Bags of cash dug up in a Flic-en-Flac courtyard
Investigators from the Financial Crimes Commission, the body that chases dirty money, unearthed several plastic bags of banknotes buried in the courtyard of a rented flat at Flic-en-Flac on Friday.
The flat's occupant, a 47-year-old woman, was arrested at Réduit Triangle as part of the inquiry. Early estimates put each bag at more than a million rupees, though no official total has been released.
A count of the seized notes is still underway. The FCC now wants to establish where the money came from, and whether it links to any criminal activity.
The figure that matters is not what was in the ground, but what it was paying for.
Unbuilt five-star resort owes Rs 43 million in a protected reserve
A hotel developer owes the state more than Rs 43 million in unpaid rent for a beachfront site inside a UNESCO biosphere reserve, where nothing was ever built.
KPMM (Mauritius) Ltd went into administration last month. So the country has a prime stretch of protected coast tied up in a project that never broke ground, a developer now insolvent, and a rent bill that nobody has paid since the lease began.
Civil service gains 32 new deputy permanent secretaries
Thirty-two officials were promoted to Deputy Permanent Secretary on a temporary basis, under a circular issued by the Head of the Civil Service, Suresh Chandre Seeballuck. The promotions take effect under the Public Service rules.
Joanna Bérenger calls it a half-hearted budget
Joanna Bérenger of the Fron Militan Progresis dismissed the budget as a "budget bat-bater," a half-measure that dodges the hard choices. You cannot ask the population to keep making sacrifices, she argued, without showing where the relief is.
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Housemaid says she was held with her 3 children – A 37-year-old from Bramsthan filed a Flacq police complaint alleging she was confined at the home where she worked.
Blame motion lands against the RPUC chairman – Rodrigues directors moved a blame motion against RPUC chairman Claude Wong So over the island's water crisis.
Five electric buses join the CNT fleet – The national bus operator added five electric buses and five charging points to its modernisation push.
Watchdog opens a poultry market study – The Competition Commission launched a market study into chicken and egg pricing after sharp rises.
Airport runs an Ebola readiness drill – SSR International Airport tested three emergency scenarios on Tuesday to check inter-agency readiness.
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