Papua Press Agency

Edited announcement
West Perth-based nickel producer Nickelore has signed an agreement to acquire up to a 51 per cent interest in a gold and copper project in Papua Province, Indonesia and appointed Ron Hicks to its board of directors.
The four year agreement for the acquisition consists of a combination of cash payments, share consideration and exploration [...]

Heru Andriyanto
US mining giant Freeport McMoRan has criticized a lawsuit filed by Papua’s Amungme people, who are seeking $30 billion in damages over the company’s 40-year mining operation in the region, saying the action lacks legal credibility.
“Previous lawsuits against Freeport making similar baseless environmental and human rights claims have been dismissed in both Indonesian and [...]

Heru Andriyanto
US mining giant Freeport McMoRan has criticized a lawsuit filed by Papua’s Amungme people, who are seeking $30 billion in damages over the company’s 40-year mining operation in the region, saying the action lacks legal credibility.
“Previous lawsuits against Freeport making similar baseless environmental and human rights claims have been dismissed in both Indonesian and [...]

By: Kate Kelland
(Pic)- A woman who is infected with HIV prepares her medicines in a shelter house in Jayapura of the Indonesia Papua province November 27, 2008. REUTERS/Oka Barta Daud
LONDON (Reuters) – More than half of the 9.5 million people who need AIDS drugs cannot get them and 33 million people across the world are [...]

Indonesian National Police (Polri) personnel providing Vital National Installations (Obvitnas) security for PT Freeport Indonesia’s mining operations in Mimika District in Papua will be reduced according to Papua Police Chief Inspector General FX Bagus Ekodanto on 4 February 2009

TIMIKA ( PAPOS) -Sekitar 200 personil keamanan yang terdiri dari Satuan Tugas (Satgas) Amole V, Brimob, Satuan Pengendali Massa (Dalmas) Polres Mimika, satuan pengamanan PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) sejak Rabu (21/1) lalu, melakukan penertiban para pendulang emas tradisional di sepanjang Kali Kabur (Sungai Aijkwa) mulai dari Mile 74 hingga Kampung Banti, Distrik Tembagapura, Kabupaten [...]

The Jakarta Globe
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Ismira Lutfia
Papuans comprise more than 30 percent of the workers already hired for the operational stage of the Tangguh liquefied natural gas project at Bintuni Bay, West Papua, a member of the project’s advisory board told a Jakarta media briefing on Monday.
Lord Hannay of Chiswick, Britain, said that the locally [...]

JAYAPURA-Pangdam XVII/Cenderawasih Mayjen TNI AY Nasution melarang keras setiap prajurit maupun kesatuan yang akan meninggalkan wilayah ini, membawa flora dan fauna ( hewan dan tumbuhan) yang dilindungi.
Sebab institusi TNI-AD juga memiliki komitmen untuk selalu menjaga dan melindungi kelestarian serta kelangsungan lingkungan hidup. Hal itu ditegaskan Pangdam saat melepas Satgas Pamtas RI-PNG Yonif 408/SBH dan Yonif [...]

JAYAPURA (PAPOS)-Kapal pesiar yang bermuatan sebuah helikopter mendarat di pelabuhan Port Numbay Jayapura, Senin (6/10) sekitar pukul 8.40 WIT. Kehadiran kapal yang dinamakan kapal Esperansa ini di tanah Papua khususnya kota Jayapura adalah untuk memerangi penggundulan hutan atau penebangan pohon yang biasa dikenal dengan ilegal loging. Alasan para armada kapal Esperansa mengunjungi wilayah Papua adalah [...]

Tempo Magazine No. 03/IX 16-22 September, 2008
Tomy Winata was reportedly involved in opening the door for lobbying in China. However, President Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla apparently have different attitudes over the handling of the Tangguh contract.
THE defenses of Sri Mulyani Indrawati are far too strong to be pierced by news reporters. Bombarded [...]