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March 15th of each year is recognised by Consumer International as 'World Consumer Rights Day' , to highlight issues affecting consumers worldwide. The theme for this year is “Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer”.
As part of a series of activities to celebrate local women, the Ministry of National Mobilization, Social Development, Family, Gender Affairs, Persons with Disability and Youth, held a special church service dedicated to recognising Women’s achievements. The service was held at the New Testament Church of God at Wilson Hill, under the theme ‘Hats off to Women.’
As part of activities leading up to World Consumer Rights Day, which would be observed on 5th March, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Commerce, conducted a presentation at the Marriaqua Government School, on Thursday, 8th March.
The Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, Sustainable Development and Information Technology, is collaborating with the Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Culture, the Open Core Team, the Information Technology Services Division and the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC), to hold a session introducing open mapping concepts, using Open StreetMap (OSM) - a crowd-sourced open maps and open map tool.
The Ministry of Housing, Informal Settlements, Lands & Surveys and Physical Planning in collaboration with Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) will be hosting an official opening ceremony on Tuesday 13th March, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. to officially open the Fancy Cottage Road.