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What Time Is The Total Lunar Eclipse In Your Country?
The June 15 total lunar eclipse will be visible to observers in Europe, Africa, southern Asia, and Australia. This will be one of the darkest eclipses ever, second only to the total lunar eclipse on July 16, 2000. During the totality of the eclipse, the moon will pass through the center of the earth’s shadow. [...]
15 Jun 2011, MauritiusHot
Consumer to pay Rs 4.7 bn hedging loss
The population will have to pay hedging losses amounting to Rs 4.7 billion in addition to the accrued interest of about Rs 250 million. It is only then that the hedging surcharge of Rs 3 per litre will be removed, said minister of Business, Enterprise, Commerce and Consumer Protection Michael Sik Yuen in reply to [...]
15 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Workshops organised to consolidate MID concept
In 2008, the Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolam announced his vision of making Mauritius a sustainable island. Monday saw the official launch of the Maurice Ile Durable (MID) consultative workshops at La Canelle in Domaine Les Pailles. Present on the occasion was the minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Deva Virahsawmy. The civil society is [...]
15 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Minister Faugoo wants national consensus to fight stray dogs
Stray dogs have become a major national issue and represent a nuisance to the society, public health and even the tourist industry. In this context, the Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security in collaboration with the Mauritius Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) will be organising a national awareness campaign on Friday [...]
15 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Bodha unveils plan to democratise hotel sector
The minister of Tourism and Leisure, Nando Bodha announced several measures to democratise the tourism and hotel sector in the national assembly on Tuesday. He said that plans are being worked out to allow hotel employees to purchase hotel shares in a way similar to the sugar investment trust (SIT). Bodha added that the Ministry [...]
15 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Parents to blame for childhood delinquency
The Mauritius Council of Social Service (MACOSS) hosted a seminar on the ‘Rights of children: The responsibility of everyone’ at the Octave Wiehe Auditorium in Reduit on Monday. Lady Sarojini Jugnauth spoke of parents who do not carry out their responsibilities towards their children in earnest. She said, “From womb to tomb, the government takes [...]
15 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
105 Indian workers repatriated
On Tuesday, Tariq Malik, managing director of Ivy Leathers Ltd held a press conference to clarify the problem concerning the repatriation of 105 Indian expatriate workers from Ivy Leathers Ltd located at Fond du Sac on June 5. Malik explained that the problem started in May, when eight to twelve workers started taking control of [...]
15 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
CSO figures show water revenue at Rs 1035.8 million
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) released figures on energy and water statistics for 2010 on Tuesday. The total primary energy requirement increased from 1,347 ktoe in 2009 to 1,425 ktoe in 2010 and represented a rise of 5.8 per cent. Out of which, imported fuels (petroleum products and coal) accounted for 83 per cent while [...]
15 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Metal detectors represent no threat to airport staff: PM
In an answer to a parliamentary question to MP, Jim Seetaram on health hazards associated with the arc metal detector found at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport and whether police officers attached to the airport have undergone medical check ups, the Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolam replied that there 14 archway metal detectors at [...]
15 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Island to witness darkest lunar eclipse tonight
The darkest total lunar eclipse of this century, which will be visible in Mauritius, Rodrigues and Agalega, will occur on June 15. On Wednesday night, the sun, Earth and moon will come in a straight line and the Earth’s shadow will eclipse the full moon passing through it. As the moon slips into the Earth’s [...]
15 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
61.4 mm of rain on highlands
The rains since Monday have been highly beneficial to the drying reservoirs, especially as the region of Mare aux Vacoas has recorded 61.4 mm of rainfall. Le Morne received 100 mm of rain. Before the downpours, Mare aux Vacoas was 33.8 per cent full. Prem Pathak from the Mauritius Meteorological Station said the heavy downpours [...]
15 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Young Journalist Award winner announced
Winners of the young journalist of the year competition were announced at a prize giving ceremony held on Monday at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute auditorium, Moka. The first place winner is Louis Gerard Adrien Antonio, student at Floreal State Secondary School and the national runner-up is Eshna Jeebaun from Queen Elizabeth College, Rose Hill. Several [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Blood bank targets schools
The ministry of Health and Quality of Life has launched several activities to mark the World Blood Donation Day at the Rabindranath Tagore State Secondary School (RT SSS), Ilot on Monday. The theme chosen for this year is ‘More blood means more life.’ It aims to encourage blood donation and sensitise the population to be [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Winner keen to take up placement
Louis Gerard Adrien Antonio, 17, a resident of Curepipe could not hide his joy when his name was announced as the national winner of the Young Journalist of the Year contest. He did not expect that his article “How have social networking sites changed students’ lives” would beselected. His choice was influenced by the growing [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
School of arts for differently abled announced
A one-month jewellery course for differently-abled people was launched on Monday by the minister of Social Security, National Solidarity and Reform Institutions Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun. The course is being offered by the Training and Employment of Disabled Persons Board (TEDPB) in collaboration with the Mauritius Institute of Training and Development. The minister also announced the [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
3-month import attains Rs 34.7 billion
Total imports for the first quarter of 2011 have dropped by 11.7 per cent since October 2010 from Rs 39.3 billion to Rs 34.7 billion. Based on past trends, total exports for the year are expected to reach Rs 78 billion, against imports of Rs 161 billion. Hence, according to the latest figures published by [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Beaux Songes link road ready by August
The construction of the new Beaux Songes / Phoenix link road which started in January 2009 will be completed in two months. According to a high ranked official of the Road Development Authority, 85 per cent of the construction works are completed and the rest will be finished in two months. However, there was a [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
BUAV seeks meet with Ramgoolam
Michelle Thew and Sarah Kite, two representatives of British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), the world’s leading organisation based in UK, are presently in Mauritius. The aim of the visit is to raise public awareness on primate trade in Mauritius. In this context, they met the press and members from various institutions to [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Courts shift to e-filing
The electronic filing system will be implemented on a pilot basis in September at the Supreme Court. It will later be extended to district courts including at Rodrigues. The project cost $ 3.6 million (Rs 101 million), of which 25 per cent was funded by the government and the rest by the Investment Climate Facility [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Rodrigues by-elections end in stalemate
The by-elections in Rodrigues have ended in a stalemate with the two main contenders winning two seats each. Johnson Roussety’s Front Patriotique Rodriguais (FPR) obtained the two seats at Baie aux Huitres with Jean Alex Flore and Henderson Raffaut getting 999 and 972 votes respectively. Out of 4,186 registered voters, only 2009 went to the [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily