Category: News

Gone are the days when the price of fuel, and any other commodity for that matter, was changed once in a blue moon. If the price rose it was …

A Supreme Court judgment has last week recommended the invalidation of the election of Mr. Ashock Jugnauth, the first returned candidate at the June 2005 elections in constituency number …

He came out from behind the bars yesterday. In a blue-black suit, smiling, with inquisitive eyes looking for his mother who had supported him throughout his 20 years plus …

Thank God it’s Friday; for those who pray and for those who play. What about those who write? Happy with two days beyond the 9 to 4 schedule? To …

On this international consumer’s day, there’s another reason to celebrate, at least for us Mauritians. This date will ever be remembered, as the first visit of the 1984 Nobel …

Mauritius is celebrating its 39th independence day and its 15th republic day on the 12th March 2007. I was just 15 when Mauritius became independent from the British colonial rule. I still remember the day, it was mid-day, at the Champ de Mars (the race course) in Port Louis  when the Union Jack was brought down and the four-coloured Mauritian flag was raised under the eyes of the then Governor-General, Sir John Shaw Rennie and the first Prime Minister of Mauritius, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam while the entire city was submerged in the rythm of Glory to thee motherland… Tears rolled from the eyes of many as the guns of liberty were  fired. Tears of sadness. Tears of joy.  Everything stood still, even the air. That was on 12th March 1968. Sir …