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The deactivation process shall not be postponed past April 30

More than 1 million SIM cards face deactivation

Mobile service providers in country are in for an excruciating seventy two hours as they rush to register the hordes of unregistered SIM cards currently in circulation. With time dwindling and the number of...

Lack of leadership and support for ICT interprenueurs

Local information communication technology (ICT) innovators have expressed that the lack of leadership and policy support has challenged their effective growth in the information technology space. Director and owner of tech start-up In4net Limited...

Mr Marksuel Nausien, who is the first Vanuatu graduate in Certificate IV in Disability receives his certificate from the Australian High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Ms Jenny Da Rin.

New skilled graduates to bolster Vanuatu workforce

On 12 April, more than 100 ni-Vanuatu graduated from the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) with Australian technical and vocational qualifications that will benefit them, their employers and the Vanuatu economy. The students graduated in...

Installing Skype on Zorin OS 12.3

I recently came across Zorin OS and found it to be a great alternative to Windows. It looks and feels great but the edition I downloaded (Ultime) did not come with Skype. Now, having...

Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, HE John Feakes with APTC graduates at the APTC graduation ceremony.

APTC celebrates achievements of graduates

Today, 57 Fijians celebrated completing Australian qualifications as they graduated from 17 different technical and vocational programs from the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) in Nadi. The APTC is a flagship program of the Australian...

APTC celebrates graduation of Kiribati students

The Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) celebrated the achievements of 19 students who were awarded Australian qualifications at a graduation ceremony in Kiribati on 21 March 2018. APTC is a flagship program of the Australian...

APTC graduates in Tuvalu with Australian High Commissioner to Tuvalu, Amy Crago

APTC students celebrate success in Tuvalu

Nine students of the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) were all smiles as they were awarded Australian qualifications at a graduation ceremony in Tuvalu on 14 March 2018. APTC is a flagship program of the...

NICTA to host stakeholder workshop

The National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) will be hosting a stakeholders’ workshop at the Grand Papua Hotel in Port Moresby on Monday, November 27, 2017 starting at 10am. According to a public...

BSP Visa Debit Card

BSP introduces EMV chip cards

Top Five Benefits of EMV MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express are pressuring the U.S. market to make the switch from magnetic stripe cards to new EMV smart chip cards. Although magstripe cards have...

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