Presently there is no terminal for cruiseliners at the port.

Port Louis harbour will offer a completely new scenery in the months to come as infrastructural works start in September next in order to meet coming exigencies like receiving more than 20,000 passengers travelling on cruiseliners.

Suresh Boodhoo, director, Mauritius Meteorological Services

Weather forecasting is no longer restricted to sunny or rainy days. It is more complex than one may imagine. The mission of the Met services is to help prevent loss of life, assure the protection of property, and also look  at natural disasters and climatology in general through a new perspective.

Joël de Rosnay

Joël de Rosnay, eminent scientist and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, is ready with plans to make of Mauritius a sustainable island in the next 20 years, with the help of the public sector, the civil society, the universities and other stakeholders.

Dulloo to establish friendly relations with all political parties at the National Assembly, except the Labour party

After his revocation as senior minister of the Social Alliance government on Monday, March 17, Madan Dulloo plans to reassure his partisans and is busy preparing the 13th annual congress of his party to be held on April 13, 2008 at the auditorium of the University of Mauritius.

“All religious leaders should condemn with force all teachings that lead to any form of bigotry”

The leader of the FSM, Cehl Meeah, who is back in the country after two months, says there's “nothing mysterious about my missions abroad” and that religious teachings should not lead towards bigotry.

Dr. Chandan Jankee, Chairman, Development Bank of Mauritius

The Development Bank of Mauritius (DBM) is coming forward with a new loan scheme for small businesses and will inaugurate an industrial village in April next to help small new entrepreneurs.

Rajesh Jeetah

If you are in business, the Rat year may bring you some luck if ever you decide to participate in the Mauritius Business Excellence Award 2008.

“Being a Pakistani in the Pakistan of today is itself a challenge”

Life is a real challenge for a Christian in a country where suicide bombers raid the streets everyday and where kidnapping has become the normal way of getting money, says the Rt Reverend Munawar Kenneth Rumalshah.

Guirdharry Juggessur

Cooperators are not happy that their one-time flourishing bank has been absorbed by the post office. They say their identity has been diluted and they do not find themselves anywhere inside the new merger. They hope to have their cooperative bank back in 2008.