Point de Vue Mauritius
Crime and punishment
The number of atrocious murders committed since the beginning of 2015 is beyond logic. Crimes are on the increase and yet society tends to be complacent about it, as if it is part of our culture. Is capital punishment the solution to curb the rising crime rate in the country?
20 Sep 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Le prix et le danger des chiens de race
Pour commencer, j’aimerais souligner que je ne suis pas un éleveur, mais un passionné de la race canine et propriétaire d’un berger allemand. Comment des personnes peuvent-elles trouver que le prix de vente des chiens de race est exorbitant?? Savent-elles ce qu’il coûte d’entretenir ces chiens??
20 Sep 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Surveillance
Facebook, c’est le monde, mais en version « virtuelle ». Cet outil a permis à des personnes du monde entier, sans distinction de race, de couleur ou de statut social, de communiquer entre elles.
20 Sep 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Combating HIV/Aids
For 2014, the Ministry of Health has registered about 793 HIV/seropositive cases. For the three previous years, this number was higher. Today, Mauritius finds itself with 5 433 people living with HIV/AIDS from which 1 114 women.
13 Sep 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Warning
On one point Arvind Boolell is right. Without real evidence you cannot throw people’s name just for the sake of a warning. If the PM has serious ground to believe that Rama Valayden is behind some if the incidents which occurred in the South, he should go straight to the…
13 Sep 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Le problème du crédit
Le problème des crédits à Maurice est que les clients ne sont pas bien informés. Un exemple : on prend un crédit et on nous annonce un taux d’intérêt. On nous donne même le montant de ce que nous devons repayer pendant toute la durée du prêt. Mais, au moment…
06 Sep 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Reduce unwanted dogs
A “campagne de sensibilisation” has been announced by the ministry of Agro-industry. It's going to be a total and utter waste of public money. The basic fact is that there are too many irresponsible dog owners that need to be brought in line.
06 Sep 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Transactional work
Thanks to disruptive technology, work is becoming more and more transactional in nature with a clearly expressed set of expectations from both sides.
30 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Réglementer le sexe
Tant que la prostitution sera vue par certains comme une horreur, elle se déroulera toujours dans des endroits mal famés et créera encore plus de problèmes, notamment au niveau de l’insécurité.
30 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Regarding child abuse
The caring of our children is an important factor for all of us who have responsibilities as good parents. But not all parents are born devoted parents with duties and responsibilities. Today, so many of our children are being exploited in various ways such as doing hazardous occupations as well…
30 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Too much vehicles?
According to the National Transport Authority (NTA) there are 450,000 vehicles on our roads since 2013. Over 20,000 vehicles have been sold in Mauritius between 2013 and 2014. This is quite a high figure. From January 2014 the NTA has registered an extra amount of 22,569 vehicles on top of…
23 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Do our kids lie ?
Often we say, “My kid is saying this. How can s/he lie? Kids never lie.” I cannot say if once upon a time kids never lied or not. But nowadays, kids lie. They lie very often. Now question must be asked why do kids lie?
23 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Le foot
La Mauritius Professionnal Football League a annoncé son retrait en tant qu’organisatrice de la compétition Mauritius Barclays Premier League. Si elle ne revient pas à de meilleurs sentiments, l’existence même de notre ligue est menacée. À suivre donc !
16 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
In open streets
Times are changing. The world has entered a new age of drugs. In just the last few years, drug abuse has morphed into something never seen before. Substance abuse is no longer just part of the seedy underbelly of society. It has exploded into the open streets reaching nearly every…
16 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Road rage phenomenon
Road rage is hardly mentioned in the driving manuals. But this phenomenon is more and more common these days. Normally, road rage covers a multitude of hostile acts committed by angry or frustrated drivers. Some experts believe that drivers learn aggressive behaviour from observing their parents and watching numerous examples…
16 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
We must support the Comoros
The decision of the Comoros to pull out of the Indian Ocean Island Games in the face of colonial mind games should not only be applauded but also supported, especially by Mauritius. Both nations are suffering firsthand from unscrupulous colonialist greed and self-interest. The Comoros have been stripped by the…
09 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Deterioration
Statistics have clearly shown that the situation of law and order is aggravating day by day. From 2009 to September 2013, over 354 murder cases have been recorded. A total of 11, 919 cases of night burglaries were recorded from 2009 to September 2013. So far as day burglaries are…
09 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Unsolved crimes
No crime is perfect and no criminal should get away with blue murder. But in Mauritius we have had so many unsolved crimes. What’s wrong with our system? Does our police have enough technology and expert knowledge to elucidate these crimes?
02 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Tackling poverty
What is poverty? The dictionary meaning of poverty is the state of being very poor. But it is a relative concept. Professor Peter Townsend, a leading authority on poverty in UK, defines relative poverty as when someone’s “resources are so seriously below those commanded by the average individual of family…
02 Aug 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo
Road Discipline
Road accidents are often making news headlines these days. We have at least one fatal accident every two days for the past several months in this country. 80 people have died as a result of road accidents since January 2015. The sad fact is that most of these deaths could…
26 Jul 2015, Le Dimanche/L'Hebdo