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Drunk Police Officers beat a Police Officer – Funny Police of Mauritius
He never thought his colleagues would he do such a thing. Ajay Summun, a police officer assigned to the National Coast Guard (NCG), Amardeep, his brother were assaulted by three men on Friday night. Their attackers were police, they said. Seriously injured, two brothers were admitted to hospital in Rose-Belle. The assailants remain at large.
21 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Cargo Handling Corporation : Employee attacked
The secretary general of the Port Louis Harbour and Docks Workers Union, Valaydon Rama, has had a bad quarter of an hour Saturday. The employee of the Cargo Handling Corporation was attacked with swords on his workplace. Committed their crime, the suspects fled. Suffering from multiple wounds, Rama Valaydon was hospitalized during the weekend. He
21 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Sasha Hair Saloon is now in Port Louis
The Professional Hair Saloon Sasha is now in the capital. After Curepipe, Sasha Mosafeer opened a second salon “high tech” in Port-Louis at the end of last week. Latest technology, spacious and very relaxing. Thus comes the new hairdresser Sasha. Located at the corner of Léoville-L’Homme and Sir William Newton (above the restaurant Nando’s), the
21 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Young Girl Raped At Grand Bay On Saturday Night
Sandra Aurélie, 22 years old is traumatized by what happened on Saturday night. She was raped in turn by five guys. The Mauritian girl was with her girl friend who is from Reunion Island. The two young women decided to have fun and party on motorcycle to a pub in Grand Baie. Once there, they
21 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Pre-primary school day to be extended
Pre-primary school timings will be extended by four hours in a bid to alleviate the burden of working mothers. This was announced by Xavier-Luc Duval, leader of the PMSD on Saturday at a gathering of the party’s women’s wing in the auditorium of the Ecole Hotelière Sir Gaetan Duval at Ebène. “PMSD, which will celebrate [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Island to host int’l meet on climate change
About 200 delegates will attend an international conference on climate change at Intercontinental Hotel, Balaclava from March. 21-23. The delegates scientists, representatives of regional organisations, the community of affairs and NGOs are expected from South Africa, Australia, Canada, Comoros, Ethiopia, USA, Mauritius, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Norway, Reunion, UK, Seychelles, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania and France. [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Forum to boost women’s cause
A symposium on the theme, ‘Rejuvenating the women’s movement in Mauritius a challenge for the national women council’, will take place on March 24 at the auditorium of the MGI, Moka. It will be held by the National Women Entrepreneur Council (NWEC). Discussions will focus on three topics, namely ‘Retrospection of Mauritian women’s movements and [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Holi brings joy, splash of colours
Holi, the festival of colours, was celebrated across the country on Sunday with the usual gaiety, fervour and tradition associated with it. The festival of colours is one of the oldest Hindu festivals celebrated by adults and children. Holi is celebrated each year in the Hindu month of Phalguna, the day of the full moon [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Ethiopian designer wins ticket to NY Fashion Week
The Origin Africa Fiber to Fashion Designer Showcase 2011, organised by the Mauritius Export Association (Mexa), was held at Maritim hotel, Balaclava. The event was officially launched on March 18 by Amédée Darga, chairman of Enterprise Mauritius. Fikirte Addis from Ethiopia won the Origin Africa Designer, Addis will also get a chance to participate in [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Guards arrested for drug trafficking
Two prison officers were arrested during the weekend by the officers from the Drug Squad (ADSU) and the Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Port Louis North, for drug trafficking and possession of stolen items. “When the report by the investigators is ready, we will take measures to relieve them of their duties,” said Jean Bruneau, prison [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
AfrAsia expands activities in Africa
With an economic growth of 10 per cent in African countries such as Ghana, Botswana and Angola, many investors are seeking opportunities in the African region. To exploit this market, AfrAsia Bank has already opened three offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. Ben Padayachy, general manager and head of global banking, treasury and markets [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
OPR will go alone in elections, says leader
Serge Clair, leader of the Organisation du Peuple de Rodrigues (OPR), in an interview, explains the reasons behind the resignation of his party members from the Rodrigues Regional Assembly. He explained that the decision was taken after consultation with the population and added that in the next elections, OPR will not contract any alliance with [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
GTU asks debutants to boycott teacher’s fund
Reappointed as president of the Government Teachers Union (GTU) on Saturday during the union elections held in Quatre Bornes, Vinod Seegum expressed his anger at the behaviour of certain persons at the head of the Primary School Provident Fund (PSTPF). “This fund is the greatest in the primary sector comprising approximately 7,000 members. A teacher [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Sugarcane, food crops production in decline
According to the latest report of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) published on March 18, sugarcane production has gone down by 6.5 per cent from 4,667,234 tonnes in 2009 to 4,365,852 tonnes in 2010. This is mostly explained by a reduction of 2.7 per cent in the area harvested from 60,380 hectares in 2009 to [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Bérenger picks on MSM ministers
The Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) is preparing for the expected opening of Parliament on Tuesday. This was announced by MMM leader Paul Bérenger at a press conference at The Links hotel on Saturday. The leader of the Opposition announced that he will ask his Private Notice Question (PNQ) on the MedPoint deal but did not [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Dual carriageway to be inaugurated
The much awaited projects in the north, namely the dual carriageway and Goodlands Bypass, will be inaugurated on March 24 by the Prime Minister. The first dual carriageway is between Forbach and Pamplemousses and will help curb traffic congestion especially during peak hours. The authorities felt that the only road connecting Pamplemousses to Sottise was [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Govt not to offer salary compensation for now
The government will not provide any salary compensation for the recent price increase in basic consumer products until the financial year is over. This was announced by minister of Finance and Economic Development Pravind Jugnauth who was speaking at a press meeting on the recent price increase held at his office, Port Louis, on Friday. [...]
19 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Island, Mozambique sign MoU
The governments of Mozambique and Mauritius agreed to extend bilateral cooperation to include environmental issues. This was formalised through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on March 16 in Maputo, Mozambique by Alcinda Abreu, minister of Environment, Mozambique, and her Mauritian counterpart, Devanand Virahsawmy, who is on a two-day visit to Mozambique. Under [...]
19 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Mahébourg port to reopen
A study is currently underway by the government to reopen the port of Mahébourg. To avoid any shortage of petrol on the island, two reservoirs will be constructed by the State Trading Corporation (STC) in order to set up a strategic stock in Mahébourg. This has been discussed in the government, said a senior officer [...]
19 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
MSS, CHCL ink deal to export refined sugar
The Mauritius Sugar Syndicate (MSS) signed an agreement with the Cargo Handling Corporation Limited (CHCL) on Thursday to continue exports of refined white sugar. The protocol also allows the monitoring of containers at the sugar terminal of CHCL before exporting them to foreign countries. In his presentation, Jean Noël Humbert, CEO of MSS explained that [...]
19 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily