Police boot contract survives a losing bidder's challenge
Rs 21.45 million buys a lot of boots, 26,000 pairs of Derby shoes for police officers and sergeants, at Rs 825 a pair. A losing bidder tried to undo the award. It failed. The Independent Review Panel threw out Knight Trading's challenge to the contract, which went to Banker Shoes.
Knight Trading argued the winning sole was PVC, not the rubber the tender demanded. Banker Shoes produced an independent lab certificate saying rubber. It went unchallenged. The panel said policing the factory floor was not its job.
Melrose inmate of 78 says fellow prisoners assaulted him
An inmate aged 78 at Melrose prison has told police that two fellow prisoners sexually assaulted him while the three sat in the prison hospital. The complaint has gone to Montagne-Blanche police, an investigation is now open.
The man is serving a sentence of 35 years that a court imposed in 2013. The question the complaint forces is a basic one: who keeps prisoners safe from each other inside a jail the state runs?
Air Mauritius takes back the unionist it once let go
Years after she lost her job for speaking as a unionist on a private radio show, Yogita Babboo is back at Air Mauritius. She and her supporters contested dismissal in court and out of it. The reinstatement lands years after the sacking it reverses.
Brussels lifts its Russia sanctions on a Mauritian firm
Brussels has removed Redbird Corporate Services, a company registered in Mauritius, from the European Union's Russia sanctions list. A listing freezes assets in Europe and bars European firms from dealing with you; coming off it is what a firm that sells clean paperwork needs to keep working.
Shorts
Watchdog gets an expert on private care bills – An outside expert will help the Competition Commission probe why three clinics hold most private care.
Israel flight to Mauritius called off – The organiser says authorities refused an Air Seychelles flight from Israel permission to land.
Unionist Beegun reports death threats – Unionist Fayzal Ally Beegun has gone to police saying he fears for his safety after death threats.
Selfie fall at Pont Naturel kills a tourist – An Indian visitor of 45 died falling from the Pont Naturel cliff while taking selfies.
Duval keeps skipping his Kreol committee – Adrien Duval keeps missing the select committee on Kreol Morisien that he agreed to sit on.
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