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Mauritius’ Unemployment Rate Expected to Remain Steady At 7.8 % in 2011
Mauritius’ unemployment rate is expected to remain at around 7.8 % in 2011 as last year with the employment of Mauritians expected to increase by 4,500 i.e. from 536,100 in 2010 to 540,600 in 2011, the Central Statistical Office said in an email...
Mauritius to Set Up National Oil Spill Contingency Plan
The Mauritius government is setting up a National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) in order to be prepared in the event of an oil spill accident in the region and protect the coastal zones of the island. At a workshop being held in Port Louis to elaborate...
Mauritius Government Pledges to Issue Laptops to High School Students
According to the new Minister of Information Technology, Pillay Chedumbrum, the Mauritius government has pledged to immediately start implementing its promise to offer a laptop to every first year high school student. Chedumbrum, who was speaking on Wednesday...
Envoy Criticizes Southern African Development Community Electoral Observer Missions’ Quick Endorsement of Mauritius Elections
The South African High Commissioner in Mauritius, Dumi Madumane Matabane has criticized the Southern African Development Community Electoral Observer Mission (SADCOM) for too quickly declaring that the parliamentary elections held in Mauritius last Wednesday...
78% Voter Turn-out for Mauritius Parliamentary Election
At least 78% of registered voters in Mauritius cast their votes on Wednesday in the parliamentary elections to choose 62 members of parliament, the Mauritius Electoral Commission (MEC) announced Thursday in the Mauritian capital Port Louis. The MEC communiqué...
Mauritius to Confer with the United Nations Over British Maritime Protection Zone Decision
Prime Minister, Dr Navin Chandra Ramgoolam has declared that the Mauritian government will take the controversy over the decision by the British government to create a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Chagos Archipelago to the United Nations (UN). The...
Hospitals of Geneva University Sign Agreement to Train Mauritius Medical Specialists
The Hospitals of the Geneva University (HGU) in Switzerland have signed an agreement with the Mauritius Ministry of Health to set up a post-university faculty to train local medical specialists.
Microsoft Pledges to Help Companies in Mauritius Convert From Counterfeit Software
Microsoft Indian Ocean (MIO) is giving the opportunity to companies in Mauritius who are using counterfeit and unlicensed Microsoft software to convert them into genuine one. Paul Bunting, Anti-Piracy Manager of MIO indicated that in its bid to protect...
