AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoInternet Safety & Governance: PNG’s Office of Censorship is rolling out website restrictions with clear user notices, working with NICTA and telcos to cut children’s exposure to harmful content. AI Cybersecurity: A Lae roadshow warns firms and agencies not to upload sensitive data to public AI tools like ChatGPT, stressing privacy and long-term risk. Digital Payments: DPMNEC has launched an Electronic Funds Transfer system to replace cheque payments and modernise government spending controls. Education Connectivity: Starlink has reached Kerema Coronation Secondary School in Gulf, with ~100 Mbps speeds, while UPNG pushes Starlink and new IT/AI/cyber programmes. Workforce & Training: ITI signed MoUs with five Lae companies for on-the-job training, and TISA Bank ran disaster preparedness sessions with NDC and IOM. Health & Research: A Fulbright-trained PNG midwife graduated with an MPH in the US, and a Yale-led study published in Science links Oceania genomes to ancient Denisovan DNA shaping immunity.
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