AFRO-NETS> The MEDIA BEAT - July 30, 1999

[Warren Feek <wfeek@coastnet.com>]

The MEDIA BEAT - July 30, 1999
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Selected articles from news media coverage of communication, 
development
and change trends, programmes and policies. Articles compiled by:
'The Communication Initiative' http://www.comminit.com

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A. REPORTING DEVELOPMENT

1. HIV/AIDS Awareness Drama - Ethiopia

Addis Tribune - July 23, 1999
The purpose of the project is to raise public awareness and prevent the
spread of HIV/AIDS. The British Embassy Small Grants Scheme annually 
awards
grants to small-scale grass-root development projects aimed at 
improving
the livelihood of poor people.
http://addistribune.ethiopiaonline.net/Archives/1999/07/23-07-99/Hiv.htm 



2. Sadique Seeks Tripartite Cooperation To Eradicate Illiteracy - 
Bangladesh

The Daily Star - July 26, 1999
Newspapers, television and radio could play a vital role in the process 
of
making the country free from the curse of illiteracy, education 
Minister
ASHK Sadique said at a workshop entitled "effective use of mass media 
in
the expansion of mass education".
http://www.dailystarnews.com/199907/26/n9072610.htm#BODY4


3. Castro Proposes Union Of Cuba And U.S. Against Drug Trafficking - 
Cuba

O Povo Online - July 28, 1999
The president Fidel Castro proposed that the United States join Cuba in 
the
fight against the trafficking of drugs, saying that the politics should 
be
put aside in order to help saving the youth of the world from the 
calamity
of the drugs.
http://www.ibeuce.com.br/opovo/9907/28/internacional/28in0501.htm


4. Workshop For Health Providers - Bahrain

Bahrain Tribune - July 28, 1999 - by Mona Radhi
The importance of developing communication skills among health care
providers is the main focus of a workshop today at the Salmaniya 
Medical
Complex's Training Centre, organised by the Health Education Section at 
the
Ministry of Health and the Education Development Committee at the 
Public
Health Directorate.
http://www.bahraintribune.com/local.asp?Art_No=3169


5. Japan Supports Immunisation Programme - Ghana

Daily Graphic - July 28, 1999 - by Albert K. Salia & Julia Morgenthaler
THE Japanese Government through the United Nations Children Fund 
(UNICEF)
is to provide a grant of $1.8 million to the Ministry of Health in 
support
of this year's National Immunisation Days (NID).
http://www.graphic.com.gh/dgraphic/news/jap28.html


6. Meaningful Cooperation For The Future - Turkey

Turkish Daily News - July 22, 1999 - by Elif Akbas
Istanbul: The Summer Schools' Festival, an event organized for primary
school children by the Bizim Ulke (Our Country) Foundation and 
sponsored by
ice-cream maker Algida, was held in Istanbul Tuesday.
The goal of the project, which will continue until Aug. 13, is to 
provide
children living in Istanbul's shantytowns cultural education apart from
their school curriculum.
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/FrTDN/latest/dom2.htm#d22


7. Co-Operate In Order To Succeed: Turbarat - Papua New Guinea

The National - July 20, 1999
KOKOPO: Central Gazelle people in East New Britain province have been 
urged
to realise that development can only come about through their own 
efforts
and co-operation.
http://www.wr.com.au/national/990720t1.htm


8. Community Groups Must Play Role In New Type Of Governance - South 
Africa

Business Day - July 22, 1999 - Tommy Makoe Johannesburg
The new millennium should bring about co-operative governance, which 
will
reduce government expenditure, replacing it with a culture of societal
responsibility that will improve living conditions for all.
http://www.bday.co.za/99/0722/comment/e4.htm


9. Get Kids To Watch Malaysian TV News - Malaysia

The Star/Asia News Network - July 26, 1999
KULAI - Parents in the southern Malaysian state of Johor have been 
urged to
encourage their children to watch the news on Malaysian television 
channels
instead of Singapore channels.
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/reg/mal7_0726.html


10. Students For Environmental Awareness Residential Camp - Guyana

Stabroek News - July 26, 1999
The international environmental group, Conservation International 
Guyana,
will from today begin a one-week residential camp called "A Student's
Summer Programme of Environmental Awareness", for schools which have
demonstrated an interest in biodiversity and its conservation.
http://www.stabroeknews.com/Monday/page10.htm


11. New Training Programme For School Leavers - Caribbean

CANA News Agency - July 20, 1999
Kingstown, St. Vincent, CANA - A six-week training exercise has been
launched here and in three other Eastern Caribbean islands to assist 
school
leavers who are preparing to enter the world of work.
http://www.cananews.com/business.htm#New training programme for school 
leavers


12. Villagers To Tackle Drug Problem - Cook Islands

Cook Islands News Online - July 22, 1999 - Mona Matepi.
Over the next two weeks Community Police will be putting in place a 
drugs
and substance abuse educational strategy aptly named "Out-reach" which 
will
appeal first to parents before targeting young people.
http://www.cinews.co.ck/features.htm#f01


13. PM Appeals for Better Realisation of Public Investment Budget - 
Cameroon

Cameroon Tribune - July 30, 1999 - by Louis Marie Abogo Nkono.
Mr. Peter Mafany Musonge, Prime Minister, Head of Government, Wednesday 
28
July 1999, chaired a Cabinet Meeting devoted to the proper execution of 
the
State budget and the management of the third and last year of the
three-year programme.
http://www.gcnet.cm/camtrib/camtrib6901/accueil.htm


14. ILO Convention On Child Labour - Jordan

Jordan Times - July 26, 1999 - By Hind-Lara Mango
AMMAN - "We can't eradicate child labour in Jordan, as it is directly
linked to the rising levels of poverty, but we can find alternatives," 
said
Hamadah Abu Nijem, a legal advisor at the Ministry of Labour.
One such alternative is to streamline children into paid vocational
training programmes.
http://www.accessme.com/jordantimes/Mon/homenews/homenews3.htm


15. Ministry Considers National Filaria Programme - Guyana

Guyana Chronicle - July 24, 1999
THE Health Ministry is examining the possibility of developing a 
national
filaria programme or a community education programme. Chief Medical 
Officer
Dr. Rudolph Cummings said yesterday that a meeting was held last week 
with
officials from the CDC in Atlanta and the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre 
to
discuss the idea.
http://chronicle.guyana.net.gy/archive/News/news24.htm



B. COMMUNICATION TRENDS

16. Communication Technology Continues To Lag - Zambia

The Post - July 28, 1999 - By Lubasi Katundu
Communication technology will continue to lag behind in developing
countries because of the lop-sidedness of basic infrastructure, said
University of Zambia (UNZA) electrical engineer Anthony Ngoma 
yesterday.
http://www.zamnet.zm/zamnet/post.arch.17945/business/story1.html


17. Cuba Faces The Web Revolution  - Cuba

Guardian Online - Thursday July 22, 1999 - by Jules Mardhall
"Culture will be the weapon of the 21st century," Fidel Castro told the
first Unesco conference on Culture and Development held in Havana in 
June.
It may be the only thing on which the president of the Cuban council of
state and council of ministers, and the rightwing US ideologues who
blockade his country agree.
http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,67368,00.html


18. TNT Eyes Boom In E-Commerce - Thailand

Bangkok Post - July 26, 1999
TNT, one of world's major express distributors of goods and mail, 
predicts
a sharp increase in the use of its on-line and electronic business in 
Asia
in the next three years.
http://www.bkkpost.samart.co.th/news/BParchive/BP19990726/260799_Busines 
s08.html


19. Pacific Web Expanding - South Pacific

The Monitor - July 20, 1999 - by Anthony Mason in Canberra
The University of the South Pacific's journalism coordinator believes 
the
influence of online media in the region is significant. In particular, 
he
points to the Sandline mercenary crisis in Papua New Guinea and the 
recent
election in Fiji as defining moments the region's online media.
http://www.asiapac.org.fj/cafepacific/resources/aspac/mason.html


20. Private Health Care Called 'Beneficial' To Society - Viet Nam

Viet Nam News - July 28, 1999
HA? NO?I - The development of private health care providers has created
healthy competition by pushing State-run establishments to improve 
their
services, says the Ministry of Health.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/1999-07/27/Stories/06.htm


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