The Martello tower.

The door to the past is only a few metres off the historic site of Les Salines salt pans in Black River where lies the L’Harmonie, one of only three remaining Martello Towers out of the five built in Mauritius between 1830 and 1833. It is also one of the only five such towers still existing and to be found east of the Cape of Good Hope.

The Highlands Project is expected to play a pivotal role in diversifying our economy.

The imminent emergence of a new city, right in the middle of the island at Highlands, is currently the talk of the town. This mega project will surely bring about a lot of changes in the local landscape as well as in the lives of many Mauritians.

Mauritius has a rich salt making tradition dating back to the early 19th century.

The west coat of Mauritius is well-known for its beautiful beaches. That’s not all; the region is packed with interesting places with rich history worth visiting. One of them is Les Salines salt pans and its surrounding area at Riviere Noire.

The General Post Office building in Port-Louis.

The entire history of the Mauritian Post is on display in the new Postal Museum on the Port Louis Waterfront. The historic building of the General Post Office now hosts the museum which unveils some 150 years of fascinating postal history.

Mauritians will have to advance their clocks by one hour on Monday 26 October.

It will be midnight one hour sooner on Monday 26 October. Your clock will tick 3 am instead of 2 am. But you won’t be ahead of others for that matter because all other fellow Mauritians will do the same to set their best foot forward and step into summertime.

All of them look the same from a distance but none of these chimneys are identical.

You must surely have ignored their existence. They are the tall, pencil-like stone structures emerging from the ground in the midst of sugarcane fields and at times from residential areas. They were once the proud chimneys of our sugar mills scattered around Mauritius.

The government spends around Rs 325 million per year to buy medicines.

Most of us must have surely gone to a public hospital to do away with a fever, soothe a back pain or heal an injury. After being examined by the doctor in attendance, you must surely have found your way to the hospital pharmacy to grab your dose of drugs and medicine vital for your recovery.

One of the most significant monuments in Rose Hill is the Plaza.

Bustling throughout the day and night, Rose Hill, mostly a commercial town, remains at the crossroads of major business, cultural and sports activities. Easily accessible from the capital, Port Louis at only some 11 km away, from Moka through Ebène, and Quatre Bornes, it remains the ideal place for the flourishing of the cultural activities of the country.

There are some 3 million cases coming to the casualty departments of public hospitals yearly.

Should Mauritians expect major changes in the public health sector? Rumours have it for quite some time that we might be going for privatisation of the health services. However, nothing is about to happen soon according to the Health Minister on a private radio broadcast.

Some 444 police offciers lined up at the Gym­khana grounds on Saturday.

The issue of law and order in Mauritius still remains the talk of the town with the ever-increasing crime rate. Responsibilities are shared in this regard and the major chunk rests on the
shoulders of the law enforcers, the Mauritius Police Force.