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Enhancing Pacific business climate for future prosperity
Jan 26, 2012The Deputy Prime Minister Ham Lini Vanuaroroa officially opened a two day conference on enhancing Pacific Business Climate for future prosperity. Six Pacific countries in the region are represented in the Meeting, the first of its kind to be held in the Pacific region.
Tax break for Commonwealth Games athletes
Jan 26, 2012WORLD-CLASS athletes such as Jamaica’s Usain Bolt are to be tempted to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with a one-off tax break. Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has granted an exemption from paying tax on earnings for athletes resident outside the UK who compete in 2014.
Malawi human rights status worries Commonwealth Secretary-General
Jan 26, 2012Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma said is worried with Malawi's poor human rights status. Speaking in the capital Lilongwe after completing his visit to the country, Sharma said this is the main important area for any Commonwealth member state and has to be pursued with equality on both social and political agendas.
Caribbean countries focus on transforming education through teacher technology competencies
Jan 26, 2012Championing the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in education is the focus of an ICT in Education Leadership Forum to be held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 25 to 26 January 2012.
Commonwealth Secretary-General visits Malawi, Rwanda and Ethiopia
Jan 25, 2012Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will hold talks with political and civil society leaders during a three-nation trip to Africa this month. The nine-day visit will take him to Malawi, Rwanda and Ethiopia from 21 to 30 January 2012.
Rural schools outshine urban ones in Namibia
Jan 25, 2012The better performance of rural schools compared to the more fancied urban schools has baffled many with experts characterising the trend as a growing norm.
