A seven-month-old Mauritian baby boy was snatched from the jaws of death when it was thrown into the path of an oncoming double-
decker bus during a fight in West Croydon, London. The baby survived and London police is inquiring.  
By Hamish Ramdharry

The hospital blood bank charges private clinics Rs 1500 for a pint of blood. The MOH receives blood in donation and yet is making a handsome profit at the expense of the private patients.
By Hamish Ramdharry

The piracy issue in Mauritius is far from clear cut. Stakeholders seem to be lost in a sea of confusion and they are all pulling in opposite directions. MASA claims it has legal rights on all artistic productions, but CD sellers hold other views.

The Prime Minister will not say when he proposes to call the municipal election. To questions from the media, he simply says that it will be held in due course. 
By Bhasha Sunkoorah/ Yoginee Nagapa-Chetty

The Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, defended his ERCP tooth and nail and assured the country that all  promises made during poll campaign would be kept.
By Hamish Ramdharry

The Prime Minister, Dr Navin Ramgoolam, has exhorted SADC Member States to support the initiative of Mauritius to develop a regional strategy against piracy. 
By Yoginee Nagapa-Chetty

MMM MP and economist Kee Cheong Li Kwong Wing views the Economic Restructuring and Competitiveness Programme launched by the Finance Minister as “nothing but a list of good intentions rather than a concrete strategy to pull the country out of the post Euro crisis.” 
By Hamish Ramdharry

While the authorities are still on the lookout for a coherent economic policy to steer the country through the crisis that lurks around, local private operators tend to adopt a wait and see attitude in the hope of getting their share of the RS 12 billion ERC package.
By Hamish Ramdharry

Professional accountants in Mauritius are frustrated because, unlike other professions, they say, theirs is not regulated. The fault lies in the existing laws, namely the Companies Act 2001 which is in conflict with the Financial Reporting Act 2004, they  claim.  
By Premita Leelachand

Independent Power Producers who dispose of their ash waste in a cavalier manner will fall under heavy scrutiny. The Environment Minister warns that he will initiate ash inertness testing, and if found to be active, those IPPs will have their licences revoked.
By Hamish Ramdharry

University of Mauritius students claim the campus is overcrowded but the Vice Chancellor denies this allegation.

University of Mauritius students claim the campus is overcrowded but the Vice Chancellor denies this allegation.

Government intends to review the gambling licensing laws in a bid to curb the wave of new lottery game introduced in the country. New licences will be scrutinised and tougher conditions will be imposed.
By Hamish Ramdharry

Some 180 entrepreneurs offered cakes, flowers, baby-baskets, pullovers, jewellery, clothing, pickles, engravings on glass, among others for sale, at a three-day expo-sale organised by the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA), in collaboration with Development Bank of Mauritius (DBM) and Agricultural, Research and Extension Unit (AREU) in Curepipe last weekend. 

Hawkers in the city have till Monday next to comply with the demands of the Municipality of Port Louis Public Health Committee.