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National I.D Card: Over 40000 Cases of Mistaken Identity – A Clerical Error

As reported in a local paper, the Project Director of the Mauritius National Identity Card Scheme (MNICS) stated that not less than 40000 errors had been noted on the old I.D. Cards. All these errors tend to relate to people’s […]

01 Jul 2014, Island Crisis

Abolishing Private Tuition For Primary School Kids in Mauritius

The debate has been on ever since can be remembered. Are private tuitions for primary-school-level kids detrimental or advantageous? Let us get those definitions down first. Primary school pupils take tuition at school, with the school teachers. There is a […]

19 May 2014, Island Crisis

Salted Seafoods Like “Bomli” and “Ourite Sec” No More The Preferred Dish Of Mauritians

Poisson Sale, Ourit Sec, Sevret Sec, Bomli: sounds familiar to you? Most of you reading it today will answer yes, but how many of you still eat these regularly? The generation gap has had many levels of depths. As time […]

07 May 2014, Island Crisis

Mixed Gender Schooling in Mauritius – Are You For or Against?

Recently, the Mauritian Minister of Education spoke about the possible implementation of mixed gender schooling in Mauritius. He is of the opinion that such an environment, where males and females study together, is the ideal for the growth of the adults of […]

16 Apr 2014, Island Crisis

Interviewing HSC Laureate: Auliar Muhammad Faheem – How To Be a Laureate?

Being a laureate is widely considered to be the greatest achievement at HSC (Higher School Certificate Results) level and the route to a fruitful career and high earning job through the possibility of going to the best universities abroad. A week […]

12 Feb 2014, Island Crisis

226 Year Old Tortoise Mistreated By Young Girl At La Vanille Crocodile Park

A video (embedded further below) being circulated on Facebook depicting a girl mistreating a tortoise in Mauritius has become the most sensational news of the day. Mauritians, at large, have shown their great outrage at such an act. The video […]

11 Feb 2014, Island Crisis

The Iron Thieves of Mauritius

The Iron Thieves of Mauritius! – No, it’s not the title of a Hollywood movie, it’s about the true problem Mauritians are facing due to the so-called “Voleurs Feraille (Iron thieves)”. Iron stealing is a major issue facing us for […]

10 Feb 2014, Island Crisis

Shocking Revelations About Monkeys From Mauritius Being Bred For Research

Imagine being snatched from your mother as a baby, then sent to some rearing institute and having random people doing all sorts of tests on you. While you’re alive. Without being anesthetized. Treating you as a lab rat. Gross, right? […]

04 Feb 2014, Island Crisis

Mauritius SC Results 2013 2014 Available

SC results 2013/2014 for Mauritius are available since today morning and representatives of all respective state/private colleges are requested to collect their result slips at the Mauritius Examination Syndicate (MES) office today between 13:00 to 14:00. The result slips are […]

27 Jan 2014, Island Crisis

Mauritius SC and HSC Results 2013 / 2014 Dates

The dates for the much awaited Mauritius SC and HSC results 2013/2014 have been confirmed today by the Mauritius Examination Syndicate. 19780 students who went for the School Certificate exams last year will obtain their result slips on January 27th […]

23 Jan 2014, Island Crisis

Anti Cavadee and Racist Comments on Facebook in Mauritius

While thousands of Hindus were celebrating the festival of Cavadee yesterday in Mauritius, a certain ”Suzzane H.” (we can’t confirm yet if it’s a real or fake profile), wanted to celebrate the day in her own little way: And that was […]

19 Jan 2014, Island Crisis

Cavadee 2014 in Mauritius Photos

Here are some photos for the celebration of Cavadee in Mauritius this year. The photos were taken at Vacoas today morning. Please note that we’re loading only 20 photos per page so that we do not slow down the loading […]

17 Jan 2014, Island Crisis

Black Mamba in Mauritius – Raising its Ugly Head?

Black Mamba in Mauritius? The thought would have crossed your mind since last week – “Pray tell me. What is Black Mamba?” If you were in mortal fear of snakes, you would scream in horror at the mention of the Black […]

18 Dec 2013, Island Crisis

CNT Bus Accident at Pailles (December 2013) – Several Injured

CNT Accident at Pailles – A violent collision between a CNT bus heading to Vacoas from Port Louis and two other vehicles at Pailles has resulted in several passengers being badly injured. The accident happened at around 13:20 on the motorway […]

18 Dec 2013, Island Crisis

Mauritius CPE Results 2013 – Boys and Girls List For National Colleges

The Mauritius CPE results 2013 (Certificate of Primary Education) are available since today morning, 11 December 2013. It’s the much awaited (and stressful?) day for 25981 Mauritian students. About 13800 young boys and 12181 young girls participated in the CPE exam this […]

11 Dec 2013, Island Crisis

Car Accident at Paillote Photos – Kia Car Crashed Into A House

If “amazing” is not the right word here, crazy would be. A private Kia car crashed head on into the living room of a house at Paillote today morning. You must have already heard it among the headlines since this […]

01 Dec 2013, Island Crisis

The Extinction of Small Shops in Mauritius – Will it Happen?

With the construction of new shopping malls and supermarkets/hypermarkets everywhere, is the survival of the small shops threatened? Accessibility to these places has also increased dramatically with the giants marking their presence in every part of the island. Hypermarkets are […]

27 Nov 2013, Island Crisis

Prostitution in Mauritius & Elsewhere – Is Prostitution a Crime? Must it Be Legal?

Prostitution is present in Mauritius and it has been so since decades, or maybe even centuries (knowing that the Island’s documented history deals with no more than 5-6 centuries). Is it a crime? Must it be legal? It’s precisely what […]

25 Nov 2013, Island Crisis

Prostitution in Mauritius & Elsewhere – Is Prostitution a Crime? Must it Be Legal?

Prostitution is present in Mauritius and it has been so since decades, or maybe even centuries (knowing that the Island’s documented history deals with no more than 5-6 centuries). Is it a crime? Must it be legal? It’s precisely what […]

25 Nov 2013, Island Crisis

Mauritius New Identity Cards – Advantageous or Just Another Bluff?

The year 2013 marks the beginning of a new identity card system in our island Mauritius. The current system dates as far back as 1986. Pretty archaic, right? The government has been very enthusiastic to embark into this project, thereby […]

27 Sep 2013, Island Crisis

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