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What Grinds My Gears in Mauritius
We all have our grinding gears. A few odd bits and bobs around here and there, a few things one isn’t accustomed to properly to form an opinion on, or even just plain nastiness on our part based on our unwillingness to accept certain things as granted and general inability to blur ...Read full article on Island Crisis: What Grinds My Gears in Mauritius.
07 Mar 2013, Island Crisis
Rising Fuel Prices: Petrol Stations Threaten to Strike
Motorists and especially the authorities are notified. The Petrol Retailers Association has no intention sit after the stations have obtained no increase in their profit margins due to the increase in the selling price of fuels.
07 Mar 2013, motors.mega.mu
No Increase in Taxi Rates
Despite the rising cost of gasoline, taxi fare to travel will not change.
07 Mar 2013, motors.mega.mu
Maha Shivratree 2013 – Kanwar’s top part removed to start pilgrimage
Are the authorities waiting for a few to be electrocuted or killed due to their carelessness while building or carrying their kanwars to take appropriate and strict measures regarding Kanwars?
07 Mar 2013, Yashvin, pages of my life
Become Successful By Understanding Personalities Peoples
Have you gotten annoyed at your colleague for being too loud or rambunctious? Or impatient at your employee for not getting to the point quick enough? How about thinking that your boss is a lunatic for wanting everything to be exactly the way he/she wants it (even if it makes no sense)?
07 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu
The Marketer's Guide to Instagram
Despite facing plenty of controversy over its proposed Terms of Service changes, Instagram remains a hot site for both users and the marketers who want to capitalize on its popularity. If you've never used it before, Instagram is one part Flickr and one part Twitter: essentially a community in which users take and share photos with one another.
07 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu
Alibaba Dropping More Hints Of How Fast It's Growing
Alibaba has been doing a dance of sorts as to the question of whether or not it’s going to IPO this year, next or in 2015. The official answer from the company, when asked, is that it’s not in the cards.
07 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu
Possible Strike at Service Stations March 24
Motorists are warned. The owners of service stations threaten to start a half-day strike Sunday, March 24. They close at 1:00 p.m. that day.
07 Mar 2013, motors.mega.mu
Creative Problem-Solving Strategies to Test Your Business Idea
Truly innovative small businesses and startups create a bold vision of a future that doesn't exist yet, solving problems that customers don't even know they have. But they don't pull that vision out of thin air -- many inventive companies use a strategy called design thinking.
07 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu
Maha Shivaratree: Road to Ganga Talao
On the sidelines of Maha Shivaratree scheduled March 10, the devotees are in full preparation for the pilgrimage to Grand Bassin. In Plain of Papaya, Bahadoor Kishan and his friends finish their design Kawal.
07 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu
Show Me the Metrics! 5 Ways to Keep Employees On Target
Sales are dropping, and you know you need to change your approach. That was the situation facing Duane Jebbett, CEO of Rowmark, a Findlay, Ohio-based manufacturer of sheet plastic. His answer: Create a metrics-driven culture, one where employees would be united around the same goal. “How do you achieve a future goal if you don’t have the metrics to get you there?” he asks.
07 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu
Augmentation du Prix des Carburants – Changera-t-Elle le Comportement des Automobilistes ?
Avec l’augmentation du prix des carburants, les automobilistes doivent désormais dépenser plus pour leurs déplacements. Mais ces coûts additionnels peuvent être évités grâce au covoiturage ou en adoptant une conduite intelligente. Pour en discuter, les invités du « Duel » de mardi matin étaient Manoj Rajkumar, secrétaire de l’association des moniteurs auto-école et le sociologue Rajen Suntoo .
07 Mar 2013, motors.mega.mu
Amende maintenue contre un policier pour coups et blessures
Poursuivi sous la charge d’“involuntary wounds and blows by imprudence”, un policier avait été condamné à une amende de Rs 4 000 en cour de district de Savanne. Il avait fait appel en Cour suprême par le biais de ses hommes de loi. Les juges Rehana Mungly-Gulbul et Hajee Abdoula ont rejeté l’appel. Son amende de Rs 4 000 est donc maintenue. Le policier avait plaidé non coupable.
07 Mar 2013, Le Matinal
Air Mauritius Lance un Nouveau Service de Location de Voiture via son Site Internet
Air Mauritius lance un nouveau service grâce auquel les clients de la compagnie pourront louer un véhicule en ligne directement sur le site.
07 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu
Land Research and Mediation Commission: Inquiry into Unknown Territory
Created there ten days, the Land Research and Mediation Committee (LRMC) will commence hearings within a few weeks. It will address a mammoth task: to help those whose ancestors were dispossessed of their land to recover what they are owed.
07 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu
Air Mauritius Launches New Car Rental Service Through Website
Air Mauritius launches a new service whereby customers of the company can hire a vehicle online directly on the site.
07 Mar 2013, motors.mega.mu
Defective Lights: Danger
The lights are meant to ensure safety on the road, both for pedestrians and for motorists. It seems that at the Place d'Armes, Port Louis, is just the opposite happens.
07 Mar 2013, motors.mega.mu
National Holiday: Ultimate Preparations Underway for March 12
The end of the week will be marked by final preparations for the official events marking the 45th anniversary of the accession of Mauritius to independence and the 21st of the Republic.
07 Mar 2013, business.mega.mu
Le PMSD en phase de restructuration
Le Parti mauricien social démocrate (PMSD) se réorganise. C’est ce qu’a indiqué au Matinal Mahmade Khodabaccus, secrétaire général des bleus. La raison : le non-fonctionnement des cellules existantes.
07 Mar 2013, Le Matinal
Pas de hausse pour les trajets en taxi
Malgré l’augmentation du coût de l’essence, le tarif pour voyager en taxi ne changera pas.
07 Mar 2013, Le Matinal