It seems that, nowadays everyone is trying to be Batman in Mauritius. And this time, we have Mr Yatin Varma, our “Honorable” Minister of Justice (Attorney General). The latter is involved in an incident where he reportedly hit and wounded a 19 year old driver. A police inquiry (which we’ll ...

A deadly road accident occurred today morning at about 9:25 on the highway of Soreze Paille involving a CNT Blue Line bus route 163, heading toward Port Louis from Vacoas. 10 people have been confirmed killed and over 40 are seriously wounded. More updates below. Via Ashwin Mandary 13:00 – ...

We have recently experienced our ineffectiveness at handling a flash flood causing the demise of 11 people and damaging personal belongings in flooded houses.  We are, today, faced with yet another predicament which calls upon us to review our competences in respect of caring for susceptible persons in residential care homes. ...

Mauritius may have lived the most barbaric of rape crimes, during the past few days!  The local police stations have recorded three rapes cases involving elderly women as victims.  Such atrocities make the heart ail and cry in agony.  In the past years, we have seen violence getting to an ...

Our aid operation for the victims of the 30.03.13 flood on Wednesday has been very successful and I would like to extend a big THANKS to all the donors and participants who were there for the distribution of some 80 freshly prepared meals and other non perishable goods. We eventually ...

Following the flash floods of Saturday 30th March 2013, the Island Crisis team together with our partners, Tidal Waves Ltd, Icy Evolution and AutoCar Mauritius and along with other volunteers (readers and friends) will be organizing an aid operation this week.

Torrential rain strikes again in Mauritius on this 30th March 2013. Since the last few hours, Mauritius is facing non-stop heavy rainfall across the Island and dozens of accidents have already been reported and the most notable one involving over 15 vehicles who have just collided against each other near ...

Jamel Debbouze est venu à l’île Maurice pour nous faire rire mais, il est finalement reparti de chez nous avec un “Sourire Jaune” comme le dit le fameux dicton Mauricien. Et bien, oui, Jamel tient beaucoup à son chapeau et il y a un d’entre vous ici qui a rendu ...

Watch how some Mauritian police officers dance and enjoy a classic Bollywood song. According to rumors across Facebook, the officers are from Souillac Police Station (Unconfirmed). We don’t know if the video was shot during their official working hours (which will be a shameful style) or during a gathering among colleagues ...

Just 8 years old, Vaishnavi Beestobchurn lived the most dreadful dream of her life. Kidnapped by an alcoholic pedophile, the 12 hours of nightmare the young child went through will mark her for life. While kidnapping is rare in our country, it raises another question of how violence and crime ...

We all have our grinding gears. A few odd bits and bobs around here and there, a few things one isn’t accustomed to properly to form an opinion on, or even just plain nastiness on our part based on our unwillingness to accept certain things as granted and general inability to blur ...

During the few past weeks, defaulting youngsters have been in the news headlines. While we have always claimed that today’s youngsters reflect the country’s future, such news make us skeptical about whether these youngsters will make our forthcoming days darker or brighter. During the past few years, youngsters have been ...

Short but bad news for you people. The prices of petrol and diesel in Mauritius faced a major increase today, 1st March 2013 after a pricing review by the Petroleum Pricing System. The new prices will be effective as from 00:00 2nd March 2013. The last prices change was about ...

No need to have a S.C or H.S.C to be recruited in the Mauritian public sector as from now. According to a recent document published by the Ministry of Civil Service and administrative reforms, only the highest qualification will be now considered for a job post in the public sector. More ...