Passengers of Air Mauritius MK 681 flight experienced a nightmare on Tuesday. They were left stranded for more than four hours in a plane on the tarmac at the airport in Shanghai, China. According to Air Mauritius, the cause for this “regrettable incident” was a defective electronic part. Exasperated, some passengers later expressed their grief on Radio Plus on Thursday morning. “We had to stay on the plane for four hours without any food or drink. Subsequently, we were transferred to a bus. The endurance of it all was painful.

“Requin” to face ICAC on 1st December
Ranjeev Caholessur, nicknamed “Requin”, who is mentioned in the “Khamajeet” case will be interrogated by the Anti-Corruption Commission on 1 December.  He had asked ICAC for a referral in order to prepare for his hearing. The Labour Party activist was summoned by ICAC for the first time on November 16 to give his version as part of the investigation initiated following the comments made by MP Dhiraj Khamajeet on public service recruitment.

Election forecast
The Prime Minister was clear, direct, categorical and unambiguous at the National Assembly the other day. “We are coming back to power in 2015,” he declared in all solemnity to the House. In the same breath he told the opposition, “You’ll never be in power.”

Yasmine (fictitious name) aged 15, has made ​​serious allegations against her boss, a businessman. In her statement to police, she is accusing him of raping her on three different occasions during this month in a warehouse at Coromandel.

Yeshwant Kumar Katoorooah, aged 17 and student at the Camp de Masque State College, died by drowning on Tuesday at Grande-Rivière-Sud-Est (GRSE) waterfall. Known to be a brilliant student, Yeshwant took part in his final exam paper for his School Certificate last Friday.

Human bones mystery unsolved
The police are still trying to trace the identity of the woman whose remains were discovered last Friday at Petit Raffray. It was during an excavation work on an abandoned land that the skull and bones were discovered. Grand Bay CID officers were summoned. Three fancy bracelets, some underwear, and telephone cables were discovered. The police suspect a ​​“foul play”.

Pierre Ah Sue, Managing Director of Sotravic Ltee won the title of Entrepreneur of the Year at the Tecoma Award 2011 organised by Eco Austral.

EPA meeting in Mauritius
MMauritius will host the next round of negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Eastern and Southern African Group (ESA) and the European Union (EU) from 28 to 30 November 2011. Prior to the negotiations,  the Technical Meeting on Rules of Origin was held this week, whilst the Technical Meeting on all clusters, namely development, trade in goods, services, agriculture, dispute avoidance and trade-related issues, will be held on 26-27 November.

With the exception of Kee Cheong Li Kwong Wing, the four tenors who took part in the debates on Budget 2012 on Monday harvested the spoils left by former speakers who only tried to draw the cover on themselves or simply tried to shower their opponents with insults and criticisms.

Justices Ashraf Caunhye and Gérard Angoh sitting on appeal last week withheld the ruling of the Public Bodies Appeal Tribunal (PBAT) following an appeal lodged by the Public Service Commission (PSC) against this judicial instance in the presence of the co-respondent, Mrs Man Lan Wong Chow Ming. They ordered that the PBAT heard the case anew.