Former finance ministers say more taxes would break the household
With the budget due Friday, two former finance ministers have laid out their priorities and the mistakes they want avoided. Xavier-Luc Duval says the last budget taxed heavily, aiming to pull in over Rs 30 billion more than the year before while trimming social allowances.
His verdict on growth is blunt. It has dropped sharply, he warns, and could fall to 2.8% this year, or 2% if the Middle East conflict drags on. The innovation-led plan, he says, missed completely. Their shared worry now is purchasing power, and what fresh austerity would do to it.
Guilty verdict in the 2023 Affigadee killing, sentence still to come
Randhir Etoar has been found guilty of manslaughter, reduced from an original murder charge, in the death of his partner Rambawtee Affigadee on 4 April 2023 at Camp Filoa.
Sentencing arguments continued Monday before Judge Prameeta Goordyal-Chittoo at the Court of Assizes. Etoar told the court he had been drinking and described a quarrel over money and chores. The autopsy found the victim died from a knife wound to the heart. "I ask the court's forgiveness," he said.
Free preschool stays, but the subsidy overhaul has unions restless
Cabinet has kept preschool free while reworking the grants paid to private nurseries under the Grant-in-Aid scheme. The reform starts in January 2027 at a cost of about Rs 740 million. Small schools of up to 20 pupils get a new Teacher/Manager role on a teacher's salary plus a Rs 5,000 allowance. The CTSP union has called a gathering for Saturday.
Tourism Authority sits on permits, then fines the boats it stalled
Maritime and event operators say the Tourism Authority is holding their permits for months, then fining them for working without the paperwork it never issued. The regulator is fielding accusations of paralysis. For a boat that earns its keep over a handful of summer weeks, a permit that arrives late arrives useless.
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Victoria hospital staffer suspended over clip – A staff member at Victoria Hospital was suspended with immediate effect after a video went viral.
Boy, 12, left alone in Pailles as neighbours plead – Residents say the Child Development Unit was alerted for months about a boy now living largely on his own.
Water cuts begin Wednesday as the reservoir drops – With Mare-aux-Vacoas down to 44.1%, supply cuts start Wednesday across several regions.
Frenchman, 43, held at Albion over alleged frauds – Northern crime intelligence officers arrested a 43-year-old French national after a surveillance operation at Albion.
Mindex and wildlife foundation sign funding pact – A new agreement lets people worldwide back Mauritian conservation projects through a digital-asset platform.
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