PM adviser Elysee resigns as the Ravatomanga tapes surface
Jean Carl Elysee, an adviser to PM Ramgoolam, resigned on Monday as a leaked phone recording tore through the Prime Minister's Office. The tape points to an alleged bid to extract Rs 350 million in return for shielding Malagasy businessman Mamy Ravatomanga, who sits in Melrose prison.
Elysee denies the conversation ever happened, he says no such call took place. The Financial Crimes Commission has summoned Beekhy and David Thomas as it works out who was on the call. Ravatomanga flew into Mauritius by private jet last October after Andry Rajoelina's government collapsed.
The resignation came before the FCC even confirmed who was speaking, which tells you how radioactive the tape is.
Agalega runs out of doctors, power and patience
Since Friday the southern island of Agalega has had no doctor, after the one posted there flew back to Mauritius on the same flight that flew out a patient. The generator on the north island keeps cutting out, the main bread oven is dead, and the Wi-Fi and mobile network drop for days.
A supply ship is due today, but with no dentist aboard. Residents now wait until December, when the boat next returns, for dental care. Marginalised is the word they keep using, and it is hard to argue.
21,000 pupils sit Cambridge exams under a phone blackout
More than 21,000 pupils begin their SC and HSC exams on Thursday, the Higher School Certificate papers going first. A strict ban on electronic devices takes effect at every centre this year, so phones and smartwatches stay at the gate. Invigilators must treat stray device as cheating.
A constable is held for dealing inside his own station
A constable of 34 posted to Riviere-des-Anguilles was arrested inside the station compound on Monday over alleged cannabis dealing and money laundering. Officers seized 13.02g of cannabis, Rs 19,000, a pocket scale dusted with leaf particles, and a white Toyota. He now sits at the Vacoas Detention Centre and has yet to give a statement.
Shorts
GPs slam a schedule shake-up they never saw – General practitioners say the Health Ministry drafted new hours without consulting them.
Solar surges, coal creeps back in June – June power output rose 4% to 247.09m kWh, with solar climbing but coal gaining too.
Rent-to-Own scheme nears its first keys – Nearly 40 files are approved under the Rent-to-Own scheme, first handovers in sight.
A Poste-de-Flacq mother faces a ransom demand – A mother in Poste-de-Flacq was told to pay Rs 1.4m after her son's alleged kidnapping.
Immigration is the growth fix, says a scholar – As skilled Mauritians leave, a visiting scholar argues immigration is essential to hit growth.
|
Share