Bougainville

The Papua New Guinea government is contemplating restoring short wave radio services to Bougainville, after they were shut down during the civil war.

The President of Bougainville, John Momis, says Papua New Guinea risks undermining the referendum on Bougainville independence if key matters are not quickly resolved.

An independent board of inquiry has been formed to uncover how more than $US800,000 earmarked for the Bougainville Disaster Office went missing.

Papua New Guinea's government has reiterated its claim that a cheque it wrote to the Bougainville government did not bounce.

Papua New Guinea media is reporting that a cheque the national government gave Bougainville has now cleared.

The President of Bougainville John Momis says there is a need for a higher authority to enforce the implementation of the referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea.

Air Niugini has resumed flights to Buka in northern 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.