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“Giving a fish to the hungry is to solve his problem for a day. Whereas teaching him to fish to provide for his own needs is helping him to feed for his entire life”. This metaphor illustrates the purpose of the Wednesday Morning Group, a charity association working for the needy and vulnerable people to improve their everyday life. Bringing ... Lire la suite »

Miando Ratsimiahotrarivo, 19 years old, winner of Miss RTA 2011, will leave for Manila, Philippines on Friday. She will participate in the annual worldwide beauty contest, Miss Earth, edition 2011, which is organized by Carousel Productions, Inc.  For this year, the event was scheduled to take place in the Thai capital, Bangkok, but because of the flood that hit the ... Lire la suite »

So that the country can adequately react and provide effective intervention measures in case of potential oil spills at the Malagasy sea, a training session was organized by OLEP (Organization fighting against marine oil pollution) in the Port of Toamasina. Indeed, a simulated spill of 500 tonnes of oil was performed yesterday in the Port as part of the training. ... Lire la suite »

For the past three years, there has been a positive development of trade exchange between Turkey and Madagascar, namely thanks to the participation of Madagascar to the different summits of businessmen. Such development was accompanied by the growing quantity of the traded products. In the same vein, the association “Malagasy & Turkish Businessmen’s Club” (MTBC) currently sets its bases to ... Lire la suite »

Recently, it has been noticed that many gas and lubricant coupons (CCAL), used, in theory, only by the government administration were the subject of falsification. While the falsification seems detrimental to various fields of activity, the fact remains that ultimately no one has yet managed to accurately identify who is behind it. Many fake CCAL have circulated in gas stations ... Lire la suite »

The Habitat International Fair began yesterday and will last for four days at the exhibition park, Futura, at Andranomena. Actually, this event brings together in one place the various operators and professionals in the housing sector, among others, those in the real estate and furniture, those in the field of interior design and house equipment and accessories. The fair represents ... Lire la suite »

In order to improve the commercialization of the “Ravintsara” in Madagascar, a new platform has just been set up. The establishment of this platform was made official at the Motel Anosy last Saturday. According to the explanations of Razafinakanga Alice, the main mission of this platform consists essentially of helping the people working in this particular sector which is starting ... Lire la suite »

The Malagasy Institute of Cartography and Hydrography, known as FTM, will soon acquire, with the support from the Ministry of Planning and Decentralization, new equipments and materials that meet international standards. The acquisition of new equipments is the witness the gradual recovery of the institute. No sustainable and harmonious development is indeed possible without the cartographic and hydrographic data. They ... Lire la suite »

UNICEF and the National School of the Judiciary and Court Officers (ENMG) have organized a three-weeks training focusing on improving trainers’ ability to transmit efficiently and effectively the laws and procedures on the protection of children’s rights, on standardizing practices in courts and in police departments  concerning legislation in favor of children. With the financial support from UNICEF, the training, ... Lire la suite »

Good news for the Great Island.  During the 36th session of the General Conference of the Unesco, which is held every two years in the organization’s headquarters in Paris, Madagascar was elected Vice-President of the General Conference and thus becomes one of the 36 Vice- Presidents of this 36th session. The new Vice-Presidency of Madagascar is entrusted to the head ... Lire la suite »