Local Mauritius
Sex education for youth leaders
A two-day residential workshop on sexual and reproductive health, regrouping some 60 youth leaders, will be held on Saturday and Sunday at the Pointe Jérôme Youth Training Centre. The objective is to inform the youth on sexual and reproductive health and to better equip them so that they can face the challenges in life. The [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Faugoo aims at self sufficiency in food
Food, water and energy have become the biggest global challenges and agriculture is a fundamental instrument for sustainable development. The government aims to make Mauritius self-sufficient in potatoes by 2015. The same is being considered for onion and garlic. “What we have been doing for potatoes can also be done with onion and garlic,” said [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Air Mauritius posts Quarter 1 losses
In a press release on Thursday, Air Mauritius published financial results for the first quarter that ended on June 30. The group and the company recorded losses of 11.2 million euro and 11.4 million euro respectively. For the corresponding period in 2010, losses recorded for both group and company stood at 11.4 million euro and [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Man beaten up, robbed off gun
On Tuesday night, three people stole a 22 mm Walter gun and bullets from a house at Pointe aux Canonniers. The officers of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of Grand Baie are investigating the case. In his statement to the police, the owner of the weapon, a 62-year-old Anglo-Mauritian said that late in the evening, [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
OVEC celebrates scholarship winners
The Overseas Education Centre (OVEC) organised a reception on Thursday at its head office in Moka to honour the beneficiaries of the Nanjing Medical University (NMU) Jiangsu Jasmine and Merit Scholarships and the NMU Entrance Scholarships. The scholarship winners, parents and the staff of OVEC were present on the occasion. The students applied to NMU [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Nurses accuse ministry of lethargy
The Nursing Association has criticised the lethargic attitude of the Ministry of Health. This was stated by the president of the association, Bagooaduth Kallooa at a press conference at the Centre Sociale de Marie Reine de la paix on Wednesday. He stated that the nurses are promoted as ‘Charge Nurse’ only after having worked for [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Tengur praises price observatory
In a press release issued on Wednesday, the president of the Association for the Protection of the Environment and Consumers (APEC), Suttyhudeo Tengur highlighted the impact of the competition between hypermarkets. He also warned about watching out for price increases of products that are not listed in the Price Observatory (PO).Since its establishment three months [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
BPS College acquires new AV room
The 60-year-old Bon et Perpétuel Secours (BPS) College has acquired a new audiovisual room. The inauguration and a prize giving ceremony were held on Thursday. On this occasion, the minister of Education and Human Resources, Dr Vasant Bunwaree spoke about the various reforms and innovations that the ministry has undertaken during the past months. “We [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Mauritius Telecom, Emtel ink tower sharing agreement
A tower sharing agreement between the two major competitors, Mauritius Telecom Orange and Emtel, was signed on Thursday at Labourdonnais hotel, Port Louis. The agreement was signed with the view to reduce the impact of the deployment of their services on the environment. The agreement, which is in line with the Maurice Ile Durable project, [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Double dip: Rupee, stocks dive to new lows
Mauritius’ economy and stock market are both under trial. During the last three weeks, the rupee has depreciated by 0.7 and 0.5 per cent against the US dollar and euro respectively. As for the local stock market, it had recovered by 3.3 per cent on Wednesday after constantly going down since August 5, due to [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Police discover two bodies
Police officers discovered the body of an unidentified man on Thursday around 2 pm in a river behind the Phoenix Women’s Centre. The Groupement d’Intervention de la Police Mauricienne (GIPM) was called to the scene and the body was taken to the Princess Margaret Orthopaedic Centre for post-mortem. The Criminal Investigation Division has opened an [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
FCM’s Father Grégoire meets PM
Fédération Créoles Mauriciens (FCM) president Father Jocelyn Grégoire, who returned from the US two weeks ago, had an hour-long meeting with Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam on Thursday. The main topic of discussion was the current political situation and the need for electoral reforms. The promulgation of the Equal Opportunities Act (EOA) was also high on [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Spectre of MMM-MSM alliance raised
The Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) and the Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM), both condemned renegades but denied that both parties were coming together. Both parties also condemned the actions of the Labour Party and of the members of the Alliance de l’Avenir, particularly the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate. “Michael Sik Yuen was a catastrophe at the [...]
12 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Hanoomanjee files statement
A totally changed Maya Hanoomanjee reported to the investigators of the Independent Commission Against Corruption at 11 am on Wednesday. Although charged with the arrestable offence of ‘public official using her office for gratification’, the former minister of Health and Quality of Life, on bail since Friday, July 21, was all smiles when she arrived [...]
11 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Ravi Ved family supports PM
The President of the Mauritius Arya Ravi Ved Pracharini Sabha, Suryadeo Sungkur, stated that the Ravi Ved family still supports the government. This was stated at a press conference on Wednesday in Port Louis. “We trust our Prime Minister. This government is for all Mauritians and our Prime Minister treats everyone equally,” he said. He [...]
11 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Transport union to file complaint to ILO
Front Commun Syndicats Transport is facing various problems. According to union members, the authorities are not listening to their request for negotiations to solve their problems. The union intends to file a complaint at the International Labour Office (ILO). Rafick Bahadoor, president of the Taxi Proprietors Union stated that the transport union has also sent [...]
11 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
School introduces adult literacy
Full Day School Ltd at Port Louis is launching a free literacy course for women, starting end of August. Reshma Ramchurn, head of Full Day School, shared her thoughts with The Independent. “The school has been offering paid literacy courses for a few years. We are now launching a free adult course to promote literacy [...]
11 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
MoU to promote Rodriguan handicrafts
In a bid to improve the sale of handicrafts manufactured by Rodriguans, the Rodrigues Regional Assembly and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU). This follows the signing of another MoU between SMEDA and the Association des Hôteliers et Restaurateurs de l‘Ile Maurice (AHRIM) last month. [...]
11 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Ali Mansoor forecasts budget cuts
Financial secretary Ali Mansoor gave a glimpse of the 2012 budget that will be presented by the new minister of Finance, Xavier-Luc Duval by the end of November, in the circular bearing the reference CF/PBB/PREP/ 2010. This was addressed to the supervising and accounting officers of all ministries. The policy of “cut costs at all [...]
11 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Madagascar puts ICAC on rosewood trail
The Bureau indépendant anti-corruption (BIANCO), Madagascar, has sought the assistance of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), in the investigation of the seizure of six containers of rosewood on June 20 in Mauritius. According to the Malagasy press, “There is a suspicion of money laundering in the case.” The six containers of rosewood are still [...]
11 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily