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Bagatelle bridge to be ready in June
The construction of Bagatelle bridge on the M1 Motorway is progressing rapidly. According to a source from the ENL group, construction work is scheduled to be complete by the end of July, two months before the grand opening of the Bagatelle Commercial Centre. The aim of the bridge is to ensure smooth flow of traffic [...]
02 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Spelling bee contest winners announced
The finals of the 10th edition of the National Spelling Bee competition, organised by the English-Speaking Union (ESU), took place on Wednesday at the Curepipe Town Hall. This was attended by Sharmilla Bhima, president of ESU, Craig White, public affairs officer of the United States of America and Sir Victor Glover, patron of the ESU. [...]
02 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Loan paid up, says Jugnauth
At the National Assembly on Tuesday, vice prime minister and minister of Finance, Pravind Jugnauth made a statement on the acquisition of MedPoint clinic with the loan sanctioned by the Development Bank of Mauritius (DBM). Jugnauth referred to last week’s private notice question and said that in February 1992, DBM Ltd sanctioned a loan of [...]
02 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
La Flora post office opens
A new post office and delivery centre at La Flora officially opened on Wednesday. The inauguration ceremony was conducted by minister of Information and Communication Technology Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum. Also present on the occasion were parliamentary private secretary (PPS) Pradeep Peetumber and chief executive officer of the Mauritius Post Ltd (MPL) Giandev Moteea. Chedumbrum outlined [...]
02 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Bodha eyes 8 pc growth in tourists from France
Minister of Tourism and Leisure Nando Bodha unveiled a new advertising campaign of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) at Le Labourdonnais Hotel, Port Louis, on Wednesday. The campaign aims to promote the local destination in France and to achieve an eight per cent growth this year. Bodha said the MTPA was targeting the French [...]
02 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
MRA introduces new e-tax payment system
The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) launched the Electronic Current Payment System (E-CPS), a new online service, on Wednesday. The new website is part of the MRA’s initiative to encourage more taxpayers to complete their returns online. Professionals in private practice and those involved in rental market are concerned by this quarterly exercise. Three criteria are [...]
02 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
ENL creates Rs 4.7-billion marina project
The first residential units of La Balise Marina project, which is the first Integrated Resort Scheme (IRS) marina development project in Mauritius, will be delivered during the second semester of 2012. The project, developed by ENL Property, is estimated at Rs 4.7 billion. The major shareholders, including ENL Limited, Investec Bank (Mauritius) Ltd, and MCB [...]
02 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Action plan to modernise parliamentary process
Modernising the parliamentary process through the use and support of ICT tools is the main objective of the three-day workshop that is being organised by the National Assembly in collaboration with the Africa i-Parliament Action Plan. Africa i-Parliament is an Africa-wide action plan implemented by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs to [...]
02 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Un nouveau chef pâtissier et boulanger pour Naiade Resorts
M. Christian Gonthier est le nouveau chef pâtissier et boulanger du groupe Naïade Resorts. M. Gonthier sera basé à l´hôtel Beau Rivage, un établissement 5 étoiles à Maurice, et aura la responsabilité de diriger la boulangerie et la pâtisserie au sein de toutes les propriétés de Naiade Resorts à l´île Maurice, à La Réunion et aux Maldives. M. Gonthier, un expert dans son domaine, possède une grande expérience dans plusieurs établissements de renom. Il a, au cours des 18 dernières années, travaillé en tant que ‘Chef Pâtissier Exécutif’ pour l´Hôtel de Paris à Monaco, l’Hédiard à Paris, le Monte à …
02 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Blatter wins landslide vote, vows FIFA clean-up
ZURICH (AFP)FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been re-elected head of world football, vowing to clean up the body's tarnished image after months of explosive corruption allegations.Blatter, 75, was given a free run at another four-year term following the withdrawal on Sunday of Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam, who was later suspended amid claims he tried to bribe voters with cash-filled envelopes.Delegates at FIFA's 61st congress returned Blatter by a landslide of 186 votes out of 203 on Wednesday after an 11th-hour call for a postponement of the election by England's Football Association ended in a crushing defeat. "We will …
02 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Basket: Villeurbanne, vainqueur en demi-finale retour, garde l'espoir contre Nancy
PARIS (AFP)Villeurbanne s'est offert le droit de briguer une place en finale de la Pro A lors d'une "belle+ à Nancy, avec sa victoire mercredi en demi-finale retour (91-79) face à une équipe lorraine handicapée par la sortie précoce sur blessure d'Akin Akingbala.Cholet connaîtra son adversaire pour la finale de Bercy samedi à l'issue de la dernière confrontation entre les deux équipes.Les Lorrains espèreront le retour d'Akin Akingbala qui leur a cruellement fait défaut après sa sortie sur civière, le visage en sang, dès la 4e minute après un contact avec Bangaly Fofana. Akingbala avait été, avec 20 points et …
01 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Bilan du séisme en Haïti: des experts soulignent le risque d'exagération
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP)Un rapport explosif qui met en cause le nombre de victimes du séisme de 2010 en Haïti conduit des experts à s'interroger sur le risque d'exagération entraîné par des évaluations faites à la hâte, voire gonflées pour tenter d'attirer l'attention mondiale.Le rapport, commandé par l'agence fédérale américaine d'aide au développement USAID --mais qui n'a pas été publié officiellement-- affirme que le séisme du 12 janvier 2010 a fait entre 46.000 et 85.000 morts. Or, le bilan officiel du gouvernement haïtien est de 316.000 morts, même si la fourchette de 200.000 à 250.000 morts est plus couramment citée."Plus il y …
01 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Strauss-Kahn furniture arrives at house arrest
NEW YORK (AFP)Movers delivered comfy chairs, paintings and clothing boxes Wednesday to the New York residence where Dominique Strauss-Kahn is under house arrest pending trial on sex assault charges. A truck from JK Moving and Storage pulled up outside the luxury house in southern Manhattan and movers carried in a sofa, arm chairs, a large carpet, two paintings and dozens of clothing containers. Another box was inscribed "Apple computer."The truck's license plates were registered in Virginia, a state bordering Washington, DC, where Strauss-Kahn owns a house he used while leading the International Monetary Fund.Strauss-Kahn is free on $1 million cash …
01 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Did you dream of becoming a police officer too?
A few minutes ago, I heard a few newly joined police recruits talking in the news bulletin. This is where this blog topic came from.
01 Jun 2011, Yashvin, pages of my life
F1: Kamui Kobayashi, pilote sans domicile fixe
PARIS (AFP)Il gagne des millions mais n'a plus de maison ; le Japonais Kamui Kobayashi, qui a déménagé de Paris, vit désormais à l'hôtel entre les courses, ce qui fait de lui l'un des premiers, sinon le premier pilote de Formule 1 sans domicile fixe, a confirmé mercredi son équipe Sauber.L'information a été révélée par l'intéressé lui-même. Lors d'une interview au journal suisse Sonntagsblick, qui lui demandait s'il comptait rallier la Suisse pour se rapprocher de son écurie - Sauber est basé à Hinwil à une quarantaine de kilomètres de Zürich - Kobayashi a répondu : "Ca serait bien, mais …
01 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Libye: le ministre du Pétrole de Kadhafi veut rejoindre la rébellion
ROME (AFP)Le ministre libyen du Pétrole Choukri Ghanem a indiqué mercredi à Rome avoir "quitté son pays" pour rejoindre la rébellion et "combattre pour un Etat démocratique", selon l'agence italienne Ansa."Dans la situation actuelle, on ne peut plus travailler, j'ai donc quitté mon pays et mon travail pour rejoindre le choix des jeunes Libyens de combattre pour un Etat démocratique", a déclaré M. Ghanem.M. Ghanem, qui se trouve à Rome depuis une date indéterminée, a toutefois précisé qu'il ne travaille pas encore avec le Conseil national de transition (CNT), l'organe représentatif des insurgés libyens.Le ministre du Pétrole, un cacique du …
01 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Marathon man Mahut writes book
PARIS (AFP)Marathon man Nicolas Mahut has given his version of the extraordinary match he and John Isner played at Wimbledon last year in a new book entitled "The Match of my Life."The Frenchman was on the losing end of a 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (7/3), 70-68 defeat to the giant American in the longest tennis ever match in the history of tennis at 11 hours and five minutes spread over three days.In particular, Mahut gives an insight into how he coped mentally with having to hold his serve 64 straight times to stay in the match.The two players have …
01 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Van Nistelrooy to sign for Malaga - report
MADRID (AFP)Hamburg's Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is about to sign for Spanish first division club Malaga, Spanish media reported Wednesday.The player, who turns 35 on July 1, arrived in the southern Spanish city on Wednesday in a private plane to undergo medical tests and sign a one-year contract, the sports daily AS said on its website.Malaga, which finished 11th in the Spain's top flight Primera Liga last season, is expected to announce the transfer Wednesday evening, AS said.Van Nistelrooy joined Hamburg in January 2010 after four years at Real Madrid. He previously played for PSV Eindhoven and Manchester United.At …
01 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Leonard Cohen wins Spanish literary award
MADRID (AFP)Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias literature award on Wednesday for a body of work of "immutable merit," the jury said.The jury decided by majority vote to confer the 2011 award for letters on 77-year-old Cohen for his writings.Cohen's writing "has influenced three generations of people worldwide through his creation of emotional imagery in which poetry and music are fused in an oeuvre of immutable merit," the jury said in a statement."The passing of time, sentimental relationships, the mystical traditions of the East and the West and life sung as an unending ballad …
01 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Syrie: un rapport officiel réfute les accusations de torture sur un garçon de 13 ans
DAMAS (AFP)Un rapport médical publié mercredi par les médias officiels en Syrie réfute les accusations de militants anti-régime sur des tortures infligées à un garçon de 13 ans et affirme que les blessures sur le corps de l'enfant sont liées à la décomposition."Le rapport ferme la porte aux mensonges et allégations et montre la vérité", affirme l'agence officielle Sana.Samedi, les militants pro-démocratie en Syrie avaient dédié une page Facebook à ce garçon de 13 ans, Hamzeh al-Khatib, "torturé et tué" selon eux par les forces de sécurité à Deraa (sud), foyer de la contestation contre le régime du président Bachar …
01 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?