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Port Louis: Vivo Energy Pipeline Breaks and Spills Gallons of Heavy Oil into the Bay

Several liters of heavy oil spilled, Wednesday, July 3, in the harbor of Port Louis. A pipeline owned by Vivo Energy broke during an unloading operation. The pumping operation began on Thursday.

04 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Varma Case: CCID Wants to Hear Rashid Beebeejaun

The CCID account go to the office of the Deputy Prime Minister this Thursday, July 4, 2013, in the case of Varma. Questions have already been prepared. Investigators also want to hear Mario Jeannot and Yatin Varma.

04 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Agribusiness: Rs 2500 per Head of Calf

It is a 'grant' special as the Ministry of Agro-industry pay each small farmer for every calf born after January 2013. This is the 'Calf Productivity Incentive Scheme' (cpi). Thus, a fund of Rs 3 million was made for the year 2013 for this assistance to small farmers.

04 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Ashwin Dookhun, NTC Chairman, ‘I'm not a ‘yes man’

Wednesday was marked by a strike by employees of the NTC. In this tussle with the authorities, the position of president of the corporation has not gone unnoticed. A situation which revealed differences at the head of the NTC.

04 Jul 2013, motors.mega.mu

Rodrigues RodClean Employees on Strike

As of this morning, the RodClean employees went on strike. There is anger against the authorities after the decision to launch a tender to open the market to competitors.

04 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Mauritius Wide Open to Chinese investors

The Finance Minister Xavier-Luc Duval, returned from a week-long mission to China. With the help of his team and our investment agency, the Board of Investment (BoI), he presented Maurice investors. Difficult mission is to convince the Chinese business community to invest in Mauritius.

04 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Rodrogues, Marine Resources: Octopus Fishing Closed for Two Months

Fishing ourites will be closed from August 5 to 7 October 2013. This was announced, the Commissioner of Fisheries, Richard Payendee, during a press briefing in Port Mathurin yesterday Tuesday, July 2.

04 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Economic Situation Worsening: Specter of Dismissal Looming

The risk of job losses are real in some companies, particularly in the SME sectors, construction or hospitality. Solutions are claimed.

04 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

NTC Employees Strike: Accumulated Result of Mismanagement

Who would have thought that the employees of the National Transport Corporation (NTC) would trigger a strike without notice? Why did they take this option despite the fact that it is a state company?

04 Jul 2013, motors.mega.mu

CNT : le Principe d’Une Augmentation Salariale Accepté Lors d’Une Réunion Tripartite

Positive et historique. C’est ainsi que le syndicaliste Reeaz Chuttoo qualifie la réunion tripartite, présidée par le ministre du Travail, Shakeel Mohamed, pour examiner les griefs des employés de la Corporation nationale de transport (CNT).

03 Jul 2013, motors.mega.mu

Varma Case: Maurice Allet Released after a Bail of Rs 20,000

For three hours, Wednesday morning, July 3, Maurice Allet, president of the MPA continued his testimony to the Barracks. He has been provisionally charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Ali Mansoor: "Repo Rate Increase Would Have Been Suicidal"

The Financial Secretary Ali Mansoor did not fail to tap the fingers of the monetary policy committee, even going so far as to say that the committee "has no credibility in the market." Delays in road works, he also said, contributed to lower growth of about 1%.

03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Open University: Entries Open Monday

The Open University of Mauritius (OU), launched in April this year, recruiting from next Monday a second group of students for the start of August 2013.

03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Ramgoolam Adamant on Increasing TV Fee

The Prime Minister is against any postponement of the increase in the fee paid to the MBC and has not acceded to the request of the Opposition to defer this decision; spending required, he argued.

03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

The SSR Airport Soon Have a Second Control Tower

The developments continued unabated internationally Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR) Airport.

03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Premier Interrogatoire au CCID: Maurice Allet Nie Toute Proposition Financière

Attendu au pays depuis une semaine, le président de la Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA) s’est expliqué, mardi, au Central CID, en compagnie de ses avocats. Après plusieurs heures d’interrogatoire, il a nié toute implication dans les propositions financières comme le décrit Mario Jeannot.

03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

MRA: More than Rs 200 Million Recovered from Riders

The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) continues to tighten the screws to the riders. With the commissioning of a Rescue Management Unit two years ago and a Risk Management Unit recently led services helped to recover more than Rs 200 million from 8000 "small" fraudsters.

03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

Work at Marine Park of Blue Bay Questioned

The NGO Ecosud and two other complainants, namely Marie Edith Nella Buckland and Maureen Doris Seneca, made an application for an injunction in the Supreme Court challenging the holding of development work to the marine park of Blue Bay.

03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu

No Shelter at New Bus Station at North

The movement of passengers is more fluid to the new bus station in the North, for the express bus. However, pedestrian safety is a concern.

03 Jul 2013, motors.mega.mu

Economy: Construction Sector Debt Rs 71.2 Billion

Eight export businesses have closed their doors in the first quarter of the year, Le Flamboyant to be bought up to Rs 377.2 million ... This is a rich economic news these days. Overview of the latest news in the business world.

03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu