20 June 2013

News on Sunday

THE ATMC is the flagship representative body comprising of Trust and Management Companies licensed by the Financial Services Commission, in the global business industry since 1997.
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The editor of Sunday Times has been fined Rs 50,000 for publishing photographs of the body of murder victim Michaela McAreavey. The Court found Imran Hosany guilty of causing outrage to public and religious morality.
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The lifeless body of Serge Jean Bernard Rousselin, a policeman posted at Rose Hill Police Station, was found on Tuesday night at a bus stop not far from the headquarters of the Special Mobile Force (SMF).
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Friday, 31 May 2013 12:41
Interlocutory injunction against PADCO to operate cranes after 6 PM
Written by News On Sunday Justice Rehana Mungly-Gulbul sitting in Chambers has made interlocutory the interim order prayed for by C.Y. Kwong Ah Fong and Miss Kristel Foong Chue-Ah Fong, the proprietors of a six-storeyed commercial and residential complex known as Pearl House, restraining and prohibiting respondents Nos 1 (Phil Alain Didier Co. Ltd that is PADCO Ltd) and 2 (Orland Ltd), their employees, agents and “préposés” or any other person/s acting on its/their behalf from:
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Following the stir created by the president of the Mauritius Sanatan Dharma Temples Federation, Somduth Dulthumun, in criticising the Council of Religions saying that it is restricted to a few religions only and that the Catholic Diocèse is imposing its veto on the organisation, the Archbishop of Mauritius, the Bishop of Port Louis and the President of the MSDTF had a meeting to clear up matters and dissipate any misunderstanding.
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DR JACK KEEL: It’s going to be World Environment Day again next week.
MR HIDING: It’s like an anniversary that is celebrated once every year and is heard no more until the next anniversary.
MR HIDING: It’s like an anniversary that is celebrated once every year and is heard no more until the next anniversary.
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As our society gets increasingly embedded with technology, our lives are growing longer, but that is not accompanied by a proportionate increase in the quality of life. Now more than ever before, it is widely acknowledged among health and nutrition professionals that fresh fruits and vegetables are an essential part of a healthy diet.
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“Unnecessary secrecy in government leads to arrogance in governance and defective decision-making.” - Your Right to Know: is the first sentence of the White Paper, proposal for the Freedom of Information Act in the UK.
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Mr President,
I am deeply honoured that my comments during the Grand Journal have prompted you to intervene on Radio Plus. The purpose of this letter is to respond to your request that I should enlighten those who cared to listen to me as to whether I brought them into error when I suggested that the President could and should exercise his function under the Commission of Inquiry Act (“the Act”).
I am deeply honoured that my comments during the Grand Journal have prompted you to intervene on Radio Plus. The purpose of this letter is to respond to your request that I should enlighten those who cared to listen to me as to whether I brought them into error when I suggested that the President could and should exercise his function under the Commission of Inquiry Act (“the Act”).
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Friday, 24 May 2013 13:58
History – Development of communications in the 19th century
Written by Jwala Kallee No communication, no development! This has been enunciated by eminent economists. Pierre Dinan and even Robert Lamusse share this opinion. In the past, because of lack of a good network of roads, sugar mills had proliferated and the number had reached 255 by 1858. With better communications the situation changed dramatically and the number declined to 66 in 1906.
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Friday, 24 May 2013 13:56
The south coast – from Le Morne Brabant to Baie du Cap
Written by Devanand Rampersad This strip neglected and ignored for quite a long time is now gaining recognition owing to the development of both cultural and green tourism. Every nook and corner seems to enjoy a special attention if it satisfies certain criteria: accessibility, location, and greeneries conducive to a lot of fun and frolic.
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The Mauritian education system was thoroughly analysed during a seminar in Flic en Flac last week. Organised by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF), the strengths and weaknesses of each sector were revealed, and recommendations were made accordingly.
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