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Warning is Mandatory
Car driver Ashwin Dave Ratacharen, sued for smelling of alcohol while the ethylotest indicated a positive result, has last week obtained the discharge of the information on the ground of procedural defect.
26 Apr 2013, motors.mega.mu
Does India Have Only Three Good Colleges?
It is the season when Phil Baty and his Times Higher Education Rankings unleash a flurry of results, that invariably lead to a series of Op-Eds and articles that bemoan the terrible state of higher education in India.
26 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
Parc Automobile : 306 743 Véhicules Sur Nos Routes
Au 31 mars 2013, le parc automobile mauricien comptait 306 743 véhicules, excluant les cyclomoteurs (114 158) et les tracteurs (3 212). Le nombre de voitures s’élevait, pour sa part, à 150 597, dont 3 048 véhicules additionnels enregistrés pour les trois premiers mois de l’année.
26 Apr 2013, motors.mega.mu
Africa Centre Of Excellence: Discussions about Business Opportunities in Mozambique
The Africa Centre of Excellence, a division created by the Board of Investment (BoI) to support local and foreign investors to do business in Africa, will host the April 29 to May 3, a "Mozambique Week" at its headquarters in Port- Louis where he will discuss the business opportunities that could be developed by local entrepreneurs in the country located in the south-east of Africa and whose economy is growing.
26 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
Speed Limiters: How Effective Are They?
There was a staunch resistance from heavy vehicles owners when government first announced its intention to introduce speed limiters in 2010.
26 Apr 2013, motors.mega.mu
Are Guest Complaints a Good Thing?
Getting feedback from your guests is essential to gauge whether what you’re offering is right for your target audience.
26 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
Training E-Business Tourism in June with Thinkbox
This is a training tourism professionals should not miss. From 3 to 7 June, Thinkbox Vanessa Bechard organized in partnership with ESCAET, training in e-business tourism.
26 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
When Not to Join the Family Business
You always face the challenge of keeping your emotions from getting in the way of making sound business decisions. Those emotions are especially strong when you're dealing with family issues.
26 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
Mozambique Offers 2456 Hectares to Mauritius
After the offer of 23,500 hectares of land to Mauritius by the Mozambican government a few years ago in the framework of regional cooperation, now Mauritius has an additional surface
26 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
Blog: Meeting parents’ panic
Girls’ parents in the middle class who are responsible for the upbringing of daughters going to secondary schools seem to be living in perpetual fear of loss, of the danger of an act of filial treachery.
26 Apr 2013, Le Matinal
Blog: Benefits of Hindsight
I was pleasantly surprised at the bold stand taken by Anil Bachoo, Vice-Prime Minister and minister of Public Infrastructure, on the role played by and the help given by sociocultural organizations in favor of victims of the recent flash floods at the Tamil New Year celebrations on Sunday last at IGCIC.
26 Apr 2013, Le Matinal
The Hotel Creolias Ready in October
The hotel "The Creolias", currently under construction in Calodyne, Grand Gaube, enter into operation before the end of the year. Construction will be completed in October.
26 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
June 5: Richard Wooding Left Phoenix Beverages
The Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Beverages Limited (PBL), Richard Wooding, leaving the management of the company at the end of his contract on June 5. While some suggest a break with Lagesse family, which controls the entity, Richard Wooding, he says it is time for him to "move".
26 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
Alleged Fraud: No Bail for Arun Mussodee
Arun Mussodee, one of the directors of the company Whitedot, suspected of being involved in financial scams in the Ponzi scheme, remains in police custody.
26 Apr 2013, business.mega.mu
Blog: Double-edged sword
Following the Preliminary Report of Mr Geoffrey Robertson on Media Law and Ethics in Mauritius, all that the traditional media and the opposition parties have retained is that there is a necessity for a Freedom of Information Act. No one in the traditional press or in the opposition has spoken about responsible journalism, the Code of Conduct and the ethics of journalism, the right to have a comprehensive privacy law to protect, wherever this is justified, the media from intruding in the lives of people or to go under women’s skirts or their bedroom.
26 Apr 2013, Le Matinal
La peinture pour affronter ses peurs
Lorsque son père et sa mère se séparent, alors qu’il est tout jeune, Wazeerud Dean Mungroo en souffre énormément. Bien que son père, de nature violente, l’ait une fois tapé si fort qu’il en a été grièvement blessé. Cette séparation ainsi que l’acte de brutalité de son père ont eu des répercussions sur ses études primaires. “Alors que mon fils était tout le temps premier de sa classe, il a échoué la troisième”, nous raconte sa mère, Hajrah Ismael, gérante d’un snack.
26 Apr 2013, Le Matinal
Le député Léopold évoque “l’exode des Rodriguais”
Rodrigues va mal. C’est en tout cas ce que pense le secrétaire parlementaire privé Christian Léopold.
26 Apr 2013, Le Matinal
Affaire Whitedot : 5 employés de l’ICAC suspendus
Cinq employés de l’Independant Commission against Corruption (Icac) qui ont investi dans les ‘Ponzi Schemes’ ont été suspendus de leurs fonctions en attendant les conclusions d’une enquête interne menée par l’’Intelligence Team’ de l’Icac.
26 Apr 2013, Le Matinal
Princess Margaret's 'simple' tastes
Princess Margaret was one of the most glamorous figures on the world stage in the 1950s, but documents have released she had some modest tastes when it came to food and drink. Ahead of a visit to Mauritius, the island's governor was told that she preferred "simple" meals, was "not fond of either caviar or oysters", and would rather drink wine than champagne. But that did not mean planning Margaret's tour of the island in 1956 was straightforward.
26 Apr 2013, Le Matinal
Condamné pour le viol de sa fille : il demande la liberté sous caution en attendant son appel
Condamné à trois ans de prison au début d’avril pour avoir violé sa fille, Jean-Marie Vayavery avait fait appel en Cour suprême afin de contester sa condamnation et sa sentence. Il a demandé, par le truchement de son homme de loi, sa libération en attendant son appel. Et la motion de sa remise en liberté conditionnelle a été débattue en cour intermédiaire jeudi matin devant le magistrat Azam Neerooa. Ce dernier fera connaître sa décision le 3 mai 2013.
26 Apr 2013, Le Matinal