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Article: Bougainville facing food shortage.
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- PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
- Article date:
- March 24, 2008
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24 MARCH 2008 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- The frequent shortage of food items in Bougainville has been blamed on the failure of the Autonomous Bougainville Government to attract investment.
President of the Bougainville business association Robert Atsir said the region continues to face shortage of imported food items as the region is too reliant on shipping to bring in the goods from Lae, Rabaul and Port Moresby.
Recently, the shortage of food and fuel was blamed on the grounding of vessels by the PNG Maritime Safety Authority.
Since February this year the township of Buka and other districts of Buin and Arawa have been facing shortage of basic ...