07.09.2006
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Jesli Lapus addressed the 2nd National ICTs in Basic Education Congress, which started today at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City.
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[Philippines]
[education & ICT]
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04.09.2006
A US-based initiative plans to make new textbooks available for free on the Internet for university students in developing nations.
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04.09.2006
The 2005 hurricane season wreaked havoc in the Caribbean region. Never before had the Atlantic seen 27 tropical storms including four in category 5 and as many as 15 hurricanes in one season. The storms left a death toll of 2 280 people in their wake, with more than three million people displaced and an estimated USD 100 billion in economic damage.
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[Caribbean]
[environment & ICT]
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04.09.2006
The sixth meeting of the Presidential International Advisory Council (PIAC) which took place from 2-3 September 2006 at Pestana Kruger Lodge in Mpumalanga Province ended today.
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[South Africa]
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04.09.2006
The endorsement of the Arab strategy document for the society of (ICT) was approved and the Council of the Arab Ministers for Communications was commissioned to crystallize the document in the form of practical working programs and projects.
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[international cooperation]
[ICT in poverty reduction]
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04.09.2006
A non-government organization is working to involve civil society organizations in the formulation of government information and communications technology (ICT) policies.
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[Philippines]
[civil society & ICT]
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30.08.2006
The Asian Development Bank and UNESCAP signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) yesterday for the establishment of 20 pilot Community e-Centers (CeC) in South Asia.
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