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Un nouveau parti politique : Le Ralliement Citoyen pour la Patrie
Le RCP souhaite rassembler des Mauriciens qui ont à Coeur l’intérêt du pays.
21 Aug 2012, Lexpress.mu
La Russie met en garde les Occidentaux contre une action unilatérale en Syrie
La Russie a prévenu mardi 21 août les Occidentaux de ne mettre à exécution aucune action unilatérale en Syrie au lendemain de déclarations du président américain Barack Obama pour qui tout déploiement ou recours aux armes chimiques par le régime de Damas constituerait une "ligne rouge".
21 Aug 2012, Lexpress.mu
Eminent UK head teacher to visit island
The British Council (BC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Human Resources and the Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE) is organising a series of school leadership workshops with more than 100 secondary school rectors. These workshops will take place from August 23 to 28. They will be conducted by a high profile resource [...]
20 Aug 2012, The Independent Daily
Govt must use PR tools abroad to market itself, says varsity director
Professor Antony Eddison is the director of Middlesex University in Mauritius. He has significant international experience as a practitioner, tertiary level educator and held several senior academic positions in countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom and Singapore. He has also been involved in Transnational Education since the early 1990’s working closely with institutions and [...]
20 Aug 2012, The Independent Daily
Ministry to publish directory to increase visibility of local artistes
The Ministry of Arts and Culture is preparing a directory which will contain all details pertaining to Mauritian artistes. The goal is to provide them with greater market visibility. The artistes have until August 31 to send in their coordinates. Registration forms are available at the Ministry located on the seventh floor of the Renganaden [...]
20 Aug 2012, The Independent Daily
Hospital gets new accident, emergency dept
A new Accident and Emergency Department has been completed and will be soon inaugurated at Long Mountain Hospital. “This is a medical treatment facility specialising in the acute care of patients who come in emergency situations without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance at the hospital,” said the minister of Health [...]
20 Aug 2012, The Independent Daily
Students start primary school today
About 125,000 primary school students will go back to school today after one month of vacation. The third term is considered very important especially for those in Standard 5 and 6. Speaking to The Independent, the president of the Government Teachers Union (GTU), Vinod Seegum highlighted that this term is more challenging and that there [...]
20 Aug 2012, The Independent Daily
CWA trade unions appeal to President
The two unions representing almost all employees of the Central Water Authority (CWA), namely, Union of Employees of the CWA (UECWA) and the Central Water Authority Meter Readers Union (CWAMRU) are planning to organise in the coming days a demonstration outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities. The two unions informed [...]
20 Aug 2012, The Independent Daily
Tourist arrivals decreased by 2.4 per cent in July
Tourist arrivals in July decreased by 2.4 per cent. Arrivals from Europe, which is the main market, show an overall fall of 14.5 per cent. However, an increase of 1.5 pc was noted in Asian markets. From January to July this year, 316,213 tourists came to Mauritius compared to 340,227 for the same period in [...]
20 Aug 2012, The Independent Daily
Man charged for harassment
Prakash Lokee was found guilty on Friday of the offence of ‘using telecommunication service for the purpose of causing inconvenience to another person’ by magistrate Veronique Kwok Yin Siong Yen of the Intermediate Court. He was accused of sending text messages from his mobile to his neighbour Yashoda Vaishali Auchombit’s cell. Lokee was prosecuted on [...]
20 Aug 2012, The Independent Daily
Angleterre: Manchester United battu malgré Van Persie
LONDRES (AFP)Manchester United, 2e du dernier Championnat d'Angleterre, a chuté d'entrée en dépit des débuts de sa recrue vedette Robin Van Persie, battu sur le terrain d'Everton 1 à 0, lundi, lors du dernier match de la 1re journée.Follement encouragé par ses nombreux supporteurs, Everton a pris à la gorge une équipe de Manchester United qui ne semblait pas avoir encore retrouvé ses automatismes de la saison écoulée. Les Toffees ont logiquement ouvert la marque par l'international belge Marouane Fellaini, très remuant, qui a marqué de la tête à la réception d'un corner (57e).Sans la grande forme du gardien David …
20 Aug 2012, Orange Ki News ?
Miss Chine couronnée Miss Monde 2012
Miss Chine, Yu Wenxia, a remporté le titre de Miss Monde face à 115 concurrentes samedi à Ordos, une mégapole située en Mongolie intérieure, dans le nord de la Chine.
20 Aug 2012, Le Matinal
Premier League : United, le mauvais élève (VIDEO)
Très attendu, Manchester United est le seul cador à s’être incliné en ouverture de la Premier League. Une défaite logique encaissée face à Everton (1-0), à Goodison Park, face à des Toffees agressifs et convaincants.
20 Aug 2012, Le Matinal
What makes a Mauritian shopping mall popular?
With the growing number of shopping malls, Mauritians have a much wider choice when they need to find a place to eat.
20 Aug 2012, Yashvin, pages of my life
Eight new species of sharks have been discovered in the Indian Ocean
Eight new species of sharks have been discovered in the Indian Ocean by a student , Paul Clerkin, a graduate student at California’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories after studying abroad for about two months. Now, he and other researchers will take the sharks’ genetics, and do some extensive measuring. The sharks were caught as bycatch [...]The post Eight new species of sharks have been discovered in the Indian Ocean appeared first on Mauritius News Ile Maurice.
20 Aug 2012, KotZot
Fatal Accident Mon- Goût: Sergeant Sanduth Muthoorah Leaved Two Children
Assigned to the Road Safety Unit, Sanduth Muthoorah died in a serious accident Friday night. He returned to his home after his duty when his motorcycle collided with a truck.
20 Aug 2012, motors.mega.mu
Swansea agree fee for Celtic star Ki
GLASGOW (AFP)Ki Sung-Yueng is on the verge of joining Swansea City after Scottish champions Celtic agreed a deal to sell the South Korea midfielder on Monday.Ki is being chased by several clubs but Premier League outfit Swansea appear to have won the race after chairman Huw Jenkins confirmed they have agreed a fee of around £6 million ($9.4 million, 7.6 million euros)."We have agreed a fee with Celtic for Ki. We are currently holding discussion with player and agent over personal terms," Jenkins said."We are aware of other clubs' interest but we are hopeful we can conclude a deal in …
20 Aug 2012, Orange Ki News ?
Combats dans le centre d'Alep près de symboles du pouvoir syrien
ALEP (Syrie) (AFP)Les rebelles affrontaient l'armée lundi près du tribunal militaire et du siège du parti Baas au pouvoir, symboles du régime de Bachar al-Assad au coeur de la ville stratégique d'Alep (nord), en proie à des violents combats depuis un mois.A Paris, le président français François Hollande, dont le pays soutient les rebelles, devait recevoir le nouveau médiateur de l'ONU et de la Ligue arabe pour la Syrie, Lakhdar Brahimi, pour discuter des moyens d'arrêter le conflit dans ce pays alors que la mission des observateurs de l'ONU, chargés depuis avril de surveiller une trêve qui n'a jamais existé, …
20 Aug 2012, Orange Ki News ?
Cottage: Cyclist Tragically Died
Ganeswar Doorjun, 64 years old and lives in Cottage, died in tragic circumstances at 5.50 at street Forbach Cottage.
20 Aug 2012, motors.mega.mu
Miss China crowned Miss World 2012
Miss China, a 23-year-old music lover who wants to work with the poor, was crowned Miss World 2012 at a ceremony in Inner Mongolia, pageant organizers said on Saturday. Wearing a sparkling blue gown, Yu Wenxia waved to the audience in the Dongsheng Stadium in Ordos, located in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Organizers said [...]The post Miss China crowned Miss World 2012 appeared first on Mauritius News Ile Maurice.
20 Aug 2012, KotZot