Mauritius

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RESURGENCE IN DRUG TRAFFIC

The Mauritian authorities are preparing to propose series of amendments, both legislative and constitutional, when parliament reopens at the end of October, in a bid to combat the steep rise in the traffic of hard drugs on the island in [.

INDIAN OFFSHORE BANK PROJECT

At the end of work session of the Mauritian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the chairman of the Kothari group [...]

VISHNU LUTCHMEENARAIDOO

The former Mauritian finance minister, Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, sacked on August [...]

RESULTS FROM EPZ UP SLIGHTLY

Exports from the Mauritian Export Processing Zone (EPZ) reached six billion rupees (405 million dollars) in the first half of [...]

CIVIL SERVANTS TAKE TO THE STREETS

The PRB Trade Union Front has called on all categories of civil servants in Mauritius to take part in a [...]

ANEEROOD JUGNAUTH

Mauritian prime minister Aneerood Jugnauth is due to make an [...]

The Association Thonière de l'Océan Indien is to hold a [...]

MORE DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ?

In a recent interview published by Mauritian weekly magazine, Week End, the foreign minister, Paul Bérenger, and secretary general of [...]

CASSAM UTEEM

President of the Republic of Mauritius, Cassam Uteem last week [...]

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Mauritius plans to [...]

WORK PERMITS DEREGULARISED

Mauritian minister for employment, Kailash Ruhee recently announced that work permits issued to foreigners would be valid for three years [...]

RAMA SITHANEN

The Mauritian minister of finance who has leapt up the cabinet ladder (ION N°535), will be in charge of the [...]

French engineering firm CdF-Ingénierie, a subsidiary of Charbonnages de France, [...]

GAETAN DUVAL

The leader of the Mauritian opposition party, PMSD, recently announced [...]

CDF TO STUDY CANE-WASTE STATION

On July 8 Mauritius signed a contract with CdF-Ingénierie, subsidiary of Charbonnages de France, to carry out a study on [...]

POLITICAL AND ELECTORAL DEADLINES

After the election of village councillors scheduled for August 1992 in Mauritius, a by-election is to be held in September [...]

BIDIANAND JHURRY

The president of the General Workers' Federation (GWF) says that [...]

CASSAM UTEEM

The former minister for industry and technology in Mauritius was been appointed by the parliament on 30 June as President [...]

Council elections are to be held on August 30. Candidates [...]