The by-catch fish contract keeps landing with people close to the top
Eco-Tropic Company Ltd won the coveted by-catch fish contract from the Agricultural Marketing Board, despite not existing before the election. It was incorporated on 26 November 2024, just after the change of government. One director is Jean Carl Berty Elysée, listed as a senior advisor to the Prime Minister.
A second firm, Aquaris Company Ltd, filed its application the same day it was incorporated in August 2025, and won approval three weeks later. One name linked to it is Zahir Hyda, an advisor to the Minister of Industry. Every government, the same market, the same short distance to power.
Cabinet moves to make hands-free driving legal at last
Drivers will get explicit legal cover to use hands-free kits and built-in vehicle communication systems, after a fresh Cabinet directive clearing up years of legal grey area. The government says it is part of a wider overhaul of road traffic rules.
The timing matters. Phone use at the wheel now costs up to 10 penalty points, so a clean line between a phone in your hand and a voice through your speakers was overdue.
Grade 1 pupils are a textbook short with exams a month away
Primary teachers say Volume II of the Grade 1 textbook still has not been delivered, with second-term exams set for the third week of July. The book was split in two to lighten schoolbags; one teacher says the split has become a teaching handicap. The Education Minister has asked for a detailed report, and the missing volumes are expected within three weeks.
Business Mauritius wants the Middle East shock turned into an opening
Arnaud Lagesse, president of Business Mauritius, used the first episode of the group's Voices of BM podcast to argue the island should treat the Middle East crisis as an opportunity rather than only a threat. With oil prices jumpy and shipping routes strained, his pitch is that disruption elsewhere can reroute trade and capital toward stable, neutral hubs.
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One dead, one hurt after police raid at La Cure – A police operation at Robert Scott, Résidence La Cure left one man dead and another injured on Saturday.
Water curbs loom as Mare-aux-Vacoas hits 45% – With the reservoir at 45.3%, the Central Water Authority warns 150,000 consumers could face cuts next week.
Metro Line 2 to drop public holiday trams – Ministers approved suspending all holiday services on Line 2 from this August in a route reshuffle.
Hotel bill of Rs 500,000 paid in fake notes – Police arrested a 53-year-old accused of settling a Rs 500,000 hotel bill with counterfeit cash.
DPP appeals the Shibchurn acquittal – The DPP is appealing the Intermediate Court's May acquittal of Vishal Shibchurn in the Aslam Noursing assault case.
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