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Cancer patients get Rs 200,000 for treatment abroad
Nearly 1,500 new cases of cancer and 950 deaths due to cancer are reported each year. Twenty-five children were diagnosed with cancer. This is or 1.7 per cent of the 1,500 total cases. This is according to the latest figures provided by the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life. From 2005 to 2008, 96 [...]
19 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
4,436 addicts receive methadone
Around 4,436 drug addicts are currently undergoing the methadone treatment that was introduced in 2006 and is used as a pain reliever as part of drug addiction detoxification. This was stated by Imran Dhannoo, the president of the Idrice Goomany Centre, at a press conference on Thursday in Port Louis. There are 257 women among [...]
19 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Total Mauritius Ltd launches promotional campaign 2011
The oil company, Total Mauritius Limited launched its national promotional campaign 2011 titled ‘Plein Tank Tap Plein’, on Thursday at Labourdonnais hotel, Port Louis. The campaign will start on August 22 to end on December 23. For every fill of Rs 500 of unleaded petrol, diesel, GPL-c or five litres of lubricant, the customer is [...]
19 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
India targeted for high end tourism
On Thursday, the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) launched a workshop for representatives of 36 Indian tour operators at the Intercontinental Resort, Balaclava. The launch was attended by Donald Payen, executive vice-president of Air Mauritius Ltd, Karl Mootoosamy and Robert Desvaux, president and chairman of the MTPA respectively. Desvaux read out the speech of the [...]
19 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
MTPA readopts publicity slogan
On Thursday, at a workshop, the ‘old brand new’ chairman of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA), Robert Desvaux, as described by Donald Payen, announced the reintroduction of the ‘Maurice c’est un plaisir’ (Mauritius it’s a pleasure) campaign. “It is sad that the country’s image has been tampered with under various slogans on the international [...]
19 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Help desk in ministries to combat suicide
All the ministries will soon have a help desk for the fight against suicide. The help desk will be available to employees to share their problems. “The aim is to support any employee suffering from emotional problems,” said an officer of the Ministry of Social Security. To recall, a Suicide Prevention Unit has also been [...]
19 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Beebeejaun rejects allegations
Deputy prime minister Rashid Beebeejaun did not wait to hit back at insinuations that he is tied to the MedPoint deal. He was reacting to a front page article in one of the French dailies. According to the article, he had set up the Medinvest company with three members of his family as directors to [...]
19 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
MSM activists leave party
Following the departure of Jim Seetaram and Mireille Martin, it is now the turn of the members of the Mouvement Socialiste Mauricien central committee of constituencies no 7 Piton / Rivière du Rempart and no 15 La Caverne / Phoenix to follow suit. Activists who have been working for MSM for years have decided to [...]
19 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
JT de 19h30 – vendredi 19/09/11
Title: JT de 19h30Channel: MBC2Start Time: 19:30Date: 2011-08-19End Time: 20:15
19 Aug 2011, MBC
Zournal Kreol – vendredi 19/08/11
Title: Zournal KreolChannel: MBC2Start Time: 19:00Date: 2011-08-19End Time: 19:20
19 Aug 2011, MBC
Mireille Martin à l’Égalité des genres, Sutyadeo Moutia au Service civil
Sutyadeo Moutia et Mireille Martin encadrent le Premier ministre et son épouse Veena Ramgoolam Les deux fauteuils laissés vacants lors du remaniement ministériel du samedi 6 août ont été confiés à Mireille Martin et Sutyadeo Moutia. La première nommée, qui a quitté le MSM pour intégrer le gouvernement, s’est vu attribuer le ministère de l’Egalité des genres, du développement de l’enfant et du bien-être familial. Mireille Martin : “Je n’irai pas aussi bas” La ministre Sheila Bappoo, responsable du ministère de l’Égalité des genres durant les 15 derniers mois, a été mutée à celui de la Sécurité sociale. De son …
19 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
News – Friday 19/08/11
Title: NewsChannel: MBC3Start Time: 18:30Date: 2011-08-19End Time: 18:50
19 Aug 2011, MBC
Samachar – Friday 19/08/11
Title: SamacharChannel: MBC1Start Time: 18:00Date: 2011-08-19End Time: 18:25
19 Aug 2011, MBC
Premier League 2011 Soccer Prediction For 20 to 22 August
The article below is a preview of the original article found at IslandCrisis.net. You can read the whole article here: Premier League 2011 Soccer Prediction For 20 to 22 August The article below is a preview of the original article found at IslandCrisis.net. You can read the whole article here: Premier League 2011 Soccer Prediction For 20 to 22 August This thread is for the 2nd week set of Premier League 2011 – 2012 prediction challenge. Please follow the rules [...]
19 Aug 2011, Island Crisis
La Russie se remémore le putsch de 1991, qui porta un coup fatal à l'URSS
MOSCOU (AFP)Vingt ans après le putsch manqué des conservateurs soviétiques en août 1991 contre la perestroïka de Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, la Russie se remémore un soubresaut de l'histoire qui porta un coup fatal à l'URSS, dissoute quatre mois plus tard.Lorsque les Moscovites découvrent le 19 août 1991 des colonnes de chars dans les rues, que le pays entier apprend par la télévision d'Etat que le président soviétique, Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, est empêché "pour raisons de santé" et qu'un Comité pour l'état d'urgence a pris le pouvoir, les Soviétiques ne sont qu'à moitié surpris d'un coup de force conservateur qui couvait depuis des …
18 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Europa League: Pastore réussit ses débuts avec le PSG face à Differdange
LUXEMBOURG (AFP)Le Paris SG, avec Javier Pastore aligné d'entrée et plutôt prometteur, a entamé avec succès sa campagne européenne en s'imposant 4 à 0 en déplacement à Luxembourg face à la modeste formation du FC Differdange, jeudi en barrage aller de l'Europa League.Disputé sur un rythme peu élevé, le match a surtout eu le mérite de permettre à Pastore de faire ses premiers pas, très réussis, en match officiel sous le maillot du PSG.L'international argentin, transféré cet été de Palerme contre 42 millions d'euros, a disputé les 90 minutes dans une position de milieu axial, tantôt directement en soutien de …
18 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Stoke hold Europa League course as Schalke crash
PARIS (AFP)FA Cup runners-up Stoke City took a step closer to the Europa League group phase on Thursday, but Champions League semi-finalists Schalke were stunned 2-0 by Finnish minnows HJK Helsinki.Stoke, competing in Europe for the first time since the 1974-75 UEFA Cup, secured a 1-0 victory at Swiss league leaders FC Thun thanks to an 18-minute strike from midfielder Danny Pugh.Thun, who played in the Champions League six years ago, finished the game with 10 men and defender Nicolas Schindelholz in goal after goalkeeper David da Costa was sent off in injury time for a last-man foul on Jon …
18 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Mauritius Horse Racing Tips 2011 – Week 21
The article below is a preview of the original article found at IslandCrisis.net. You can read the whole article here: Mauritius Horse Racing Tips 2011 – Week 21 The article below is a preview of the original article found at IslandCrisis.net. You can read the whole article here: Mauritius Horse Racing Tips 2011 – Week 21 This is the post for race week 22 which was postponed last week and is now rescheduled as week 21. Those who [...]
18 Aug 2011, Island Crisis
Barrages de l'Europa League: Hanovre-Séville principale affiche, trois clubs français à l'extérieur
PARIS (AFP)Le barrage aller de l'Europa League, jeudi, marque l'entrée en lice de quelques clubs de premier plan comme Schalke 04, Tottenham, l'AS Roma, ou le FC Séville qui ira affronter Hanovre, 2e du Championnat d'Allemagne, dans ce qui fait figure de choc de cette soirée.Schalke 04, face à Helsinki, Tottenham, opposé aux Ecossais de Heart of Midlothian, ou la Lazio de Rome contre les Macédoniens de Rabotnicki, partiront nettement favoris.L'autre club romain, la Roma, se méfiera de son côté des Slovaques de Bratislava et l'Atletico Madrid n'aura pas la tâche facile face à Guimaraes, le Portugal ayant brillé la …
18 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Jihadist urges murder of US show host Letterman: SITE
LOS ANGELES (AFP)A jihadist has called on Muslims to murder David Letterman, saying the US talk show host deserved to have his tongue cut out after he joked about an Al-Qaeda leader killed in Pakistan, a US monitoring group said.SITE Monitoring Service said the death threat was posted Tuesday on a website used by militants, after the jihadist became enraged seeing Letterman make a joke about militant Ilyas Kashmiri who is believed to have been killed in an airstrike in Pakistan in early June.According to a translation by SITE released Wednesday, the writer to the web forum asked Muslims in …
18 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?