Rs 2 million contract: lawyer ambushed at Hermitage car sale
A 32-year-old lawyer thought he was meeting a buyer for his blue BMW at a house in Hermitage on Friday evening. Once inside, he was stabbed in the neck, shoulder and arm, then beaten on the head with a metal container. His attacker reportedly told him he had been paid Rs 2 million to kill him.
The lawyer escaped with the help of a friend who had followed him in a second car, and was admitted to Dr Jeetoo hospital. Phoenix police arrested a 23-year-old driver from Hermitage on Saturday; he is claiming self-defence. The victim says he has no idea who would have ordered the hit.
Twenty luxury villas planned on state coastline at Bel-Air Pomponette
A coalition that includes Eco Sud and Platform Moris Lanvironman toured Bel-Air Pomponette last week to protest 20 luxury villas planned on Pas Géométriques, the state-owned coastal strip.
Only 15 percent of the Mauritian coast, about 48 of 322 kilometres, is classed as public beach. Add hotels, IRS residences and prior villas, and the shoreline keeps shrinking. The NGOs call the coast a national emergency.
Rs 500 million owed to foreign hospitals, and almost no paper trail
The state's Overseas Treatment Unit has run up Rs 500 million in arrears to foreign hospitals after sending 1,851 patients abroad in five years. Transfers are accelerating, but the unit does not show up in the 2025-2026 Budget, the latest Audit report, or recent Cabinet papers.
FCC turns its lens on Gino Meetun after Sainte-Croix crash death
Days after the public reconstruction of the fatal Sainte-Croix accident, Gino Meetun is now under Financial Crimes Commission scrutiny. Investigators are looking at an allegedly irregular driving permit and suspected money-laundering activity, while Meetun himself checked into the Wellkin clinic citing his health.
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Port Louis picks two women to run the city – Labour's Christelle Pondard is the new lord mayor of Port Louis, with Mehzabeen Caramtali as her deputy.
New chair lined up for council hiring body – Anshila Cootthen-Iyempermal is set to head the Local Government Service Commission, the body that hires council staff.
62 landslide-risk sites now under watch – Mauritius is monitoring 62 zones flagged as landslide-prone as the wet season tightens its grip.
UoM pushes Thursday exams off Eid-ul-Adha – The University of Mauritius has postponed all 28 May exams after they clashed with Eid-ul-Adha.
CEB launches new push on home energy use – CEB is reopening its national efficiency campaign until late November as fuel costs climb.
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