Sharing trending news, reviews, events and debates from Mauritius.
2014 is coming to an end in a few days. The festive mood can already be felt all over the island. Overcrowded shopping malls and streets, christmas trees, gifts, shopping, get-together, office end of year parties and of course, the race to choose the best songs of the year. It is a pity that "Viré mam"... Continue Reading →
Hi! I have been waiting for this moment since a few days. The first socio-cultural group ( or whatever they call themselves ) has finally held their press-conference to congratulate the new government while strongly criticising the previous government which they used to venerate. I have always been amazed at their guts ! I'm not necessarily... Continue Reading →
Today, I feel proud. Proud to be a true Mauritian! Results are now final. L'alliance LEPEP wins the elections with a total of 47 seats while PTR/MMM got only 13 seats. The defeat of Navin Ramgoolam in his own constituency, the No 5 (Triolet / Pamplemousses) should be written in the history of Mauritius. Ranked at... Continue Reading →
In 3 days time, over 900,000 Mauritians will be required to head towards their respective voting centers to exercise one of their constitution rights - The right to vote. With 2 consecutive mandates, the current government is looking forward to another victory and one of their main points in their manifesto is the implementation of the... Continue Reading →
The second price decrease of petroleum products in 2 weeks! I can't really complain of this second decrease in price but this raises so many questions and especially, this one : Why just before the elections? Anyway, the new prices are as follows : Essence : From Rs47.90 / L to Rs45.95 / L Diesel :... Continue Reading →
New prices applicable as from tomorrow, 22nd November 2014: Essence : Rs50.15 / L -> Rs47.90 / L Diesel : Rs41.90 / L -> Rs39.45 / L They can say whatever they want but facts remain facts : Price increased by the maximum allowable of 5-6% in March 2013. The prices set at that point of time... Continue Reading →
You have probably heard about the different ways of checking if you are registered to vote for the next elections. But did you realise that the electoral commission actually allows anyone else to access some of your personal details just by entering your National ID Number? Wanna give a try? -> http://electoral.govmu.org/portal/sites/electoral2014/default.jsp Searching for an... Continue Reading →
Earlier today, I was quite surprised to find the item below while viewing my credit card statement using the internet banking service of The State Bank: So, I was charged a fee because I exceeded the limit on my credit card. It sounds a bit dumb because that's why there's a limit fixed. Anyways, on... Continue Reading →
It is all over the local media and social networks. I even heard some people complaining in the lift early this morning lol. The Mauritian government has abruptly moved from the gov.mu domain to govmu.org since some days now. No smooth transition period. No official communiqué as far as I know. Not even on their own... Continue Reading →
Youpiiiiiiiiiiiiii! The 1000th post milestone! For this special celebration, I am now publishing the list of public holidays that I approved some months back for the year 2015. In fact, I don't know how I forgot to write this post since then. Anyway! As illustrated below, four public holidays will fall in weekends in year 2015. That's not so... Continue Reading →
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