Local Mauritius
Loto winners collect cheques
Twenty-five employees of the Ireko Company collected their cheques of Rs 1.4 million each. They shared one of the two winning Loto tickets for the 107th draw on Saturday. They had formed an association and staked Rs 20 each. The members of this association share Rs 37. 8 million which represent half of the mega [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
G Baie to host jewellery exhibition
Enterprise Mauritius, which aims to promote local products on the foreign market, will host a jewellery exhibition titled ‘Eclat Tropical 2 Jewellery Exhibition Sale 2011’ from November 24 to 27 at the Conference Centre, Grand Baie. Well known exhibitors of the island will participate in the exhibition. Various jewellery designs in gold, platinum and silver [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Harel Mallac donates Rs 4.1 million to NGOs
The group Harel Mallac held its second CSR event on Monday in Port Louis. Since 2009, Foundation Harel Mallac has contributed Rs 4.1 million to projects that deal with educating poor children. Members from NGOs on the list of beneficiaries were present at the event. Antoine L Harel, chairman of Harel Mallac said that he [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Halbwachs bags two bronze medals
On Monday the minister of Youth and Sports, Devanand Ritoo held a press conference in his office in Port-Louis to salute the performance of Aurélie Halbwachs who won two bronze medals during the last African Championships in cycling in Eritrea. Aurélie’s coach, José Achille was also present.The minister congratulated the winner for her excellent performance [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Workshop on transport of dangerous goods by air
The transport of dangerous goods by Air is the focus of a five-day training course which opened at the Link Hotel Ebène on Monday. Around 27 participants from Africa-Indian Ocean Region, including 12 participants representing stakeholders of the Mauritian aviation industry, are attending the workshop which is conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Jugnauth attributes split to differing cultures
In his budget speech on Monday, the leader of Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM), Pravind Jugnauth explained the reasons for the split in the Alliance de L’Avenir. He said, “We are sitting in the opposition today because there has been a clash between two different cultures,” he said. He added that there was no team spirit [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Squatters to receive house keys in February
Families currently living in the old tea factory are likely to move to their new houses in February 2012 since the 22 concrete housing units at Dubreuil are nearing completion. The total cost of this project, including on-site infrastructural facilities is Rs 21 million, of which Rs 6 million will come from the CSR Fund. [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Telecom sponsors day care centre for children
As part of its corporate social responsibility and in a bid to support social projects for economic development of the island, Mauritius Telecom handed a cheque of Rs 810,000 to SOS Poverty of Vallée Pitot on Monday. The project was supported by ACCA, who submitted it for funds. SOS Poverty has opened Les Abeilles Day [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Finance Bill 2012 reaches final stage
On Monday, the budget 2012 presented by the minister of Finance and Economic Development Xavier Luc Duval will be adopted in the National Assembly.The committee of Supply will then study the Programme-Based Budget Esrimates 2012 and the Indicative Estimates 2013 and 2014. The Finance Bill and Economic and Financial Measures Bill will be voted last [...]
21 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Rotweiler spared from euthanasia
The Rottweiler that attacked the 8-year old girl and her parents in the afternoon of Thursday November 17 at Bel Air Riviere Sèche has been spared from euthanasia. Actually the Mauritius Society for Prevention of Cruelty against Animals (MSPCA) has come to the conclusion that the dog is not aggressive. The father of the little [...]
21 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
AIESEC to empower needy children
AIESEC University of Mauritius (UoM) launched a project ‘Hope for Orphans’ on Friday at the MITD Phoenix Conference Hall. ‘Hope for Orphans’ is a 10-week project during which AIESEC (Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences, Economiques et Commerciales), envisages to bring a smile to every orphan. Events like sports day, painting competition, exhibition and lunch [...]
21 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
SBM launches new product
The SBM Mauritius Asset Managers Ltd (SBM MAM) launched its latest capital guaranteed product last week. This product, aligned with USD will allow to invest over a period of four years without risk of capital loss. SBM USD Secured Investments will give investors the opportunity to receive at maturity 135 per cent of the performance [...]
21 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
New park to be inaugurated
The Bras d’Eau National Park, the second land national park, located in the region of Poste Lafayette, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolam on December 1 and the minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Satish Faugoo. This joint initiative of the Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security and Maurice Ile Durable (MID), [...]
21 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Chinese delegation on official visit to discuss trade, economy
A Chinese delegation of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is currently in the country. The aim of the visit is to strengthen the existing bilateral relations between Mauritius and China and also aims to promote investment and cooperation. Both countries aim to strengthen their relationship in fields such as politics, economy and trade. [...]
21 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
New airport terminal to be ready in Dec 2012
The construction of the new terminal at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR) international airport which started in March 2011 is 41 per cent complete. The construction of the passengers terminal is complete at 90 per cent and two new aircraft sheds are already complete and have been handed over to the Airports of Mauritius Limited [...]
21 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Increase of 22 per cent in primary energy: CSO
The central statistics office (CSO) published figures of the environment-economic accounts for the period of 2002 and 2009. It showed the interaction between the economy and the environment and revealed that the per capita primary energy requirement increased from 0.9 tonnes of oil (equivalent to toe) in the year 2002 to 1.1 toe in 2009. [...]
21 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Tribute paid to victims of road accidents
The World Day for remembrance of road accident victims was observed on Saturday at Quatre-Bornes. The event was attended by some one hundred people. In response to the call made by Prévention Routière Avant Tout (PRAT), parents, relatives and friends of road accident victims showed their grief over the deaths of their loved ones. PRAT [...]
21 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Safire advocates for children rights
Every year, November 20 marks the International Day of the Rights of the Child. This date corresponds with the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations in 1989. The convention was also ratified by Mauritius in July 1990. To mark the event, the non governmental organisation, Service d’Accompagnement, [...]
21 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
2 dead in botched surgeries since 2005
Out of the 75 liposuction operations since 2005, two resulted in deaths and they were all performed in four private medical institutions. This was stated by the minister of Health and Quality of Life Lormus Bundhoo at the National Assembly in reply to the private notice question of the Leader of the Opposition Paul Bérenger [...]
18 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Union urges PM to revise labour laws
The Union of Bus Industry Workers (UBIW) held a press meet on Thursday in Port Louis to comment on the case filed in the Industrial Court by former bus conductor Shamshaad Edoo. He is contesting the gratuity paid by his former employee, United Bus Service (UBS). They also spoke on the working conditions of employees. [...]
18 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily