Author Eric Carle dies at 94!

Business Mauritius presents Budget 2023-2024 proposals to Minister Padayachy

Mauritius: Business Mauritius, the coordinating body of around 1,200 local businesses, came forth with its proposals for the upcoming Budget 2023-2024 during a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy, yesterday in Port-Louis.

Mauritius holds Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting 2023-2024

Mauritius: Stakeholders from Agriculture, Sugar, IT and Telecommunications industries participate in Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting 2023-2024 stakeholders of the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture (MCA), Mauritius Sugar Syndicate (MSS), Outsourcing and Telecommunications Association of Mauritius (OTAM), and Mauritius IT Industry Association (MITIA) was held, yesterday, at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, in Port Louis, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy.

SA Army hosts human resources career succession planning Session

South Africa: SA Army Support Formation is currently in Rhemardo Holiday Resort, hosting a Human Resources Succession Planning Session from 20 March 2023 that will end on 24 March 2023.

Dominica hires Nathalie Walsh as Festivals & events manager

Dominica: The Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) announced the appointment of Nathalie Walsh as their new Festivals and Events Manager on March 13, 2023. Walsh is an experienced marketing professional with expertise in event planning and management, as well as a marketing strategy.

Eric Carle, the most beloved author amongst the children and also an illustrator, died at the age of 91 due to kidney failure. As per the statement made by the Penguin Young Leaders, on behalf of the family stated that Carle died Sunday at his Northhampton, MA summer studio. He died surrounded by his family. Eric Carle married special educator Barbara “Bobbie” Carle until her death in 2015. Together, the pair founded the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.

Eric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York. Notably, he began to write children’s books in his late 30s. In 2019, he mentioned in an interview that why he thought the story endured for five decades. He stated, “For many years, my publisher and editor and I did not know the reason for The Very Hungry Caterpillar being so popular. But over time, I’ve come to feel that it is a book of hope. And it is this hopeful feeling that has made it book readers of all ages enjoy and remember.”

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Eric was born in upstate New York to German immigrant parents. Thus, in mid-1930, he moved to Stuttgart because his mother was homesick. His father being an Army Personnel made Eric experience the trauma of war. Further, this gave Carle a different way of seeing the world. Later on, he made his way back to New York and worked as a graphic designer and then at an advertising agency.

In 1967, he started illustrating “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”  He did this for his friend Bill Martin Jr. In the 50+ years of working in the field, he illustrated over 70 books for children. He is perhaps most well known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which Carle wrote and illustrated in 1969. It is not just the book that remains popular, there are animated versions of the story, various merchandise spin-offs, and stage production that to date has been watched by a million children.

Business Mauritius presents Budget 2023-2024 proposals to Minister Padayachy

Mauritius: Business Mauritius, the coordinating body of around 1,200 local businesses, came forth with its proposals for the upcoming Budget 2023-2024 during a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy, yesterday in Port-Louis.

Mauritius holds Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting 2023-2024

Mauritius: Stakeholders from Agriculture, Sugar, IT and Telecommunications industries participate in Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting 2023-2024 stakeholders of the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture (MCA), Mauritius Sugar Syndicate (MSS), Outsourcing and Telecommunications Association of Mauritius (OTAM), and Mauritius IT Industry Association (MITIA) was held, yesterday, at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, in Port Louis, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy.

SA Army hosts human resources career succession planning Session

South Africa: SA Army Support Formation is currently in Rhemardo Holiday Resort, hosting a Human Resources Succession Planning Session from 20 March 2023 that will end on 24 March 2023.

Dominica hires Nathalie Walsh as Festivals & events manager

Dominica: The Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) announced the appointment of Nathalie Walsh as their new Festivals and Events Manager on March 13, 2023. Walsh is an experienced marketing professional with expertise in event planning and management, as well as a marketing strategy.

Energy Minister highlights innovative solutions to manage water resources

Mauritius: The collaboration of the public and private sectors to accelerate and catalyse the adoption of innovative and technology-driven solutions to manage scarce water resources was highlighted by the Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Georges Pierre Lesjongard, today, in Ebène.

Seagrass is a key climate change solution, states Minister Maudhoo

Mauritius: ‘Seagrass is one of the main climate change solutions that has come to light now due to its carbon sink potential, which makes it a blue carbon ecosystem’.