Mauritius Unemployment Rate Rises To 8.4% In Q1

Mauritius’ unemployment rate rose to 8.4% in the March quarter from 6.3% in the December quarter, the country’s Central Statistics Office said on Friday. The unemployment rate at the first quarter of 2009 stood at 8%.

2010 FIFA World Cup - The Biggest Controversy of the Competition

3 goals per game in the 1970 World Cup, 2.2 in 1990, 2.3 in 2006 and only 2.1 goals so far (Thursday)in the current edition of the FIFA World Cup. Is the ball the real culprit?

The Unlikely Samaritan

Things finally seem to be looking up for poor old Xavier Luc Duval. His “demotion” to the portfolio of Social integration and economic empowerment, which was perceived by many as a just comeuppance for some of his more questionable excesses (Thalassa anyone?), might not be the political dead-end his entourage feared. Quite the opposite, in [...]

Information and Communications Technology Act

Rama Sithanen’s arrest under the Informationand Communications Technology Act has shaken us out of our complacency and brought to the forefront the debate about the judiciary and the police. Our guests have been invited to talk about the issue. Their comments range from an invitation to reflect on the existence of two provisions of the [...]

Mauritius coming to New Paltz

Mohonk Mountain Stage Readers Theatre will present Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck on at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday F in the Unison Arts and Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Road.

Market Commentary and Intraday News

(RTTNews) - Mauritius’ unemployment rate rose to 8.4% in the March quarter from 6.3% in the December quarter, the country’s Central Statistics Office said on Friday. The unemployment rate at the first quarter of 2009 stood at 8%.

Mauritius investor pushes for 40pc of Sealegs

Amphibious boat-maker Sealegs will use a $6.2 million injection of new capital from Mauritius-based Avenport Investment to invest in building a global brand, chief executive David McKee Wright told BusinessWire today.Sealegs…

Mauritius investor goes for 40% of Sealegs

(BusinessWire) - Amphibious boat-maker Sealegs Corp. will use a $6.2 million injection of new capital from Mauritius-based Avenport Investment Corp. to invest in building a global brand, chief executive David McKee Wright told BusinessWire today.

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Mauritius’s rupee weakened 0.9 percent against the U.S. currency.

Former Mauritius deputy PM arrested

Former Mauritius deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Rama Sithanen was arrested on Wednesday on charges of issuing threats to a trade unionist. The incident is said to have happened on Feb. 10 when the president of the group calling itself Government General Services Union (GGSU) Rashid Imrith received threats from the former deputy prime [...]