For Rodrigues cancer patients, the flight to Mauritius is often one way
Every week, Rodriguans board a plane to Mauritius to fight cancer. Too often, families say, they come home in a coffin. The island has no oncology centre of its own, so treatment means chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery across the water, far from home.
The national numbers are heavy on their own: 3,362 new cancer cases in Mauritius in 2024 and 1,649 deaths, according to the National Cancer Registry. For a community as small as Rodrigues, every one of those flights is a family holding its breath.
Mauritius's trade gap widens to Rs 23.7 billion in a single month
Rs 23.7 billion. That is how far imports outran exports in June, a gap that widened 15.4% from May and 25.3% from a year earlier, according to the latest official figures. A country that buys far more from abroad than it sells is nothing new here, the direction of travel is what unsettles. Tourism, financial services and borrowing have to cover every rupee of it, and in a month when the shortfall jumps by a quarter on the year, that cushion gets a much harder workout.
Supreme Court returns a police inspector to custody in a drug case
Inspector Vicky Luckmun stays behind bars after the Supreme Court quashed the bail a Moka court had granted, siding with state prosecutors. The Financial Crimes Commission arrested him in March, and he is accused of using his place in the drug squad to wave through a Rs 75.9 million synthetic drug shipment from Hong Kong.
Curepipe and 16e Mille get new drains before the rains
Two drainage projects broke ground this week in Curepipe and at Morcellement Domah in 16e Mille, meant to spare both spots the flooding that arrives with heavy rain. Infrastructure Minister Ajay Gunness walked the sites alongside colleagues. Whether the channels hold up in real downpour is the test that counts. The rains decide.
Shorts
Body by the Metro Express rails at Beau-Bassin – Police suspect murder after a homeless man was found dead by the Metro Express tracks on Thursday.
FCC holds a former forex bureau manager – Neetish Seebaruth appears in court Friday after the FCC held him over alleged money laundering.
22 undocumented migrants held in Port Louis – A Special Team raid in Trou-Fanfaron netted 14 Malagasy and 8 Bangladeshi nationals.
France's telemarketing ban hits call centres – Since France banned unsolicited sales calls, local call centres are rethinking how they work.
Crackdown on taxis that abuse duty free – Osman Mahomed vows to act on taxi owners who claim the duty free perk then leave the car parked.
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