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Tertiary Education - From Thursday to Saturday: Open Days at UTM: the event for students

Flights disrupted: Emirates and Air Mauritius are adapting their programs

Lauréats du HSC 2025 : 22 filles au sommet du classement, dont 11 au QEC

Flights to Rodrigues: only one ATR 72 has been operating the inter-island route since Sunday

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Tertiary Education - From Thursday to Saturday: Open Days at UTM: the event for students

Flights disrupted: Emirates and Air Mauritius are adapting their programs

Key interest rate maintained at 4.5%

Lauréats du HSC 2025 : 22 filles au sommet du classement, dont 11 au QEC

HSC: Results and announcement of winners this Tuesday

Flights to Rodrigues: only one ATR 72 has been operating the inter-island route since Sunday

Heavy rain warning: public and private schools closed

Cyclone Dudzai: Flights to Rodrigues still suspended

School Certificate Results to Be Released Next Thursday

Pensions: Post offices open until noon on December 31st

Mauritius

Key interest rate maintained at 4.5%

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mauritius has decided to maintain the key interest rate at 4.5%.

3 weeks ago

Flights to Rodrigues: only one ATR 72 has been operating the inter-island route since Sunday

Air Mauritius has announced disruptions to flights between Mauritius and Rodrigues due to limited fleet availability.

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Cyclone Dudzai: Flights to Rodrigues still suspended

Due to Cyclone Dudzai, flights to and from Rodrigues remain suspended.

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cracks in the Cluny Reservoir: CWA Dismisses Executive Engineer

The Central Water Authority (CWA) has decided to dismiss Acharya Vinobha Boodhun, Executive Engineer, for serious breaches of his professional duties in connection with the Cluny reservoir construction project.

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia–Mauritius: Another MK plane grounded in chaos and confusion

Flight MK 441 of Air Mauritius — scheduled on 26 November at 13:05 from Perth to Mauritius — became a confusing ordeal. Gate 53, printed on boarding passes, led passengers to the tarmac where the plane stood: closed doors, ready to board. But there was no check-in desk. No staff. No announcements. No sounds. Nothing.

3 months, 1 week ago

Le CEB exhorte le public à faire preuve de vigilance

Nouvelle défaillance dans la fourniture d’électricité : trois moteurs sont de nouveau hors service, dont deux à la centrale thermique de Savanah, et un à Fort George. Le Central Electricity Board se retrouve, une fois de plus, dans une situation délicate.

4 months, 3 weeks ago

World

Flights disrupted: Emirates and Air Mauritius are adapting their programs

Several airlines have modified their schedules due to restrictions imposed in the region. Emirates has temporarily suspended its flights to and from Dubai.

3 days, 15 hours ago

La rumeur a enflé sur les réseaux sociaux quant à la présence d’Andry Rajoelina sur …

La Génération Z malgache vivant à Maurice réclame des réponses du gouvernement mauricien quant à l’atterrissage, à l’aéroport de Plaisance, d’un jet privé en provenance de Madagascar, lequel n’a pas été autorisé à se poser à l’ile de la Réunion.

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mauritius–Antananarivo routes: free flight changes until October 6 due to unrest in Madagascar

Due to the social unrest currently affecting Madagascar, Air Mauritius has announced a series of measures to offer more flexibility to its passengers traveling to or from Antananarivo.

5 months ago

Chagos, Document : l’accord Maurice-Royaume-Uni

Ramgoolam et Bérenger dévoilent les termes de l’accord, La location de Diego Garcia coûtera environ Rs 6,2 milliards par an

9 months, 2 weeks ago

President Trump Approves Chagos Deal, UK Confirms

President Donald Trump has approved the Chagos agreement, the UK government confirmed on Tuesday, April 1. It is now up to the United Kingdom and Mauritius to finalize the terms of the archipelago’s transfer.

11 months, 1 week ago

Return of the Chagos Archipelago: D-Day this Tuesday for Mauritius and the United Kingdom on …

The Mauritian government will then present the document to the Cabinet of Ministers within a prescribed timeframe for its approval.

1 year ago

Doing Business

The Ministry of Labor is keeping a close eye on the payment of salary revisions …

Employers will have to make a first payment of salary revisions by the end of September, as required by law, stresses Maryaven Carramben.

1 year, 5 months ago

Delay in implementing salary readjustment creates tension in workplaces

The report on salary relativity stays at Ministry of Labor: the ability of companies to pay poses a problem

1 year, 9 months ago

Damaged optical cables… banks down!

The undersea fiber optic cable SAFE was damaged “off the coast of Africa”, according to a press release from Mauritius Telecom issued on Friday. The consequence is that the Internet connection on all floors, in homes and in businesses, is disrupted.

1 year, 10 months ago

Amar Deerpalsingh: “a new salary increase could be fatal for many small businesses”

François de Grivel: “the weight of salary costs is becoming unsustainable for many companies”

1 year, 11 months ago

Seasonal work: employers want to employ young people aged 14 and over

The holiday period is an opportunity for many young people to make some pocket money for the holidays.

2 years, 3 months ago

Absa Mauritius inaugurates a Service Lounge at Tribeca Central, offering extended hours for its banking …

Absa Maurice presents its new Absa Service Lounge, open in the heart of Tribeca Central since Monday November 6.

2 years, 3 months ago

Lifestyle

Pensions: Post offices open until noon on December 31st

The payment of pensions for January 2026 will be brought forward to Wednesday, December 31, 2025, by decision of the Council of Ministers. Post offices will remain open until noon that day.

2 months ago

Salary compensation: Rs 635 for those earning less than Rs 50,000

To support household purchasing power amid current economic conditions, the government has announced a monthly salary compensation of Rs 635 — equivalent to 3.7 % of the national minimum wage (Rs 17,110) — for all employees earning a base salary of less than Rs 50,000 per month.

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Pensions for January 2026 will be paid on December 31, 2025

The Cabinet has approved an exceptional early payment: January 2026 pensions will be disbursed on December 31, 2025 — because January 1 and 2, 2026 are public holidays, followed by a Saturday and Sunday.

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Excise tax increase: cigarette and cigarillo prices revised from this Friday

Following the announcement by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. Navin Ramgoolam, of a 10% increase in excise duties on tobacco products in the 2025-2026 Budget, the sector's main distributors have announced their new rates.

9 months ago

MCB ATMs Experiencing Nationwide Outage

Since the morning of Tuesday, May 20, Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) ATMs have been experiencing a technical issue.

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Shooting Session at Midlands Gallery Range: Residents Should Not Venture There

The SMF, GIPM, and NCG MARCOS will conduct a night shooting session on Wednesday, March 26, from 7 PM to 10 PM at the Midlands Gallery Range. Due to this activity, local residents are advised not to venture into the area during the exercise.

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Education

Tertiary Education - From Thursday to Saturday: Open Days at UTM: the event for students

Choosing a university means choosing your future. It is a decisive step that shapes ambitions, skills, and professional paths. With this in mind, the University of Technology of Mauritius (UTM), located in La-Tour-Koenig, Pointe-aux-Sables, is opening its doors from Thursday to Saturday for its Open Days 2026.

15 hours ago

Lauréats du HSC 2025 : 22 filles au sommet du classement, dont 11 au QEC

La République de Maurice célèbre aujourd’hui les accomplissements de ses étudiants en dernière année du secondaire avec la publication des résultats du Higher School Certificate (HSC) 2025.

3 weeks, 2 days ago

HSC: Results and announcement of winners this Tuesday

This Tuesday, February 10, candidates who took part in the Higher School Certificate (HSC) final examinations in 2025 will learn their results.

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Heavy rain warning: public and private schools closed

Due to the heavy rain warning issued this morning by the weather station, the Ministry of Education has announced the suspension of classes....

1 month, 1 week ago

School Certificate Results to Be Released Next Thursday

The 14,612 students who sat the School Certificate exams will receive their results next Thursday. Candidates' access codes must be given to them by their respective schools no later than Monday. The pass rate for the 2024 cohort was 72.65%.

1 month, 3 weeks ago

PSAC 2025: Results expected this Thursday for nearly 14,000 candidates

The 2025 Primary School Achievement Certificate (PSAC) results will be made public this Thursday, December 11, for the roughly 14,000 candidates who took part in the exams.

2 months, 3 weeks ago