Press

The MBS (Malagasy Broadcasting System), the radio and TV stations group founded once by former president Marc Ravalomanana is said to be considering the resumption of its activities according to its officials. In the run of a press conference, the MBS station's editor in chief and lawyers emphatically reminded that the station happens to be free to recover on air at will since actually no justice sentence bans it from doing so. Read More »

Two journalists from the daily newspaper “Madagascar Matin” have been kept in custody by police forces since the evening of July 21st. The reaction from associations and from the Union of Malagasy journalists was almost immediate. An emergency meeting was scheduled on July 22nd and journalists right away proceeded to go down the streets. Read More »

The Ministry of Communication's new workshop will soon be on its way to turn a new communication code out, yet not to some reporters' liking for they have been addressing the issue over several decades so far. Read More »

The press was not allowed to witness a tense confrontation at the National Assembly between Parliamentarians and the Prime Minister. Both sides understandably preferred holding a private sitting because the issue was all about the deputies' privileges. Read More »

The transitional ruling power silenced the FJKM Protestant Church's RADIO FAHAZAVANA radio station four years ago. The country's new rulers have not yet taken a stand concerning its eventual reopenning. Read More »

Harry Rahajason, better known as Rolly Mercia, former minister in charge of the transitional Communication department, has been restored as leading Director of businessman Mamy Ravatomanga's press group. The group in question turns out bilingual daily newspapers MATIN and LA VERITE as well as INONA NO VAOVAO published in Malagasy language. Read More »

The Communication Minister broke silence for having repeatedly been called to accounts by reporters during the celebration of the world day of the press, on May 3rd, as well as by the FJKM Protestant Church expecting the RADIO FAHAZAVANA station to be allowed to broadcast again. The Minister declared that the sealed radio stations cases inherited from the transition would be reassessed. Read More »

The leading layer of the FJKM Protestant Church has congregated from April 23rd to April 30th and, once again, called upon the RADIO FAHAZAVANA station silenced by the transitional ruling power in 2010 in the midst of the political crisis to be allowed to open up. Read More »

The ditch between the FREE FM radio station's main reporters was growing too much to expect to be bridged again. Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy and Fidele Razara Pierre finally parted their ways after several years of cooperation. Lalatiana keeps on with her leading radio program ANAO NY FITENENANA with FREE FM, while Fidele Razara Pierre decided to go on for his own political program at the RADIO PLUS station, after a brief attempt to dare a step into the political court of big boys. His program and Lalatiana's happen to come on air at the same time. Read More »

It must be the dreaded end to the alliance between the new President Hery Rajaonarimampianina and his former political and financial lord and ally Andry Rajoelina. The new Chief of State's strive for independency is definitely not to the former transitional leader's liking, as reflected by Rajoelina's media groups' stands. All of them do jointly set about targeting Hery Rajaonarimampianina every day by now. Read More »