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Gilberte Cheung - 'As actress as well as a teacher'
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 21, 2007
When I go down memory lane, I have very good recollections of some of my teachers. The first teacher who comes to my mind is Arlette Bazire, who was my teacher for 'Junior scholarship' at Notre Dame de la Visitation. Then, at Loreto Convent Quatre Bornes, there were Margaret Esther... more
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Education of Teachers is Essential
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 21, 2007
t is commendable that the Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE) initiated a workshop on an induction programme for its new lecturers to equip them with a professional outlook and skills. It is essential to equip teacher educators with theoretical knowledge in education. This has got to be coupled with fieldwork... more
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A Positive Start to the Day...
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 21, 2007
ssembly is held in all schools every morning. More than a mere exercise in communication to deliver practical information, it appears to be a special moment of ... more
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Group Dissertation - A Threat to Independent Thinking?
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 21, 2007
hough the university has agreed to postpone the introduction of group work for the dissertation until next year, anger is still rife. Despite the benefits of group work, some lecturers find its use for the end-of-year project ... more
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Anand Appana, Managing Director of Mascareignes Academy of Law, Economics & Management (Malem)
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Students can learn and earn at the same ... more
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What You Should Know ?
allAfrica.com - Monday, August 20, 2007
hy is the Mauritian government thinking of suing the "Sunday Times"? ... more
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Cheapskates
allAfrica.com - Monday, August 20, 2007
think I won't pay my phone bill this month. I mean why should I? Isn't reasonable of me to expect to be able to communicate freely with people? Then surely, if I am to communicate "freely", charging me for it must somehow violate this fundamental liberty, huh? You know... more
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Bullets & lathis
Topix - Monday, August 20, 2007
p> Bullets & lathis To meet hunger in the time of floods If the Bihar police has to tackle food riots more urgently than it has to cope with floods, the predicament highlights one of the worst failures the present ... via The Statesman ... more
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Afraa Newsletter
Topix - Sunday, August 19, 2007
p> Mauritius signs separate agreements with Kenya and Russia Mauritius signed separate agreements with Kenya and Russia for a better air servicing of these two countries, official sources in Port-Louis revealed ... via Panapress ... more
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Politics
Topix - Saturday, August 18, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Congo will send troops to Darfur" Namibia's President Hifikepunye Pohamba Wednesday left for Zambia to attend the 2007 SADC summit, which he said will launch a regional standby force, ratify a protocol on gender and discuss the political and ... via Panapress ... more
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a Duty for Quality
allAfrica.com - Friday, August 17, 2007
ealth services in Mauritius are free. There are not many countries where this is the case and we are lucky to benefit from free care. However, it should in no way mean that service should be of lower quality. Hospitals must make sure they can provide quality services to all... more
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Juvenile Delinquency on the Rise
allAfrica.com - Friday, August 17, 2007
he latest report of the Central Statistics Office on crime shows a frightening trend. The number of offences is increasing and particularly those involving young ... more
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Colour and nostalgia mark Independence festivities in UK
Topix - Thursday, August 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We feel good today", "We hope the elections will be peaceful", "The children make us proud", "Wonderful, but we need a bigger church next year" Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Burchell Whiteman, offers congratulations to the Jamaica Diaspora United Kingdom Regional Director for London,... more
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Penalty-point system for driving licence
allAfrica.com - Thursday, August 16, 2007
point system is one in which a driver's licensing authority issues demerits, or points to drivers on conviction for road traffic offences. A major offence may lead to more than the maximum allowed points being issued, but more typically, the accumulation of too many points over a given period... more
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Resistance to change
allAfrica.com - Thursday, August 16, 2007
007 is not a good year for the University of Mauritius (UoM). After the announcement of the high deficit of the biggest tertiary education institution a few months back, the return of some students behind their desks seems to have been the top of the cake. And the minister of... more
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Chettiar Sets the Ball Rolling
allAfrica.com - Thursday, August 16, 2007
Chettiar's prospective appointment as vice-president of the Republic, besides raising a few eyebrows, has above all, set the speculations rolling as to who the next president will be. A thrilling political game of opportunism and cunning has ... more
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The Bihari Indentured Labourers in British Mauritius
allAfrica.com - Thursday, August 16, 2007
uring the 19th century, Bihar was one of the four sub-provinces of the Bengal Presidency of British India. Bihar was the most important regional source of indentured labourers who worked and lived on the sugar estates of Mauritius. Between 1834 and 1890, the indentured workers from Bihar consisted around 40%... more
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Mauritius Missed Opportunities to Make Progress in ICT Sector
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, August 15, 2007
ccording to a global report on ICT, Mauritius is ranked 51st in the use of ICT for its development. Operators point at the need to go faster in implementing the right ... more
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Mike Hofer, M.-D., Batimex Ltd 'Perfect Conditions for Formula 1 Car Race Track'
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, August 15, 2007
I love Mauritius and was very proud to wear the colours of this country in the mountain city of Pavullo, south of Modena, August 7, as my navigating wife Mary-Rose Easton and I went on the podium of the "Wheels and Wings"-Classic Car competition there, ranking second ... more
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'Glory to Thee, Motherland, Motherland of Mine'
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, August 15, 2007
ow much longer shall we be able to sing those words without feeling that "ils sonnent faux"? In the name of economic development we are selling off the Motherland to rich foreigners arguing that this is bringing in foreign investment. It started with the Integrated Resort Scheme (IRS) which basically... more
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