News Mauritius

Munisamy acquitted of insulting policeman neighbour

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Dr Jack Keel and Mr Hiding : Keeping SSR alive

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Les Moulins de la Concorde : 25 years of reign in Mauritian hearts

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Chee-Peng Tan : “Mauritius has a bright future”

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Why not start the work straightaway?

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Pros and Cons of the new compulsory Mauritian ID Card

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Imported products are more at risk

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Rs 15 m expenditure on education and training

Statistics Mauritius issued on Thursday Education statistics for the year 2014. Government expenditure on education and training was estimated at about Rs 15,371 million, representing 13.5% of total expenditure.

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Reliability of police services : Perception speaking louder than reality?

In the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015, out last week, Mauritius scores only 4.5 points out of 7 and ranks 51st out of 144 countries at the section on ‘Reliability of police services’. Is this only a perception or the reality?

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Priorities of the forthcoming government : What people want

In a few weeks’ time, as Mauritius enters the phase of electoral campaign, different parties and alliances will have to present their manifesto to the population. Professionals and observers of different sectors give News on Sunday an insight on what should be the priorities of the new government.

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Rao Ramah : ‘The new ID card has projected Mauritius in modernity’

The conversion project of the national ID card has reached its end point with more than 895,000 persons having gone through the exercise even though it cost them some time and patience.

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Pravind Jugnauth, new Leader of the Opposition : ‘I have already set my priorities’

Pravind Jugnauth called the press on Wednesday to present himself as the new Leader of the Opposition. He indicated at the same time that he will send a letter of thanks to the President of the Republic and underlined all the supposed misdemeanours of the former Leader of the Opposition…

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Alliances sealed against all odds : Suspense on candidates

This week, the major actors of local politics have gone one step further towards the finalisation of their respective coalitions. Labour Party/MMM will make official their alliance on Saturday while the MSM/PMSD/ML are pursuing negotiations after agreeing on a 35-25 distribution of tickets in favour of MSM.

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Women Power at Rotaract Clubs

This year, the ladies have taken control of the 12 Rotaract Clubs of Mauritius. What’s more, the District Rotaract Representative (DRR) is also a Mauritian lady. Dynamic and passionate about helping others, they have at heart the welfare of their community and endeavour to promote camaraderie. With the support of…

19 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Facing Reality in the Eurozone

12 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Khemraj Persand : Born to win

It is said winning becomes a habit with time and Kemraj epitomizes this statement. After bagging the “Young Entrepreneur Award Success”, this dynamic and competitive business person has won the 2014 JCI Mauritius Creative Young Entrepreneur Award for his oyster business.

12 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Medha Gujadhur – Founder and MD of Kiddikids Club Ltd : “The real inspiration behind Kiddikids was my own kids”

12 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

The business behind funerals – Elie and Sons : a complete funeral as from Rs 9,000 to Rs 50,000

12 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Jaqueline Day – Academic Head of UCLan – UOM Enterprise : “UCLan will build a campus for 3,000 students”

12 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday

Dr Jack Keel and Mr Hiding : Dark days ahead for opponents

DR JACK KEEL: General Elections have been announced at long last!MR HIDING: Long last? Why do you say “long last? On the contrary, these elections are going to be held before their due time. The mandate of the present government lasts until July 2015.

12 Sep 2014, Le Defi News on Sunday