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Michael Sik Yuen confiant que Maurice accueillera plus d’un million touristes cette année
Le ministre du Tourisme se dit confiant que notre pays accueillera plus d’un million de touristes cette année.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi Media Live News
Rashid Beebeejaun : « Aucun risque de black-out en 2015 »
Le vice-Premier ministre, répondant à la Private Notice Question (PNQ), vendredi après-midi 11 juillet, donne la garantie qu’il n’y a aucun risque de black-out dans le pays en 2015.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi Media Live News
Roshan Beetum «80 % des entreprises à travers le monde investissent dans le Cloud»
11 Jul 2014, Business Magazine
Perte de la vue après une injection d’Avastin: un autre patient se manifeste
Il avait reçu ce traitement en 2009. Soit un an après l’introduction du médicament à Maurice. Il a lui aussi perdu l’usage d’un oeil. Ce patient est venu de l’avant depuis que l’injection d’Avastin a suscité la polémique avec pas moins de quatre patients ayant perdu la vue après ce traitement. Ainsi, ce ne serait pas des cas isolés et l’on soupçonne plusieurs autres cas similaires. Ce patient qui a bien voulu parler sous le couvert de l’anonymat explique que dans son cas, comme pour les quatre autres patients, l’injection était...
11 Jul 2014, Lexpress.mu
Les produits Kolos et Ecocem seront toujours sur le marché local
11 Jul 2014, Business Magazine
Tricherie alléguée : bénéfice du doute au jockey Arena
La Cour intermédiaire a accordé vendredi 11 juillet le bénéfice du doute au jockey italien, Gregorio Marco Arena. La Cour a conclu que les avis d’Ian Paterson, Chief Stipe du MauritiusTurf Club (MTC), et de Serge Henry, propriétaire de cheval Saziwayo, divergent sur la monte du jockey Arena.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi Media Live News
Femmes et tatouages : Une histoire à l’encre de peau
Les marins ont, certainement, contribué à vulgariser la mode du tatouage. D’autres messieurs ont suivi la tendance par la suite. Cependant, depuis quelques années, les femmes s’éprennent de plus en plus à cet art populaire, et n’hésitent pas à se couvrir le corps à l’encre indélébile.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
Leela Gujadhur Sarup on her special friendship with Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi
Renowned researcher on Colonial Emigration and writer par excellence Mrs. Leela Gujadhur Sarup shares with News on Sunday moments of her special friendship with Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Carte blanche à Fabien Dubessay : La beauté de Maurice en exergue
Les îles Vanille sont sous les projecteurs. Depuis quelques semaines, chaque île est mise en avant sur Facebook à travers la campagne de « Carte blanche à... » afin de faire connaître leur beauté. À Maurice, c’est le photographe Fabien Dubessay qui fait honneur aux plus beaux sites locaux pendant une semaine.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
Higher Education : 32 Students fly to the U.S
Thanks to its variety of educational opportunities, flexibility, cutting-edge technology and breadth of content of the curriculum, the United States is the No 1 study destination for international students.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Konkour Slam : Young slammers’ tribute to our slave ancestors
What a better way than a poetry slam to kindle interest of our slave ancestors’ fight for freedom among our students? A large number of schools participated in Konkour Slam but only 17 made it to the finals which were held on Monday in the auditorium of the Mahatma Gandhi…
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Pick N Eat Ltd fined Rs 5,000 for breach of Food Act
Justices Saheeda Peeroo and Saheed Bhaukaurally sitting on appeal have upheld the ruling of the District Court of Port Louis convicting Pick “N” Eat Ltd, the company which holds Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise, to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 after it was found guilty with the offence of selling food…
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Sentence for issuing a disallowed cheque maintained
The Appeal Court, having on the bench Justices Ashraf Caunhye and Prithiviraj Fekna, has last week upheld the judgment of the District Court of Pamplemousses, convicting Jean-Jacques Desiré Constant to three months imprisonment, after the appellant was found guilty of the offence of issuing a cheque without provision in breach…
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Daniel Gueho : ‘I give Germany winner of World Cup 2014’
Daniel Guého was among the Eleven Internationals when Mauritius played against foreign teams like Burnley and Mohan Bagun as well as against teams coming from Reunion Island and Madagascar.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Government committed to reinforce existing anti-corruption framework
The National Assembly resumed its activities, after a prorogation of more than two months, for the drafting of a mini-amendment of the Constitution, presented to elected members on Friday 4 July 2014. The Prime Minister underlined once again the need for change, after 46 years of Independence. He was followed…
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
NTC on profit trail
With over a year of delay, the National Transport Corporation (NTC) has finally submitted its annual financial report for the year 2012 at the National Assembly. The financial statement shows interesting results.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Air Mauritius BAGS prestigious SKYTRAX 4-Star rating
Air Mauritius, the leading airline in the Indian Ocean, was awarded the prestigious 4-Star professional quality rating by SKYTRAX. The Award was presented to Air Mauritius Chairman, Appalsamy (Dass) Thomas and the CEO, André Viljoen by Edward Plaisted, Chairman of Skytrax, at a ceremony held at the Swami Vivekananda International…
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Four patients lose eye after injection
Four patients lost an eye after undergoing an injection at the eye hospital at Moka last May. Thirty patients received a dose of a medication named ‘Avastin’ but four of them developed an infection which has seriously damaged one of their eyes.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Temporary Constitutional Amendment : Rama Sithanen continues to mislead Mauritians?
We are all Mauritians. Ramgoolam and Sithanen are not more Mauritians than other Mauritians. But our religions, ethnicities and cultures must be recognised and respected. This is what every human takes with him when he dies, not his (Mauritian) nationality. Ramgoolam has no right to interfere with this.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
Concert : Khaled fera vibrer la scène du SVICC
Cheb Khaled, chanteur, compositeur et musicien d’origine algérienne, sera chez nous le mois prochain. Il présentera son premier concert en avant-première à l’île Maurice, avant d’entamer une tournée mondiale.
11 Jul 2014, Le Defi Quotidien