Press

That’s it! Through a warning letter hinting pending threats to close the station, the HAT’s minister in charge of mastering communications opened fire on the FREE FM radio station’s reporters. FREE FM happens to be a station criticizing the transitional ruling power’s management on a daily basis. This ruling power is now retaliating. Lire la suite »

The RTA channel has recently been indirectly getting rid of its animators specialized in entertainment shows. Its new owner’s political ambitions are gradually transforming the whole channel’s face. Lire la suite »

Bad luck chance for Jean Paul Randrianiaina, former reporter at the catholic radio channel DON BOSCO and at Rajoelina’s VIVA radio channel. Jean Paul Randrianiaina used to be one of the HAT’s current communication minister’s advisors, Harry Laurent Rahajason. The reporter sent out a spam reporting alleged looting and strife projects throughout Antananarivo, and caused panic in the capital city. He was fired on this account, and now threatened to be charged. Lire la suite »

After several weeks long disputes within the guild, the Malagasy journalists have decided to postpone the election of one supposed to represent them insied the Independent National Electoral Commission. Lire la suite »

Reporters have been especially invited together with artists and Malagasy sport figures to greet the president of the High Authority of Transition. Rufin Rakotomaharo, the latest president of the Journalists´ Order, produced a speech on behalf of his colleagues, in which he called upon more press freedom, the authorization to reopen TV and radio stations closed by the ruling power and the ending of the so called press crimes Lire la suite »

The TV PLUS private media station received an official warning letter. A reporter is being wanted by the state police, and not any of the stations silenced in the aftermaths of the year 2009´s putsch have been allowed to broadcast again. Hard days for the press. Lire la suite »

UNDP has provided an intensive 5 day-training targeted to Executive Directors of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry and to representatives of professional groups which focused on supporting small and medium businesses concerning export processes. The 26 participants have explored several themes related to the promotion of exports by treating elements required in export business, including the sources of business ... Lire la suite »

Concerning the vanilla sector in Madagascar, the development has undergone ups and downs since 2008. In nominal terms, exports of vanilla from Madagascar shifted from 19.6 million SDR in the first half of 2008 to 10.3 million SDR in 2009 to 21.3 million SDR in 2010 and to 15.2 million SDR in 2011.   Indeed, the quantity of the exported ... Lire la suite »

More than 70% of the 343 young people selected and trained by the Ministry of Agriculture and supported by the program PROSPERER are now seeing their professional activities thriving. On December 20, at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Antananarivo, the Secretary General of the Ministry, Philibert Rakotoson, recalled that helping these young people was part of the Operation ... Lire la suite »

A number of reporters are currently in the communication ministry´s sight in the run of its intention to restore “order” in the press. The ministry´s ethics commission is so far being acting since some weeks. Minister Harry Rahajason met some of the capital city´s reporters and declared that sanctions are likely to sanction any violation of ethics and laws. Lire la suite »