Local Mauritius
NCG to get new patrol ship
At the request of the Mauritian government, the government of India has deployed the Indian Naval Ship, INS Sukanya, in Mauritian waters from March 9 to April 3 to conduct joint patrolling and surveillance of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Mauritius. A press conference was held onboard the vessel where the Indian high commissioner, [...]
30 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Diabetic youngsters on increase
The number of youngsters suffering from diabetes is on the rise in Mauritius. Some 121 youngsters aged less than 18 years are undergoing treatment and about 60 of them have been admitted to the hospital. According to the World Health Organisation, the island has the highest number of diabetic patients in the world. In a [...]
30 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Suspect in Michaela Harte Murder Freed On Bail For Rs 200000 , £4000
Sandip Moonee still denies the charges against him while Avinash Treebhowon revealed that Sandip strangled the victim. MCIT investigators are aware of the DNA results which came from England since Friday. Michaela Harte, aged 27, was killed last January 10, in room 1025 of the Legends Hotel where she had come on honeymoon with her [...]
30 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Govt cracks whip on drug traffickers
There are no “quick-fix” solutions to the drug problem but the government has a four-point strategy to fight the scourge: enforcement, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. This is the essence of the Prime Minister’s reply on Tuesday to a parliamentary question from the first member for the constituency No 3, Ameer Meea. Even in the absence [...]
30 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Petrol prices drop, albeit temporarily
Despite the fact that international oil prices have continued to soar over the past few months, the government has decided to temporarily reduce charge in the petroleum price structure. This announcement was made by the minister of Finance and Economic Development, Pravind Jugnauth at the parliamentary session held on Tuesday. The minister also held a [...]
30 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Int’l wedding exhibition at Pailles this May
Adze Network Limited, under its event management wing, Adze Events, is organising Wedding Exhibition Mauritius 2011 (WEM 11) from May 26 to 29. This will be held at the Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre (SVICC) Pailles. The director of the enterprise, Dina Jeetah, speaking about the second edition of WEM said, “This year we are [...]
29 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
MRC hosts meet on Mar 31
The Mauritius Research Council (MRC) will organise a Research Alliance Meeting with researchers on March 31. The meeting, which will host around 200 people, aims to familiarise researchers and other stakeholders with the various facilities offered by the MRC to stimulate and promote research and development activities in various fields like scientific, technological, social and [...]
29 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
CSG marches against soaring prices on April 2
Confederation Syndicale de Gauche (CSG) will hold a demonstration on April 2 in Port Louis. This was stated by Serge Jauffret, the CSG spokesperson, at a press conference on Tuesday in Port Louis. The demonstration will start at Port Louis at 1.30 pm on Brabant street where many workers from the agriculture, hotel and port [...]
29 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
BoM intends to slow inflation rate
The 21st meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Monday revised the repo rate from 4.75 per cent to 5.25 per cent. While this increase was not appreciated by exporters, the Governor of the Central Bank, Rundheersing Bheenick said that double-digit inflation cannot be tolerated. He added that the decision was not easy to [...]
29 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Second Rangoli festival at MGGS
As part of its week of activities, the Mahatma Gandhi Secondary School (MGSS) in Flacq held its second Rangoli festival on Tuesday. Sixty-three teams, each consisting of five students and one teacher participated in this event. After taking into account the criteria, the participants had to make the best rangoli. Sanjiva Appadoo, the head of [...]
29 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Accused produced in Court
The suspects Devsham Nushib, Ahmad Azim Munsoo, Daniel Steeve Monvoisin, Azedeen Lallmohamed and Mohammad Jiawed Ruhomatally appeared in court on Tuesday for the theft on the bookmaker Vivekanand Vythilingum on May 24, 2008. During the meeting, the prosecution insisted on an amendment in the record indicating that a briefcase containing Rs 600,000 had been stolen [...]
29 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
CCTV to cover entire island
Various issues were raised during the parliamentary sitting on Tuesday, including the need to tighten security measures through the extension of the CCTV surveillance systems across the island. Answering a question from MP Mahen Seeruttun, the Prime Minister said the police intend to extend the CCTV surveillance systems to other regions of the island, while [...]
29 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Naraynen spends extra night
One of the suspects in the Michaela Harte muder case, Dassen Narayanen, who was pursued under a provisional charge of complicity to commit theft, paid a bail of Rs 200,000 and signed an acknowledgment of debt of Rs 500,000 on Tuesday. On Monday, the magistrate of the District Court of Mapou, Sheila Bonomally, had granted [...]
29 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Price Of Petrol And Diesel Decreases In Mauritius
Motorists in Mauritius can heave a sigh of relief as from today. this is because the price of petrol and diesel has been revised downwards. The announcement was made ??by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pravind Jugnauth in today in Parliament while responding to the Private Notice Question (PNQ) Leader of the Opposition, Paul [...]
29 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
3-year-old girl allegedly abused, man denied bail
Judex T, 48, accused of sexually assaulting a three-year-old pre-primary child appeared in the Rose Hill District Court on Monday afternoon and he was denied bail by the magistrate. He is accused of having committed the offence in the morning of Tuesday March 22 at a pre-primary school in Quatre Bornes. The next day the [...]
29 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Standard IV lessons to integrate whiteboards
Some 8,000 classrooms in Mauritius, Rodrigues and Agalega will soon be equipped with interactive whiteboards. The whiteboards will be used as a teaching tool for Standard IV students. The first shipment containing around 370 interactive whiteboards from France will reach Mauritius in the next few days. A senior officer from the Ministry of Education and [...]
29 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Deutsche Bank’s Green Team supports Earth Hour
With a view to raise awareness on sustainability and to support the United Nations International Year of Forests, Deutsche Bank (Mauritius) Limited (DB) participated in the annual Deutsche Bank Earth Week by introducing a ‘Green Team’ initiative. Thirty staff members of the bank joined hands to meet the bank’s sustainability mission by conducting a tree [...]
28 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
MTPA markets island in Australia
The Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) invited 10 journalists of well read newspapers and magazines from Australia for a press trip to Mauritius from March 23-28. Australia, which has a population of nearly 23 million inhabitants and approximately 6.8 million outbound tourists, shows immense potential for the local tourism industry. The 10 Australian journalists, who [...]
28 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Visiting US navy ship trains police force
The US Navy Ship USS Stephen W Groves (FFG29) was visiting Port Louis from March 21 to 28 as part of the Africa Partnership Station (APS) East. The ship was designed to provide local area protection to battle groups, underway replenishment groups, military and merchant shipping and to conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations. However, with [...]
28 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily