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“From now on, tourism and handcrafts will be among the flagship domains of the region”, declared yesterday Irène Andreas, the Minister in charge of Tourism and handcrafts during the official inauguration ceremony of a new office for the tourist and handcrafts operators’ association in Ambilobe. For the time being, there are 18 hotels in Ambilobe. And as for the handcrafts, ... Lire la suite »

Celebrated on the first three days of the first lunar month, the Malagasy New Year, also known as Alamahadibe, was being celebrated yesterday in Anosimanjaka, Ambohidratrimo.  Generally, the majority of Malagasy people do not know much about this traditional event. And if some of them do, they often mistake Alamahadibe with another traditional event called Asaramanitra, explained Ernould Raharinosy, a ... Lire la suite »

Last week, the Prime Minister Camille Vital along with the Minister in charge of Energy, Rodolphe Ramanantsoa, and the General Manager of JIRAMA, Désiré Rasidy, inaugurated together the establishment of a new thermal power plant in Toamasina. This new thermal power plant is composed of 3 generators capable of producing each 6 MW (Megawatts) of power. The total cost of ... Lire la suite »

While officially proclaimed by the United Nations Organization as the International year of biodiversity, 2010 is also the year the International Research Group on Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (GDRI-BDDM) organizes a large colloquium dealing with the theme “the GDRI-BDDM and the issues of biodiversity”. Organized by the 2 managers of GDRI-BDDM, the colloquium on biodiversity will take place from November ... Lire la suite »

“Despite a rather hard and heavy start of our activities this year, the outcome is not necessarily negative”, such is the assertion of the Commercial Manager of Air Madagascar in the course of a short speech she gave yesterday during a rewarding ceremony in the Tamboho Restaurant in Ankorondrano. Indeed, in order to prove the company’s healthy economical situation, Air ... Lire la suite »

Following the Central Bank of Madagascar’s instruction concerning the improvement process of money circulation services in the country, all the banks operating in Madagascar will have to make available in their Automated Teller Machine (ATM) software the 2000Ar banknote. According to the instruction, the primary banks, which are the principal actors of money distribution in Madagascar, are the first to ... Lire la suite »

Gérard Clain, a very passionate sculptor for almost 20 years, has decided to dedicate his art to humanitarian causes. Actually, hearing about Father Pedro’s charity association, “Akamasoa”, from the Father Pedro’s friends Association in Saint Gilles, La Reunion, Gérard Clain decided to bring his contributions in order to support Akamasoa’s activities in helping poor people. For that, he plans to ... Lire la suite »

Human Network International (HNI), an American organization, plans to establish new 25 telecenters in every big city of Madagascar. These telecommunication centers will be managed by local operators. Their main targets include developing the access to bank services and familiarizing people living in distant localities with new technology, particularly the Internet. Each center will be equipped with 8 computers, printers ... Lire la suite »

Reaching the Great Island in the beginning of this year, the H1N1 swine flu has already killed 3 persons. In just a couple of months, the number of H1N1-infected individuals has topped 2 830 and 1 018 of which are seriously affected. However, in recent times, the WHO (World Health Organization) has declared the end of the H1N1 swine flu ... Lire la suite »

The world of the “Kalon’ny Fahiny” (Music of yesterday) has lost one of its icons, the remarkable composer-singer Gabriel Rabehasina aka Gabhy. Aged 77, Gabhy died yesterday morning from cerebrovascular accident in the HOMI Hospital at Soavinandriana. Actually, two years after the death of Romule Rabarivola, the other member of the group “Kintana Telo” (three stars), Gabhy has taken his ... Lire la suite »