Local Mauritius
‘Momentum with Australia’
Australia may not start as strong World Cup favourites but the momentum is with them after their recent one-day success against England, skipper Ricky Ponting said on Friday.
12 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
AREU launches awareness campaign for farmers
The Agricultural Research and Extension Unit (AREU) launched its awareness and communication campaign for 2011 at the Farmers Training School, Wooton, on Thursday.
12 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Workshop to boost SMEs
A workshop on commercial opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will be inaugurated at Pailles on Monday by the minister of Foreign Affairs, Arvin Boolell.
12 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
‘Success result of hard work’
Poushal Gopaul and Irfaan Muhammad Sunthbocus believe that there is no substitute to hard work. Both economics laureates from the Royal College Curepipe (RCC) want to undertake a career in finance.
12 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Expert focuses on new eco model
Former Financial Services Commission (FSC) chief and current Mauritius ambassador to the United Nations in New York, Milan Meetarbhan believes it is time for regional co-operation to fight the financial crisis and the negative impact of cross-border organisations.
12 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
MSIRI publishes report on sugar industry
The sugarcane plantations on the island registered an average of 304 millimetres or 118 per cent of rains during January. According to a study of the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute (MSIRI) Crop Report released in January, the rainfall has proved to be encouraging for the agricultural sector.
12 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
BPO sector posts 13.6 pc growth in ’10
A report on salary issues entitled, ICT-BPO Salary Survey 2010, was published on February 10 and was presented at the Institut Français de Maurice by Roshan Seetohul, president of Outsourcing and Telecommunications of Mauritius.
12 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
New Mauritius Hotels records Rs 589 m profit
New Mauritius Hotels Limited has posted a net profit after tax of Rs 589 million for its first financial quarter ending December 2010. Comparing the financial performance of the two quarters of 2009 and 2010, this represents an increase of about 12 per cent.
12 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Agreement to boost cooperation
In a bid to better co-ordinate their efforts to promote an understanding of the tasks and problems and establish systematic, the Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA) and the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
12 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
CSS Corp opens Mauritius centre
A Mauritius branch of CSS Corp was inaugurated at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Ebène, on Thursday.
11 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Outreach programme of ‘Caravane de la Science’
Following its success in 2010, the Caravane de la Science is back in several secondary schools across the island this year. The opening ceremony was held on Thursday at the MP Sharma Jugdambi SSS at Goodlands.
11 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Air Mauritius registers profits
The national airline, Air Mauritius, recorded a profit of Rs 495 million for the third quarter between October to December 2010.
11 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
‘No secret formula for success’
Hard work, parental support and faith in God is what laureates say helped them achieve good grades.
11 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
SBM hosts int’l education fair
The State Bank of Mauritius Ltd (SBM) has associated itself with PTC Education Consultants to help school drop outs in their decision making concerning higher studies.
11 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Starwood contract terminated
The Board of Directors of Ébène Cyber City Hotel Ltd terminated the management contract with Starwood as from February 9, 2011. The Four Points by Sheraton Hotel at Ébène, will now be managed by Kris Seeboo.
11 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
FSC hosts meet on financial cooperation
Mauritius hosted the 26th annual meeting of the Africa Middle East Regional Committee (AMERC) of the International Organisation of Securities Commission under the aegis of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) at Hilton hotel, Flic en Flac on Thursday.
11 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Apollo brings Stem Cell Therapy to Mauritius
As part of its commitment to enhancing the standard of healthcare in Mauritius, Apollo Bramwell Hospital shared knowledge on its this innovative technology used while performing Stem Cell Therapy with local doctors.
11 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
MMM sends feelers to PM
The Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) is organising a meeting on Sunday at 9.30 am at La Louise, Quatre Bornes, to give more information on the purchase of the MedPoint clinic by the state.
11 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Island to act as focal point for Nestlé’s GLOBE programme
Mauritius has been chosen to act as the focal point for Nestlé's Global Business Excellence (GLOBE) programme for the Equatorial African Region (EAR).
11 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
E-register system launched in 21 schools
Minister of Education and Human Resources Dr Vasant Bunwaree and minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum, launched the e-register system on Wednesday at the Forest Side State Secondary School (Boys). The aim of this project is to reduce truancy at school.
10 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily