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Each year, all members of the Rotary Club belonging to the District 9220 hold an annual meeting in the home country of its governor. Since the governor of that District for the year 2010-2011 is Malagasy, Andrianome Ranarivelo, Madagascar will then have the privilege of hosting the 15th Conference and the 15th Meeting of Rotary International which is going to ... Lire la suite »

“Trano Mora” (cheap house), the presidential project of social housing has recently been officially launched. In fact, according to the forecasts of a high official in charge of public procurement at the Ministry of Regional Planning and Decentralization, the construction of 700 houses is expected to begin in June. The call for tenders was published last Saturday. The estimated duration ... Lire la suite »

The Journalists’ Professional Cards Committee has just been officially established yesterday at the Ministry of Communication. The committee is composed of 6 members who will act as journalists’ representatives. These members include Gerard Rakotonirina, Sylvain Ranjalahy and Flavienne Ramarosaona, while other members including Solomon Ravelontsalama, Nicolas Rabemananjara and William Ratrema will perform the task of press managers. The representative of ... Lire la suite »

The company, Wisco, confirmed this weekend it will start its drilling project in late May. This project which will assess the actual amount of iron contained in the 3 exploitation sites, including Soalala, Ambohipaky and Ankasakasa. 8 new and powerful drilling machines are expected to arrive from China in the beginning of May. And the project will be subcontracted to ... Lire la suite »

At about one month before the event, the first International Mining and Hydrocarbons Exhibition aroused great interests among operators. Stands for the exhibition are already booked at 90%. Large companies are taking part in its preparations in order to ensure its success. Indeed, Henri Fraise Fils Group and Co., Ambatovy Project Minerals Ltd and the China International Fund have decided ... Lire la suite »

No Malagasy delegation will attend the Spring Conference of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, and that is in large part due to the absence of international recognition of the current government. There is no doubt, Madagascar has been excluded from the list of participants in the Spring Conference of the World Bank and the ... Lire la suite »

Following a meeting between the Minister in charge of Mines and Hydrocarbons, Mamy Ratovomalala, and the independent gas station managers’ association (GPGLSS), both entities have pointed out that customers do not have to worry about fuel shortage, at least for the moment.   For sure, each of them has had the opportunity to expose their reluctance and anxiety in front ... Lire la suite »

The World Food Program (WFP) thanked the Swiss Government for having released, last March, a further contribution amounting to 269 000 dollars for its relief and recovery program, in order to ease humanitarian consequences of natural disasters. This new funding allows the WFP to cater to the most urgent food needs of 19 000 vulnerable people for a month. These ... Lire la suite »

Yesterday, residents of Mahamasina woke up, about 2:00 AM, to the sound of strong explosions which sounded just like cannon shots. Actually, the explosions were caused by fire that occurred inside the Sport and Culture Palace of Mahamasina. The fire was apparently caused by short-circuit in the electric system of the Palace. 17 stands of the commercial fair “Grande Braderie ... Lire la suite »

Last Friday, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an organization included in the World Bank Group conducted the graduation ceremony of 59 newly-trained individuals at the ISCAM Institute’s facility. Briefly, the “Business Edge” Training is a training system that follows international standard in terms of professional training which aims to strengthen the management capacity of individual entrepreneurs, executives and staff members ... Lire la suite »