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Three Accidents Yesterday: Six Injured, One Serious
Biganand Damar, aged forty years, was severely wounded in the left leg. It was an accident while he was on a motorcycle on the main road of Flic-en-Flac yesterday, Thursday, April 3.
04 Apr 2014, motors.mega.mu
Théâtre : Vivez les rêves de Théodore
Le Théâtre des Alberts proposera, ce samedi 5 avril à l’École du Nord, une pièce atypique. Spécialisée dans le théâtre visuel, la troupe réunionnaise présentera « Théodore Le Passager du Rêve », un spectacle dont le personnage principal est une marionnette.
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
Keats College : One School, One Family
Named after the legendary poet Keats, this secondary educational institution of the South has produced some 5,000 students through the years, serving diverse spheres nationally and internationally.
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Finals of the Public Speaking Competition : Dr Maurice Curé College bags grand winning prize
The finals of the annual Public Speaking Competition, organised by the English Speaking Union, took place last Thursday. The nine finalists delivered a prepared speech related to the theme ‘To be Human is to Discuss’. Indeed, after much debate, the name of the grand winner was announced. Subadra Ghoorun, Upper…
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Prime Minister for a day!
This week, instead of giving a voice young to people News on Sunday gives them a position: We make them Prime Minister for a day. We ask them what they would do if they were made the national leader for a day.
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
SMS Pariaz successful on appeal
The appeal Court having on the bench Justices Saheeda Peeroo and David Chan Kan Cheong has this week annulled the Rs 2,000 fine inflicted by the District Court of Rose-Hill (Moka Division) to SMS Pariaz for carrying out a classified trade, namely the trade of bookmaker operating outside racecourse, within…
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Kullootee obtains severance allowance at normal rate against SBI for summary dismissal
The Industrial Court Civil Division having on the bench Magistrate Patrick Kam Sing has, last week, awarded to Rejhesh Kullootee, former Assistant Manager at the SBI International (Mauritius) Ltd, compensation amounting to Rs 288,875 instead of the sum claimed to the tune of Rs 1,081,731.87 representing severance allowance at the…
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Benefit of doubt to Brutus sued twice for abusing minor
Magistrate Wendy V. Rangan sitting at the Intermediate Criminal Court has recently acquitted Louis Marcus Brutus with the offence of sexual intercourse with a minor under the age of 16 under two counts of information in breach of section 249 (4) of the Criminal Code. The offences were committed on…
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Cader Sayed Hossen : ‘We are moving towards a more diversified industrial landscape’
The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection, Cader Sayed Hossen, is currently facing the hard challenges of encouraging pollution-free industries, diversifying the market strategy of the manufacturing sector and the drafting of a new legislation for the protection of consumers. News on Sunday met him to discuss these issues…
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Home Office rejects asylum application : Intense campaigns fail to halt Bageerathi deportation
“Outstanding” A-Level student Yashika Bageerathi finally landed in Mauritius on Thursday at noon despite 175,000 people backing a campaign for her to stay in UK and finish her exams. But her ordeal was not over as she spent nearly two hours at SSR Airport immigration before leaving, escorted by police…
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Loto jackpot hits 100 million
The Loto jackpot is now at Rs 100 million. Moorghen Veeramootoo, Chief Operating Officer of Lottotech says this is a surprise and he is confident that many Mauritians will try their luck by betting big.
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Pierre Regis Lim-Chow Lam-Po-Tang : Haematologist kept pushing the boundaries of his field
The haematologist Pierre Regis Lim-Chow Lam-Po-Tang has passed away in Australia last week. In 1957, he established the Blood Bank Service in Mauritius before he settled in Australia in 1964 where he set up a new Haematology Department at the Prince of Wales Hospital.
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday
Mauritian babies of the 1970s : Were products of 1968 « bagarres raciales, caused by BLS?
A reply to Ashok SubronAccording to Ashok Subron of Rezistans ek Alternativ, the « way of life » with respect to the Best Loser System enshrined in the Mauritian Constitution has to do with his toothbrush and toothpaste and with his toilet.
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
Putting an end to domestic violence : The DPP’s miracle solution?
Further to a press article published on 6 March where the DPP express his opinion on how to stop domestic violence, SOS PAPA, an NGO fighting for the protection of rights of fathers and children and promoting family values, congratulates you for the launching of this long-needed debate on this…
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
Littérature : L’archipel d’Agaléga sous la plume d’Albert Poirier
Albert Jacques Poirier signe avec « La perle ou la reine des îles à Huiles » son 12e livre. Ancien marin, l’auteur y raconte dans ce carnet de bord ses cinq visites sur l’archipel d’Agaléga.
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
Mythomanie : Exceller dans l’art de la duplicité
Certains mentent pour enjoliver la réalité. D’autres ont tendance à l’exagérer. Toutefois, quand ces mensonges deviennent récurrents, allant jusqu’à changer complètement la vérité, il s’agit alors d’une tendance pathologique, voire une maladie connue comme la mythomanie. Un mythomane ne peut s’empêcher de mentir et s’invente même une vie.
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi Quotidien
Book publications : Babooram Mahadoo Bhagavad Gita
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute in collaboration with the Indradhanush Sanskritic Parishad launched Babooram Mahadoo’s book ‘The Bhagavad Gita – Message of Heroism’ at the Subramania Bharati Lecture Theatre, MGI, Moka, on Friday 14 March 2014.
04 Apr 2014, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
“Maurice, une ‘Success Story’ en Afrique”
Le rapport du Global Enabling Trade Index 2014 du World Economic Forum classe Maurice à la 29e place sur 138 pays au monde.
04 Apr 2014, Le Matinal
Yashika Bageerathi : « Je suis toute seule à Maurice et j’ai peur »
Alors que personne ne sait où elle se trouve à Maurice, Yashika Bageerathi, déportée de l’Angleterre dans la nuit du mercredi 2 avril après que sa demande d’asile a été rejetée, a accordé un entretien à la chaîne britannique ITV News.
04 Apr 2014, Le Defi Media Live News
Les élèves de Form V reçoivent leur tablette
Les tablettes sont, finalement, entre les mains des élèves de la Form V. La distribution et la présentation officielle ont été faites, jeudi, aux filles du collège Gaëtan Raynal à Belle-Rose et aux garçons du Mauritius College à Curepipe.
04 Apr 2014, Le Matinal