Sugar cane growers  in Mauritius claim they are facing  great injustice.
“Instead of getting Rs 9 800 per tonne of molasses, the farmers receive only Rs 1600 .Even in the case of  a tonne of bagasse, the farmers  get Rs 100.03 instead of Rs 1500 which is not justified.

The Central Statistics Office recently indicated that the amount of food imports has declined from Rs.28.2 billion in 2008 to Rs 22.1 billion in 2009. Two basic commodities like rice and wheat have increased the import volume but  decreased in amount.

Ougadi 2010 or the Telugu New Year will be celebrated on March 16. The day begins with an extensive oil bath, the drawing of Kolams (Rangolis) in front of homes and the decoration of Toran (mango leaves strung together).

PLOUM PLOUM responds: Congratulations. A well written article that I believe reflects the sentiments of a large segment of our population at the treatment meted out by the leaders of two of the main political parties.

At the onset of the New Year of the Tiger, the opportunity to display leadership and do justice again presents itself.

I would like to remind readers that they are forgetting about a major reform in our educational system which took place in 2003.

Miaw Miaw says: To me, as to many for political reasons unexplained here, it is a waste of resources, specially of time, and glitters with such courses run by Mauras.

Incentives to Youth
Our age-old ways of doing things eventually need to be re-adapted to fit the times, and a change of mentality is necessary, if we are to keep abreast of modern development.

SSR: The rare diplomat
­We Mauritians will always celebrate
The dad who took the fragile infant state
To UN in New York for their blessings  
And then to each of the World’s great leaders. 

Le Bocage International School organised the IGCSE Awards ceremony for students of Form V in Moka, on Friday 5. 71 students received their International General Certificate of Secondary Education, certificates from the hands of Dr. Rama Sithanen, Minister of Finance, who was the guest of honour on the occasion.

Thousands of teachers cannot be had for the asking, nor will they live by begging. They must have a salary guaranteed and we shall require quite an army of teachers; their remuneration cannot be in proportion to the intrinsic worth of their calling, but it will have to be in proportion to the capacity of the nation for payment.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has formally lodged a charge of embezzlement in a Rs 55 million affair and conspiracy against an Indian expat in Dubai and two Mauritian accountants.

The Attorney General, Rama Valayden, is appealing against the judgment given in favour of the former press attaché of Minister Anil Kumar Bachoo, Sudheer Maudhoo, who has obtained damages amounting to Rs 265,000 for defamation.

False denunciation
An inhabitant of Rivière du Rempart, Birmuttee Nundoo, was condemned by Magistrate Wendy Rangan sitting at the Intermediate Court to pay damages amounting to Rs 50,000 to Daramdeo Seedoyal for false and malicious denunciation.

Mauritius and France have signed three agreements to bolster economic ties and protect investments between the two countries.