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Bad news from Desforges Street hawkers
After a year-long battle to be relocated to Pont de Paris in Port Louis, the hawkers from Desforges Street in the capital are now complaining that business is too slow at their newsite.
24 Feb 2011, business.mega.mu
Police hunt for child bashers
A woman working at a day nursery in Quatre Bornes is accused of brutally assaulting two toddlers.
24 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Course on administration, software system by IOM
As part of implementing the monitoring programme of African Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD), the Mauritius Institute of Oceanography (IOM) and National Meteorological Services are holding two training courses. The first will focus on systems administration for electronic technicians and will be held from February 28 to March 4, and the one on software applications for meteorologists will be from from March 7 to 18.
24 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Atom Travel wins best Indian Ocean award
The 18th edition of The Champions of the Sea, an annual event dedicated to the best travel agents, was held from February 14 to 20 in Costa Pacifica. Atom Travel Service received the award for Best Indian Ocean Sales Performance 2010 on February 17.
24 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
MAD claims to hold evidence in Caterino case
The Mouvement Anti Drogue (MAD) held its first meeting of the year on Wednesday at Kaza, Port Louis. MAD members Danny Philippe, Ally Lazer and Cadress Runghen spoke about various issues, including the arrest of Christophe Caterino and drug trafficking.
24 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
12 offshore companies under CBI lens
The Indian government has decided to take action over the recent allegations of tax evasion and money laundering against Indian businessmen and companies operating in the offshore sector of Mauritius and elsewhere.
24 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
‘EPA key to reduce poverty’
ProInvest has chosen Mauritius for a two-day workshop to review progress on negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA). Several countries have been participating actively since the launch of the negotiations in 2004.
24 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Court refuses bail to Harte accused
Sandeep Mooneea and Avinash Treebhowon, the two suspects in the murder case of Irish citizen Michaëla Harte, appeared in the District Court of Mapou on Wednesday afternoon.
24 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Thandie Newton supports differently-abled children
Thandie Newton, the lead actress in Mission Impossible 2, is currently on holiday in Mauritius. On February 22, she visited children from the Southern Handicapped Association day care centre at Riambel.
24 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
BPO company lays off 60 workers
The business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in Mauritius suffered another blow on February 22 as ProContact declared 60 of its employees redundant as the company is incapable of paying their wages.
24 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Bundhoo new Labour secretary general
Lormesh Bundhoo was appointed new secretary general of the Labour Party during the first executive meeting of the party on Wednesday.
24 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Consultation is required before the introduction of new regulations
We wanted the best but it turned out as always. The road rules often comic fate in Mauritius. They are published, entered into force, conflicting with practice, and finally cancelled. Also, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure now requires consultations before the regulations are developed.
24 Feb 2011, motors.mega.mu
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah: King returns to Saudi Arabia with promises of change
As countries around the middle east fall to the people those watching in the wings are becoming increasingly nervous. Many leaders around the world, but especially in the middle east,... Read more »
24 Feb 2011, KotZot
Kim Kardashian’s Twitter account hacked
Kim Kardashian says her Twitter account has been hacked. The socialite was fuming after discovering on Monday that an impostor had accessed her page and sent out “fake tweets”. And... Read more »
24 Feb 2011, KotZot
The world’s smallest countries
Usually you need to take a hefty chunk of your annual leave if you want to explore an entire country on one trip. Not always though. If you want to... Read more »
24 Feb 2011, KotZot
Indian weddings too big, says government
The big, fat Indian wedding is about to lose weight, if the government has its way. Aware that the soaring price of onions, flour and other basic foodstuffs is causing... Read more »
23 Feb 2011, KotZot
Carlos Tevez could turn his back on Man City, Roberto Mancini admits
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says he has no idea how long Carlos Tevez will stay at the club, admitting he could leave before the start of next season. Tevez’s... Read more »
23 Feb 2011, KotZot
Gratuitous violence on a child in Mauritius (Shocking Video)
Gete kuma Mauriciens in degenerer! Gete kuma ca [...] la p batte ca zenfant la! Kot nou p aller dans ca pays la??! This video which was sent to us... Read more »
23 Feb 2011, KotZot
Justin Bieber to visit Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion
Justin Bieber has requested a private visit to the Playboy mansion – along with his dad. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said he would be delighted to grant him his wish.... Read more »
23 Feb 2011, KotZot
Facebook adds ‘civil unions’ to relationship status options
Facebook has added ‘civil unions’ and ‘domestic partnerships’ to its list of relationship status options, in a move which has been applauded by equality rights campaigners. The new options are... Read more »
23 Feb 2011, KotZot