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Zoom by Fatex : une délégation d’Enterprise Mauritius à Paris du 18 au 20 février
14 Feb 2014, Business Magazine
Me Siven Tirvassen : « Les prochaines législatives doivent se tenir au plus tard le 14 octobre 2015 »
Me Siven Tirvassen, ancien officier de l’Electoral Supervisory Commission, donne la réplique au ministre Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum, qui avait déclaré sur Radio Plus jeudi 13 février que les prochaines élections générales pourraient se tenir en 2016 [plus de détails sur ce lien].
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi Media Live News
Le corps sans vie d’un homme découvert à Beau-Bassin
C’est peu avant 10 heures ce vendredi 14 février que le corps sans vie d’un homme de 41 ans a été découvert à Beau-Bassin.
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi Media Live News
Célébrations de la fête des Lanternes ce vendredi
Un programme d’activités est prévu dans le quartier chinois à Port-Louis vendredi 14 février dans le cadre de la fête des Lanternes, qui clôture les célébrations de la fête du Printemps.
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi Media Live News
Air Mauritius sur la voie du redressement
Le plan de redressement mis en place à Air Mauritius porte ses fruits car la compagnie d’aviation nationale a enregistré des profits de l’ordre de 8,6 millions d’euros, soit environ Rs 353,5 millions, d’octobre à décembre 2013, tandis que des profits de 6,1 millions d’euros, soit environ Rs 250,7 millions, ont été constatés pour la même période en 2012.
14 Feb 2014, Le Matinal
Employment Opportunities for Young: Career Fair Opens Its Doors
The goal? Improve the employability of young people. This is why universities and other institutions offering graduate courses rely on vocational training. Many of them will be present at the Career Fair , which opens its doors to the public this Friday, February 14.
14 Feb 2014, business.mega.mu
Le shopping de la Saint-Valentin
La journée des amoureux est enfin arrivée. Pour ceux et celles qui n’ont pas encore trouvé de cadeaux, il n’est pas trop tard et les idées ne manquent pas pour surprendre sa tendre moitié.
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
Primary Education : Enhancement Programme compulsory by 2017
The press conference held by the Minister of Education on Tuesday and Wednesday clarified several projects announced earlier for the education sector in Mauritius. The nine-year schooling project planned for 2017 seems to have been postponed at a much later stage while the Enhancement Programme comes to the forefront once…
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Application open for 24 Additional Scholarships
for the second time, the Mauritian Government will be offering 24 additional scholarships to Higher School Certificate (HSC) candidates based on their academic performance and social background. Suitably-qualified students who have sat for the HSC in October/November 2013 have up to February 28 to submit their application.
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Goolfee loses case for damages against Aulleear
Bhye Hassam Goolfee has lost his claim for damages against Bilal Aullear before the Intermediate Civil Court. Goolfee had accused the defendant for having stated on Radio Plus on the 5th and 6th of August 2007 that the plaintiff threatened him with a gun to his temple, which statement was…
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
After 27 years litigation : Dr Gujjalu wins against vendor’s heirs
Twenty-seven years after an immovable transaction had been concluded by virtue of a deed under private signature between Dr Amah Chaya Rama Swamy Gajjalu and late Samy Sunnassee, for the sale of an immovable property of 859 ‘toises’ at Rose-Hill for a sum Rs 1 million, Justice David Chan Kan…
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Aza freed in hold-up and possession of stolen properties case
Magistrate Azam Neerooa sitting at the Intermediate Criminal Court has acquitted last week Allan Stephano Aza who was answering a charge with “larceny whilst being armed with an offensive weapon under count 1 as well as with “possession of property obtained unlawfully as alternative count under count 2 in breach…
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Dr Chandan Jankee : ‘Our economy and society both need a drastic change’
Dr Chandan Jankee is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Mauritius. In the following interview, he shares his views with News on Sunday and its readers on the need for a change in our outlook of politics, politicians and the whole political infrastructure. He advocates for a new…
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
President Purryag urges for sugar quota abolition
In his address at the opening of the 11th regional meeting of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly on Wednesday 12 February at the Sir Harilal Vaghjee hall, the President of the Republic, Rajkeswur Purryag made a plea that the model of cooperation continues after the expiry of the Cotonu Agreement…
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
DPP to decide fate of Varma and Jeannot
The ball of the Varma/Jeannot case is now in the court of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The police have completed the investigation eight months after the accident at Sodnac, involving the cars of former Attorney General Yatin Varma and Florent Jeannot. Apparently, police have made some recommendations to…
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Dark practices eroding business ethics
Questions are still to be answered for the deadliest accident killing 1,100 workers in the garment industry. The U.S. government still doesn’t know the number of secrets and sensitive data Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor, snuck out of the country.
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Youth attitude at workplace decried
Youth unemployment in Mauritius was scrutinised during a forum-debate organised by Radio Plus in the Council room of the Municipality of Port Louis on Tuesday. For more than one hour, Nawaz Noorbux and his guests analysed the causes of the rise in youth unemployment over the years. The wrong attitude…
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Indian Desserts : Condensed Happiness
Say it with sweetsSweets are something which certainly the cat cannot have but human beings cannot resist. We, humans, by nature are attracted to sweets as we are a primate, that is, we evolved from eating fruits in prehistoric times. And hence, it seems that we still have our sweet…
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
La Saint-Valentin version clubbing
Dans le cadre de la Saint-Valentin, plusieurs soirées seront organisées. Partez avec votre douce moitié ou allez à la recherche de l’âme sœur lors d’un défilé de mode en musique, ou encore en compagnie d’un DJ international.
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
Les compétences professionnelles : Un atout fondamental à l'emploi
De nos jours, la compétition féroce sur le marché du travail exige des candidats compétents. Les qualifications académiques ne font pas tout. En effet, plusieurs atouts sont indispensables, notamment les connaissances, la façon de s’exprimer, l’habileté et la capacité de travailler dans de diverses situations et en équipe. Le point…
14 Feb 2014, Le Defi Quotidien