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What is the update on the 2024 national census?
The National
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IT has been more than a year since the 2024 National Population Census, themed “Be Counted. No One Left Behind”, was launched last March in Port Moresby. However, not much has been made known about its progress to date. The K150 million head count...
Rising risks: What’s driving violence against Pacific children
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 20, 2025
BY Betty Barkha Children across the Pacific are facing escalating risks to their safety and wellbeing. Research from Save the Children reveals that violence against children is on the rise across five Pacific Island countries — Fiji, Vanuatu,...
Proton International established to handle export markets – 6,000-unit target for 2025, 12,000 for 2026
Paultan
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July 29, 2025
Proton Holdings (Proton) has formed a new wholly owned subsidiary called Proton International Corporation (PICSB), which will be in charge of the carmaker’s overseas expansion, with the objective of providing more flexibility when dealing with...
Hopae joins govt digital ID wallet initiative as Korea targets global interoperability
Biometric Update
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July 25, 2025
Hopae has won major backing as it collaborates on a joint research institute with the South Korean government in building digital identity standards with an internationalist view. The start-up will join a research project in the development of...
40 graduate as coffee extension trainers at Aiyura Institute
NBC PNG
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40 graduates with their certificates. (NBC News) Forty participants graduated yesterday with certificates from the Coffee Extension Training of Trainers [TOT] program at the Coffee Research Institute in Aiyura, Eastern Highlands Province. Among...
ICE’s expanding use of ankle monitors ignites surveillance, privacy concerns
Biometric Update
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July 28, 2025
In a quiet but consequential shift in immigration enforcement strategy, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched a sweeping expansion of its electronic surveillance program, ordering field agents to place most adult immigrants...
PMGH ACHIEVES A MEDICAL FIRST IN STROKE & HEART SURGERY
PNG Haus Bung
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July 20, 2025
In a monumental leap forward for Papua New Guinea’s healthcare system, Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) has successfully performed two groundbreaking surgeries—the nation’s first neuro-thrombectomy and its first left heart bypass...
Parental consent, age ranges are flaws in India’s data privacy act, say experts
Biometric Update
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July 25, 2025
A common complaint from opponents of age assurance technology is that parents should be the ones to decide what their kids can and can’t see online. For years, parents could dictate which videos kids rented, which TV shows they watched and other...
Projecting Air Power And Readiness At Talisman Sabre
The National Tribune
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July 28, 2025
From the roar of fighter jets cutting through the clouds, to the steady hum of surveillance aircraft scanning vast ocean stretches, the Royal Australian Air Force pushed the boundaries of air power during Exercise Talisman Sabre. From July 13 to...
Proton sets up international arm to accelerate overseas sales
The Sun Daily
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July 28, 2025
PETALING JAYA: Proton Holdings Bhd has established Proton International Corporation Sdn Bhd (PICSB), a wholly owned subsidiary formed to spearhead its overseas expansion efforts, with the objective to provide more flexibility when dealing with...
YOUTH WORKSHOP AT UPNG HIGHLIGHTS DIGITAL FUTURE
PNG Haus Bung
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July 20, 2025
More than 300 youths gathered yesterday, Saturday 19th July 2025 at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) for a full-day Youth Skills Day Workshop. The event was organized by UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNDP in partnership with UPNG, Digikesen, and the...
Oz Forensics refreshes biometric PAD compliance with high accuracy in BixeLab test
Biometric Update
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July 28, 2025
Oz Forensics has renewed its compliance confirmation for the ISO/IEC 30107-3 Biometric presentation attack detection (PAD) standard, both Levels 1 and 2, in testing by Australia’s BixeLab. The compliance test was performed with Oz Forensics SDK...
Female athletes rock muscles and bruises on the red carpet. A new aesthetic explained
The Drum
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Expert anthropologists Abigail Posner and Tom Maschio have observed a new aesthetic of influence inspired by the growing presence of female athletes in fashion and beauty spaces. Here’s how brands can contribute.My 19-year-old daughter came home...
These are all the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list
The Independent
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July 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Why the world is treating the new Syria differently from the new Lebanon, and what Beirut can learn from that
The National News
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The US, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries are pressing ahead to encourage Syria to become a model for much of the Middle East. That involves co-existence with Israel, the containment of extremist movements and engagement with...
CLRC launches Issues Papers for Review of Laws on Sexual Offences and SOE
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 28, 2025
The Constitutional and Law Reform Commission (CLRC) has launched two key Issues Papers for the review of laws under its latest Terms of Reference. These two TORs are: TOR 22: Review of Laws Relating to Sexual Offences (Incest) in Papua New Guinea...
Urgent Need For Legislation Against Black Magic: Protecting Society From Exploitation And Harm
Kashmir Reader
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July 20, 2025
In an era of science and rationality, a comprehensive law is essential to criminalise black magic practices and prevent psychological, physical, and financial abuse in Jammu and Kashmir and across India In an age of science, technology, and...
Earth first, then let’s strip mine the other planets later
Echonetdaily
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July 24, 2025
Like most modern human endeavours, they originate in pulp science fiction. The idea of deep-sea mining (DSM), for example, dates back to Jules Verne’s 1870 classic, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It tells the story of Professor Pierre Aronnax and...
PNG soldiers retrace historic 1975 ‘Exercise Antap Lo Ol’ ahead of 50th independence anniversary
NBC PNG
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19 members of the 2RPIR during the official launch of Exercise 'Antap Long Ol' in Moem Barracks, Wewak, East Sepik. (Image: PNGDF) Soldiers from the Papua New Guinea Defence Force [PNGDF] are retracing the historic 1975 “Exercise Antap Lo Ol,” a...
Trump’s revival of WWII era alien registration law sparks privacy, legal battles
Biometric Update
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July 28, 2025
The Trump administration’s unexpected reactivation of a forgotten wartime law requiring noncitizens to register with the U.S. government and carry registration documents has launched intense controversy. What began as a little‑known provision from...