Local Mauritius
NGO forced to stop drug treatment
The non-governmental organisation, Groupe A de Cassis / Lacaz A has been forced to disrupt its methadone maintenance therapy for former drug addicts due to a lack of support from the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life. This was announced by the representatives of Lacaz A at a press conference held on Friday at [...]
05 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Maldives President to attend National Day celebrations
A number of important issues were on the table during the Cabinet meeting on Friday. Among the issues raised include the visit of Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, the launching of a national platform for Women In Politics and the recruitment of 100 medical officers. Maldives President to visit island on March 11-13 Following an invitation [...]
05 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Ah Yan condemns road deviation at Mon Choisy
The non-governmental organisation, Plateforme pour la protection des plages de l’Ile Maurice, has condemned the road deviation at Mon Choisy as the residents of the locality will be deprived access to the public beach and a religious place on the coastal road. This was announced at a press conference at Marie Reine de la Paix [...]
05 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Petition against export of monkeys
The site ‘the petitionsite’ has intensified its campaign against the practice of breeding monkeys. A petition is currently circulating on the net about this issue. This was done following the decision of the Ministry of Environment, to go ahead with the application of Biodia Co Ltd, to expand its activities from February, by creating three [...]
05 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
ICP refuses to be part of price observatory
The Institute for Consumer Protection (ICP) has refused to be part of the price observatory. In a letter, the ICP has declared that “without an argument, the minister of Business Michael Sik Yuen is insulting the ICP.” The minister remarked on a private radio channel that the ICP is only concerned with its self interest [...]
05 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Stevenhills to organise street football contest
Stevenhills Ltd and Out of the Box Creative Ltd is organising their first Street Foot / Freestyle Competition Stevenhills StreetFaya from March 20 to May 22. At a press meet held on Friday in Port Louis, Steve Wan, executive director of Stevenhills Ltd said that the company has always been involved in sports and the [...]
05 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Four New Universities including one veterinary school to be constructed in Mauritius
The government has approved construction of four new campuses, including one in Rodrigues. Rs 815 million will be invested in these projects. The construction of a veterinary school is also mentioned. The cabinet gave its green light for the construction of four campuses. The Ministry of Finance will therefore provide Rs 815 million for this
05 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Le Matinal , Most Read Newspaper in Mauritius
Le Matinal is the leading newspaper in Mauritius , this is mainly about the good content and because it is the cheapest at Rs5 . The survey was for the period ending 1 February 2011 . It was conducted by telephone during this time from a representative sample of 2,529 Mauritians aged 15 and older.
05 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Biggest corruption scandal of India Liked with Mauritius
After the scandal around the Commonwealth Games, Port-Louis has served to conceal the bribes paid to Indian Minister for mobile phone licenses. The investigation of the Indian authorities to Mauritius on bribes paid bribes to a Minister for the granting of licenses to firms 2G mobile telephony seems to be working. It turns out that
04 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Sheila Bappoo Vs Leela Devi Dookun-Lutchmun
Here is another statement that could cast a chill in relations between the PTR and the MSM. The Minister of Gender Equality, Development and Child Welfare of the family, Sheila Bappoo, says she has no lessons from his colleague, Leela Devi Dookun-Lutchmun. She made this statement this afternoon on Radio Plus during the second part
04 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Nation bids goodbye to Christian Rivalland
Christian Rivalland, an intellectual and a man of integrity, died last Friday at the age of 68 in South Africa. The former campaign manager of Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolam died following a heart attack. Many of his friends came to pay their last respects at the Church of St Jean on Thursday afternoon. Emotions [...]
04 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Round Table to support differently-abled children
The Mauritius Round Table number 7 (MRT7), a non-governmental organisation, is putting together a fund raising event on behalf of Association Autrement Capable Toujours Joyeux (AACTJ) on Sunday. The fund raising event will be an innovative charity walk starting from the capital to the airport. MRT7 members plan to walk backwards from Port Louis to [...]
04 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
BPML hosts job fair for school leavers on Friday
The Business Parks of Mauritius Ltd (BPML) job fair will be organised at the Cyber Tower 1, Ebène on Friday and Saturday. The event will be a platform for exhibitors, sponsors and school leavers looking for their first job meet. This fourth edition will again have the support of the Outsourcing Telecommunication Association of Mauritius [...]
04 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Pacific, Indian monks impressed by Maha Shivratree
Three monks from Bharat Sevashram Sangha, namely Swami Dibyananda, Swami Ganeshananda and Swami Sanyuktanand, who are from Trinidad West Indies, Fiji and India respectively, were in Mauritius on February 25 for Maha Shivratree. They paid a courtesy visit to President Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Thursday morning. These swamis had a stall at Grand Bassin for [...]
04 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Research centre in quest of innovative business ideas
The Business and Research Incubation Centre (BRIC) was officially launched by the minister of Tertiary Education Dr Rajesh Jeetah on Thursday at Ebène. BRIC is an initiative of the Mauritius Research Council (MRC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science, Research and Technology. BRIC is a connecting and collaborative platform focussed on enabling [...]
04 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Standard Chartered group records $6.12 bn profit
The Standard Chartered group announced operating profits of USD 6.12 billion for 2010. This represents a growth rate of 19 per cent in 2009. The continual Asian growth enabled the group’s income to climb up by six per cent, thereby reaching USD 16.06 billion. Peter Sands, group chief executive said on Wednesday that 2010 marked [...]
04 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
MCIT takes over red light area murder case
The murder case of Marie Lourdes Collet, a prostitute, was referred to the Major Crime Investigation Team (MCIT) on March 1 by the prosecution. The suspects were all presented at the District Court of Pamplemousses in front of magistrate Kevin Moorghen. Following the preliminary inquiry, the main suspect in the case, Naseerudin Tengur alias Shameem, [...]
04 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Boollell proposes to extend territory
The minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade announced on Thursday that the government plans to increase it economic exclusive zone from 1.9 thousand kilometre square to 2.6 thousand kilometre square. He was speaking at a meet on the concept of the Mauritius Ocean State and was joined by geo-politician Shafiq Osman and [...]
04 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Boolell proposes to extend territory
The minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade announced on Thursday that the government plans to increase it economic exclusive zone from 1.9 thousand kilometre square to 2.6 thousand kilometre square. He was speaking at a meet on the concept of the Mauritius Ocean State and was joined by geo-politician Shafiq Osman and [...]
04 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Govt not decided on national ID format
The government is still hesitant about putting the signature or fingerprint on the new national identity cards. According to sources, negotiations are still ongoing. The first card will be issued to the public for free but once the card is lost the citizen will have to pay to apply for a new card. “We are [...]
04 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily