Local Mauritius
MAM wants Easter Monday declared as public holiday
At a press conference on February 15, Eliézer François, president of Mouvement Authentique Mauricien (MAM), asked all Christians of from Mauritius, Rodrigues and Agalega to claim their rights.
17 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Museum displays folkloric role of Chinese shops
Following the ‘Maurice en miniature’ exhibition, another exhibition titled ‘Laboutik Sinoi’ is being held at Blue Penny Museum.
17 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Microsoft encourages youth entrepreneurship in IT sector
The first edition of Mauritius Youth to Business Forum 2011 organised by AIESEC Mauritius, aimed at stimulating academics and enabling young entrepreneurs towards employability.
17 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Nelson Mandela centre to preserve Afro-creole culture
With the objective to promote and preserve the African and Creole arts and culture the Nelson Mandela Centre for African Culture will be inaugurated on February 20 by the Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolam at La Tour Koenig.
17 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Infinity staff still in dark over salary
On Wednesday, less than 100 telesales agents out of an official list of 234 from Infinity BPO Limited received a cheque representing their salary for the months of December and January at the office of the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment.
17 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Trade union to organise peaceful march next month
According to a price survey carried out by Confédération des Travailleurs du Secteur Prive (CTSP) from December 2010 to February 2011 on basic goods including electricity and transport fare, the cost of living has increased to Rs 802 while the salary compensation given since the month January is only Rs 175 for people with revenues less than Rs 12,000.
17 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Several names cited for Labour Party presidency
Several names are currently listed for the post of the next president of the Labour Party (PTr). Jean-Francois Chaumière, Patrick Assirvaden and Etienne Sinatambou are among them.
17 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
550 social housing units to be delivered
Those who had applied for a house can now heave a sigh of relief. Around 550 housing units in 10 different areas will be delivered towards the end of February while some houses will be delivered in June.
17 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Bail motion for Harte accused on February 23
Magistrate Sheila Bonomally of the District Court of Mapou has decided that the motion for conditional release of suspects Sandeep Moonea and Avinash Treebhowon will be discussed on February 23.
17 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Petrol, diesel prices unchanged
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Petroleum Pricing Committee (PPC) decided to maintain the price of petrol and diesel at Rs 48.50 and Rs 39.90 respectively.
16 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Science Day for Women launched
In a bid to raise awareness on the use of science in one's daily life, a Science Day for Women was launched on Tuesday at the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre (RGSC) at Belle Village.
16 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Labour Party to celebrate 75 years
The PTr was founded in February 23, 1936 after a mass rally at Champ de Mars in Port Louis attended by 8000 people to demand workers’ rights.
16 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Pleasure boat canvasser permit not to be renewed
The Tourism Authority (TA) which falls under the Ministry of Tourism and Leisure has decided to put some order on the beaches by putting an end to the activities of holders of 'canvasser attestation' permits.
16 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
CMT employees not to be laid off
The minister of Industry Showkutally Soodhun announced that he will stand as guarantor for Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile (CMT) if the company requires, concerning its suppliers or other stakeholders.
16 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Bérenger for Select Committee on Medpoint
The leader of the Opposition, Paul Bérenger, plans to remind the Parliament to urgently establish a Select Committee (SC) to answer the Oppositions’ questions about the purchase of MedPoint clinic by the state at a cost of Rs 145 million.
16 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Caterino arrested after 20 months
You can run but you cannot hide. Twenty months after he jumped bail and fled the country, Air France flight attendant Christophe Caterino, was arrested in his home village of St Raphael in the south of France.
16 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Committee to decide on new sugar price
The Mauritius Sugar Syndicate (MSS), the only institution responsible to sell the sugar on the world market, hopes to announce soon the price conditions for local sugar producers.
16 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Jeetah meets foreign students
Study Mauritius, a new unit of the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science, Research and Technology, will be set up on February 22 to act as a facilitator for foreign students.
16 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
First ever jazz competition to be held on Saturday
Institut Français de Maurice will, for the first time, host a jazz competition on the island on Saturday evening.
16 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily
Conserve water,
Following the meeting held on Monday under the chairmanship of the deputy prime minister and minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Rashid Beebeejaun, it was decided that water cuts would continue to be maintained throughout the country.
15 Feb 2011, The Independent Daily