The autonomous Bougainville Government in Papua New Guinea has donated 38 thousand US dollars to the relief effort in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.
New Dawn reports the acting ABG president, Albert Punghau, saying the gesture is Bougainville's way of showing its support to the people of the Philippines.
Mr Punghau says the funds are not from any government grant but from internal revenue generated in the province.
He said Filipino nationals have contributed a lot to Bougainville and PNG as a whole, from churches to businesses, and the donation is a means of saying thank you while extending a humanitarian hand.
