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2,300 jobs at risk as PNG gov’t negotiates with Frabelle, Thai Union JV

Filipino firm has partly shuttered its Papua New Guinea tuna plant, but it and Majestic plan to close fully by end of July, with loss of 2300 jobs, unless talks prove fruitful

By Neil Ramsden | May 25, 2018 17:57 BST
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Papua New Guinea. Credit: Stefan Krasowski
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Filipino tuna company Frabelle -- and its joint venture with Thai Union Group, Majestic Seafood -- are on the verge of closing their plants on Papua New Guinea (PNG), Frabelle president Francisco Tiu Laurel told Undercurrent News [...]

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