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Mauritius showcasing tourism in India
To encourage Indians to visit Mauritius and to showcase the exclusive range of products available here, the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority became a partner at the 19th celebration of the South Asian Travel & Tourism Exhibition, considered India‘s biggest B2B (business to business) exhibition in travel and tourism. SATTE, the most anticipated tourism event in [...]
15 Feb 2012, The Independent Daily
MPL celebrates 240 years of operation
Mauritius Post Limited (MPL) celebrated its 240th anniversary on Tuesday and held a press meet to announce its calendar of activities for 2012. The chairman of MPL, Arnaud Godere said, “The MPL has been at the service of the public since 1772. It has modernised its services and this year, we have chosen the theme, [...]
15 Feb 2012, The Independent Daily
Min launches IYC sensitisation campaign in secondary schools
In the context of the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC), the National Institute for Cooperative Entrepreneurship (NICE), which operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Business, Enterprise and Cooperatives has launched a sensitisation campaign in secondary schools. Present at the Basdeo Bissoondoyal College on Monday, the minister of Business, Enterprise and Cooperatives, Jim Seetaram [...]
15 Feb 2012, The Independent Daily
Faced with the Crisis, Air Mauritius Gives Up More Destinations
The ongoing correspondence principle to compensate for the suspension of certain destinations is one of the measures of national airline to reverse its losses. The units of Air Mauritius will land in Milan, Sydney / Melbourne, Frankfurt, Geneva, Munich, Bangalore and Durban.
14 Feb 2012, business.mega.mu
Shark Alert
The presence of a shark from 2 meters long reported in the lagoon of Blue Bay from 10am.
14 Feb 2012, business.mega.mu
National Resilience Fund
Faced with a situation that is getting worse in the Eurozone, Mauritian firms are in limbo. The latter may be faced with falling demand from the Old Continent.
14 Feb 2012, business.mega.mu
The Second Hand Car Dealers Accuse Leal to Scare Customers
Resellers of used vehicles go up to the plate. They deplore the statement issued by the dealer of BMW and Mini for Mauritians who have returned to Mauritius with a diesel car bought in England.
14 Feb 2012, motors.mega.mu
Échangeur de Caudan : Rs 42 M pour le Retard
Les travaux routiers qui tardent à se concrétiser coûtent de plus en plus cher à l’Etat. Le dernier en date est l’échangeur de Caudan qui remplacera le rond-point.
14 Feb 2012, motors.mega.mu
Secondary Schools Will Be Equipped with WiFi Soon
Various projects are in the pipeline to transform Mauritius into an intelligent island. The installation of Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) in different locations is one of the projects aimed at making the country a preferred ICT destination in the region.
14 Feb 2012, business.mega.mu
Rs 15 000 Billion Transferred from India to Tax Havens, Including Mauritius
The boss of the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation has revealed this Monday, Feb. 13 that the citizens of the Great Peninsula have transferred $ 500 billion to Mauritius, the Virgin Islands, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
14 Feb 2012, business.mega.mu
Légumes: Hausse de 10 à 15 % Dans Puelques Jours
Les prix des légumes vont prendre l’ascenseur dans quelques jours.
14 Feb 2012, business.mega.mu
Mauritius: Destination for Financial Crime?
Professor Rakesh Mohan Joshi is categorical: Mauritius is a country favorable to white-collar crimes.He said the authorities know something, with financial scandals. The Foreign Secretary, Anand Neewoor, he defends the image of Mauritius.
13 Feb 2012, business.mega.mu
The Nissan Leaf Arrived in Mauritius
Premiere in Mauritius, the first country in the Southern Hemisphere to host the Nissan Leaf, the fully electric car, zero emissions of Japanese automaker Nissan Motors.
13 Feb 2012, motors.mega.mu
Mobile Apps 2012: 3-Days Workshop on Mobile Services
How to encourage the emergence and development of an ecosystem of mobile service in Mauritius?
13 Feb 2012, business.mega.mu
Deadly Road: A death Carreau-Laliane
The black series continues on our roads. Toolsysing Parbhoonath, 48, Lolo, for friends, died on the evening of Sunday.
13 Feb 2012, motors.mega.mu
Il faisait partie de « l’Escadron de la mort » – L’heure du jugement pour Afzal Chummun
Le spectre de la fusillade de la rue Gorah-Issac plane sur le procès intenté à Afzal Ali Chummun, alias Dilait Caillé, membre du défunt Escadron de la mort. Son avocat, Reza Uteem, a voulu produire deux dépositions de Kadhafi Oozeer. Mais, la Cour ne l’a pas autorisé à le faire.
13 Feb 2012, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Vol de formulaires de prescription médicale – Un pâtissier écope de deux ans de prison
Jeudi, Jeedanand Rungoo a écopé d’une peine de deux ans de prison devant la cour intermédiaire. Il s’est aussi vu infliger une amende de Rs 10 000. Ce pâtissier, habitant Plaine-Magnien, a été trouvé coupable sous diverses accusations : vol de formulaires de prescription médicale, faux et usage de faux, et fausse déclaration à la police.
13 Feb 2012, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
In-group
The reality, incontrovertibly established by psychologists and other cognitive scientists, on the basis of controlled experiments and counter-checks by other researchers, is that, irrespective of their educational level or their cultures, their social status, people are more sympathetic to their “in-groups” than to their “out-group” partners.
13 Feb 2012, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Rodrigues et la proportionnelle
Une des leçons essentielles à tirer des élections régionales à Rodrigues est que la question de l'indépendance de l'île ne constitue pas aujourd'hui une préoccupation majeure de la population rodriguaise, les deux partis ayant montré une prétention revendicatrice plus ou moins prononcée sur la question ont été laminés lors du scrutin du 5 février dernier.
13 Feb 2012, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Le point de Mgr Piat
Le débat sur le Best Loser System (BLS) continue à faire rage. Ceux qui sont opposés à l'abolition de ce système campent sur leur position tandis que ceux qui sont pour l'abolition sont plus que jamais décidés à en finir une fois pour toutes avec ce système qui alimente la division et la méfiance.
13 Feb 2012, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo