said.
Meanwhile, Tasrip, the Head of Food Security Office of Jayapura Office, said his office keep promoting the local food and conduct training for the local community on local food processing and consumption.
“We hope that through the Food Security Board meeting, there are recommendations to policymakers to jointly urge the local food consumption as well as to support the local food supplies,” he said.
Government to provide market and product mapping
To support the program, Jayapura Regent Mathius Awoitauw then asked the Food Security Board to help the local farmers and fishermen with a market for selling their local food products. The market will maintain the price; therefore the stocks of local food will be increased. “By providing the market, it means we have helped people’s livelihood,” said the regent.
He also hopes that the increase in local food consumption can be a joint movement of the local government and community to improve people’s prosperity and independence of society in the era of globalisation.
Meanwhile, the Head of Regional Planning and Development Board (Bappeda) of Jayapura Regency Hana Hokoyabi said so far they have conducted mapping on potential commodities, and now the local community is also involving in the cultivation and management strengthening system.
“For instance in Unurumguay sub-district, a sago factor managed by the local community has been built. The similar activities have also done in some villages. The local community makes sago flour from the raw sago using the machine. They then sell their products to the markets in Papua and outside Papua,” she said. (*)
Reporter: Engelbert Wally
Editor: Pipit Maizier
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