Local Mauritius
Men in Blue, thank you
Finally, our moment under the sun or the moon as we may call it (it was a day-nighter). We are the world champions. Men in Blue have done us proud. It all began 28 years ago on a warm evening of June 25, 1983 when Kapil Dev held aloft the World Cup at Lord’s balcony. [...]
04 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
MRA on trail of tax evaders
The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) says it has a list of suspected tax evaders, who they are closely monitoring. According to a senior officer from the MRA, most of those suspected of tax evasion have not yet submitted their tax returns. As of March 31 the deadline for the submission of income tax forms by [...]
04 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
Telegus welcome new year today
The Telegu community will celebrate Ougadi across the island on Monday. According to Sanjiva Narasimba Appadoo , this marks the beginning of a new era. A famous mathematician named Shri Bhaaskara tried to make a calendar based on the Gregorian calendar into a ‘panchagam’ which is the almanac of the Telegu year, that is Ougadi. [...]
04 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
FDI interest grows in medical tourism sector
The target of 100,000 medical tourists by 2010 was unrealistic and instead an annual growth of 25 per cent to reach 15,000 by the end of 2011 is a more realistic figure. Nitin Pandea who spearheads the medical tourism sector at the Board of Investment shared this on Friday. Pandea added that the nation was [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
CCM chief wants fair competition
Sean Ennis was nominated as the Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) chief during this week. He said that he is ready to meet this new challenge in the interest of the public. The 44-year-old British economist has succeeded his compatriot Jon Davies as head of the CCM. The CCM chief is planning to further consolidate [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
Chinese group visits ancestral hometown
The members of the association ‘Culture on The Move’ which comprises a group of students learning Mandarin will visit Meixan on April 10. Meixan is the ancestralhome town of their parents and grandparents in China. This was announced at a press meet held on Thursday at the Chinese Cultural Centre in Bel Village. The main [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
Ministry fights cervical cancer
The Ministry of Health and Quality of Life recently launched the prevention and awareness campaign against cervical cancer. The month of March was dedicated to the prevention of the disease. It has also been observed that many women visited hospitals for the detection of this form of the disease. A doctor working at Victoria hospital [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
Business school confers top honours on Jeetah
The minister of Tertiary Education, Science, Research and Technology, Dr Rajesh Jeetah was conferred the Mauritian Institute of Management (MIM) honorary fellowship at the institute’s 37th annual general meeting at MEF Management School, Ebene on Thursday. The other personalities who also received the MIM honorary fellowship were the Consultancy Company Ltd managing director Patricia Day-Hookoomsing [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
Govt controls Japan imports
The cabinet met on Friday evening and took several decisions, namely the hosting of activities to mark the World Health Day and schemes and incentives to be offered to onion and garlic planters. Imported Japanese cars to be tested The cabinet has agreed to the recommendations of the ministerial committee, set up under the chairmanship [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
WIN honours 18 women leaders at graduation
Women in Networking (WIN) held a graduation ceremony for 18 women on Friday. They received their certificates for the WIN Leadership Programme batch 5 (WLP). The event was held at the British American Insurance (BAI) centre Hall of Fame in Curepipe. Jane Valls, the national coordinator of WIN said that the aim behind WLP is [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
NCB’s IT expo on April 20
The first edition of ProIT 2011 Exhibition and Conference, which is being jointly organised by the National Computer Board (NCB) and the Mauritius Information Technology Industry Association (MITIA), will be held from April 20 to 22 at the Freeport of Mauritius exhibition centre. The organisers met the press on Friday at the NCB office, Port [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
Prices of 148 products cut down within 2 weeks
It has been noted that from March 15 to 31, prices of 148 food items were decreased. Two more local companies have joined this surge of national solidarity. Cernol Marketing Ltd and Margarine Industries Ltd have responded to the appeal by the minister of Industry and Commerce Showkutally Soodhun. Hence, on Monday, the prices of [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
‘SAJ shaped Mauritius’
Mauritius would not have been what it is today without Sir Anerood Jugnauth (SAJ). This was stated by the minister of Tourism and Leisure Nando Bodha on Thursday at a symposium on the theme, ‘Le parcours de Sir Anerood Jugnauth’ (The journey of Sir Anerood Jugnauth) at the Book Café in Belle Rose. Bodha, a [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
The End Of Infinity BPO
It is sad,” says Jean Suzanne. He had started this company from scratch eight years ago, making it a success story and the jewel of the ICT sector. However, for the last few months, the company had been going through major financial problems and as a result, the leader of the BPO sector had to [...]
02 Apr 2011, MauritiusHot
Mauritius Launches Its First Islamic Bank
Mauritius’ first fully-fledged Islamic bank launched operations on Thursday, as the Indian Ocean island seeks to become a regional Islamic banking hub. Mauritius wants to tap into the roughly $1 trillion Islamic finance industry, and the central bank also plans to offer sharia-compliant short-term liquidity tools. Hesham Shokry, chairman of Century Bank said its first [...]
01 Apr 2011, MauritiusHot
Pravind Jugnauth Steps Down As Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Mauritius
Pravind Kumar Jugnauth was the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Mauritius following the General election of 11 May 2010. He is the leader of the MSM ( Militant Socialist Movement ) and the only son of the President Of Mauritius Sir Aneerood Jugnauth . He has yet to give a reason why [...]
01 Apr 2011, MauritiusHot
ICT Academy to be set up soon
Discussions on the public-private partnership project, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Academy, will be finalised by next week. This was declared by the minister of Information and Communication Technology Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum on Thursday at the 7th annual general meeting of Outsourcing and Telecommunications Association of Mauritius (OTAM) held at Labourdonnais hotel, Port Louis. The [...]
01 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
Soodhun lauds MEXA’s input
In his address to the annual general assembly of Mauritius Export Association (MEXA), minister of Industry and Commerce Showkutally Soodhun did not mince his words regarding the performance of Enterprise Mauritius. He said he intended reviewing the entire set up, going as far as showing the exit door to those who cannot deliver the goods. [...]
01 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
Dookun committed to fight autism
The third annual United Nation’s World Autism Awareness Day will be observed on April 2. This day was established with the aim of improving people’s knowledge of autism. Autism organisations from all over the world unite in order to give a voice to millions of individuals worldwide who are living with the disorder. In this [...]
31 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
MQA issues experience certificates to 19 candidates
Following the official launch of the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) at the national level by the Mauritius Qualifications Authority (MQA) in 2009, a second batch of 19 candidates were awarded certificates at the seat of the organism on Thursday. Through several years of experience in the field construction, plumbing, printing and tourism, the participants [...]
31 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily