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AfrAsia expands activities in Africa
With an economic growth of 10 per cent in African countries such as Ghana, Botswana and Angola, many investors are seeking opportunities in the African region. To exploit this market, AfrAsia Bank has already opened three offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. Ben Padayachy, general manager and head of global banking, treasury and markets [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
OPR will go alone in elections, says leader
Serge Clair, leader of the Organisation du Peuple de Rodrigues (OPR), in an interview, explains the reasons behind the resignation of his party members from the Rodrigues Regional Assembly. He explained that the decision was taken after consultation with the population and added that in the next elections, OPR will not contract any alliance with [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
GTU asks debutants to boycott teacher’s fund
Reappointed as president of the Government Teachers Union (GTU) on Saturday during the union elections held in Quatre Bornes, Vinod Seegum expressed his anger at the behaviour of certain persons at the head of the Primary School Provident Fund (PSTPF). “This fund is the greatest in the primary sector comprising approximately 7,000 members. A teacher [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Sugarcane, food crops production in decline
According to the latest report of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) published on March 18, sugarcane production has gone down by 6.5 per cent from 4,667,234 tonnes in 2009 to 4,365,852 tonnes in 2010. This is mostly explained by a reduction of 2.7 per cent in the area harvested from 60,380 hectares in 2009 to [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Bérenger picks on MSM ministers
The Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) is preparing for the expected opening of Parliament on Tuesday. This was announced by MMM leader Paul Bérenger at a press conference at The Links hotel on Saturday. The leader of the Opposition announced that he will ask his Private Notice Question (PNQ) on the MedPoint deal but did not [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Dual carriageway to be inaugurated
The much awaited projects in the north, namely the dual carriageway and Goodlands Bypass, will be inaugurated on March 24 by the Prime Minister. The first dual carriageway is between Forbach and Pamplemousses and will help curb traffic congestion especially during peak hours. The authorities felt that the only road connecting Pamplemousses to Sottise was [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Obama on sightseeing tour of Brazil’s City of God slum while bombs and cruise missiles pound Libya
As U.S. and British air strikes and cruise missiles pounded Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan defences today, President Barack Obama was on a sightseeing tour of Brazil’s famed City of God slum.... Read more »
20 Mar 2011, KotZot
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has warned that the Libyan military will turn the Mediterranean into a battleground following raids by the coalition
French, British, US, Canadian and Italian forces began military action on Saturday to enforce the UN-sanctioned no-fly zone over the crisis-torn North African country. The mission began hurriedly after troops... Read more »
20 Mar 2011, KotZot
Apollo Bramwell Hospital – Very Complex Cardiac surgery performed successfully
For the first time in Mauritius and the region of sub-Saharan Africa, a very complex cardiac surgery was performed successfully in Apollo Bramwell Hospital. A multidisciplinary team led by Dr. Mahesh Krishnakumar, Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiology department of that institution, has succeeded in saving the life of a Comorian, forty years and who is seven
20 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Technologie informatique – AfriNIC invite les Africains à s’approprier des innovations
Afin de s’assurer que chaque utilisateur de l’Internet soit préparé à l’épuisement des adresses d’IPv4 (dû à la croissance rapide de l’Internet), AfriNIC, le registre régional Internet pour l’Afrique, invite... Read more »
20 Mar 2011, KotZot
Mauritian Bar and Restaurant – La culture de Maurice résumée dans nos assiettes
Découvrir Maurice en une bouchée. C’est ce que propose la famille Dabedeen, en Angleterre, dans son restaurant qui distille les saveurs de la cuisine mauricienne. Malgré la distance qui les... Read more »
20 Mar 2011, KotZot
IslandCrisis Unavailable For Some Readers – Updates
During the last 7 days I received email reports from different readers that the site is intermittently unavailable. Upon investigating, the issue is being recorded for readers in Mauritius (particularly those using MyT as ISP), Europe (cross checked with London, France and Netherland), India and Australia. Our hosting company Hostgator is currently investigating the issue [...]IslandCrisis Unavailable For Some Readers – Updates is a post from: Island Crisis
20 Mar 2011, Island Crisis
Mauritius Police Force – Nomination de 248 caporaux et 38 sous-Inspecteurs
Mauritius Police Force – A peine Harish Boodhoo a-t-il parlé des nomination attendues au sein de la force policière que la promotion automatique pour les grades inférieurs est de nouveau... Read more »
20 Mar 2011, KotZot
Le calvaire du caporal Farook Sahebally
La famille du caporal Farook Sahebally crie à l’injustice. Constamment humilié et harcelé par ses pairs, cet homme de 50 ans veut à tout prix respecter l’uniforme et la Secrecy... Read more »
20 Mar 2011, KotZot
Météo : aucune alerte cyclonique à Rodrigues
La tempête tropicale modérée Chereno s’éloigne de Rodrigues. Elle est passée à son point le plus proche de l’île aux petites heures ce matin. A 4 h ce matin, Chereno... Read more »
20 Mar 2011, KotZot
Récolte sucrière
Avec une amélioration du temps par rapport à la pluviométrie, la récolte sucrière s’annonce plus prometteuse. Une amélioration jusqu’à 90%, selon la chambre d’agriculture. Texte écrit par Ishwa Gunnoo
20 Mar 2011, MBC
Météo : Aucun avertissement de cyclone en vigueur à Rodrigues
Il n’y a aucun avertissement de cyclone en vigueur à Rodrigues. Le dernier bulletin émis à 04h10, souligne que la tempete tropicale modérée, Cherono, se trouvait à 80 kilometres presque au sud de Rodrigues. Actuellement Cherono s’eloigne de Rodrigues à une vitesse de 25Kmh. Texte écrit par Ishwa Gunnoo
20 Mar 2011, MBC
Loto
3 gagnants enregistrés pour le jackpot de Rs. 75 millions. Les bons numéros sont le 1,10,11,14,17 et 18. Texte écrit par Ishwa Gunnoo
20 Mar 2011, MBC
Réforme au sein du CSO
Le Bureau central des Statistiques change de nom et deviendra ´Statistics Mauritius´. Le conseil d´administration sera plus autonome suite à l´amendement de la Statistics Act de 2000.
20 Mar 2011, MBC
Célébration de la fête ‘Holi’
Les hindoues célèbrent aujourd’hui la fête Holi, la fête des couleurs. Une fête qui symbolise la victoire du bien sur le mal. Hier soir, à travers le pays, Holika – Bolom la paille – symbole du mal, a été brûlé.
20 Mar 2011, MBC