Bedbug photos trigger a probe at a home for 57 residents
Images of a severe bedbug infestation at the Foyer Trochetia care home in Pointe-aux-Sables have prompted an official investigation. The home looks after 57 residents, many of them elderly and frail. A junior minister says officials were kept in the dark about how bad conditions had become.
That last claim is the one to watch. A care home does not reach that state overnight, so someone either did not look or chose not to say. The residents cannot lobby, cannot leave, and cannot be the ones left to answer for it.
Nearly 700 textile families still waiting on June pay
Nearly 700 families tied to World Knits, Universal Fabrics and Kline Fabrics have still not been paid for June, weeks after the three factories went into voluntary administration. The Fédération des Travailleurs Unis (FTU), a trade union, says many can no longer cover basic costs.
Negotiator Atma Shanto says some cannot feed their families, and the FTU plans to write to PM Ramgoolam for urgent help. A wage that does not arrive is not a delay. It is a month with no floor under it.
A police sergeant is the fifth name in a Rs 94M cannabis case
Police sergeant Jayesh Gungadin will spend a second night in a cell after a Port-Louis court refused him bail. He faces a provisional charge of perverting the course of justice under the Dangerous Drugs Act. He is the fifth suspect in a 62.5kg cannabis import worth Rs 94 million, investigators are still working out his exact role.
Court keeps alive the contempt case over a Slovak's 2022 deportation
The Supreme Court refused to toss the Director of Public Prosecutions' case against the Passport and Immigration Officer and the Director of Civil Aviation over Peter Uricek's 2022 deportation. Judge Carol Green-Jokhoo called their objections premature and sent the contempt motion to the Chief Justice for 20 July. Uricek was flown out despite a court order.
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Rose-Hill pedestrian killed near his home – Fazal Hosany died metres from his home after a driver fled the scene, police say.
Thieves clear out a state medical store – A raid stripped a government medical store of dozens of stethoscopes and monitors.
Woman beaten and threatened at La Cure – Police are probing after a woman was assaulted and threatened by her ex at Résidence La Cure.
CANAL+ pulls TF1 channels across Africa – From Tuesday CANAL+ dropped TF1, LCI and TMC, leaving local subscribers with thinner lineup.
Ozempic goes on sale in Mauritius – Novo Nordisk has launched Ozempic here as roughly one in five adults lives with type 2 diabetes.
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