Let’s go retro!
Have you heard anything recently about the MID consultation exercise led by Prof Francois Odendaal? Neither have we so we sent an email to the good professor about the matter. While we eagerly await his response, permit us to enlighten you about something that the...
Q: When is an NGO not an NGO?
A: When it is called We Love Mauritius (or WeLuvMu – to use our official name). This seems to be the opinion of the “powers that be” in Mauritius. Despite the fact that, unlike the vast majority of NGOs, we are a fully registered charity, the...
Q: What’s the difference between turkeys and dodos?
A: Turkeys are cultivated and protected while dodos were rude and allowed to go extinct. Now compare the Turks and Caicos Islands and Mauritius. There are some striking similarities: corrupt politicians taking commissions for selling off state land and borrowing...
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
Today’s joke comes from Dr. Vasant Bunwaree, Minister of Education and Human Resources. An article in today’s News Now, quotes him as saying: We must remember that recent research shows that the brain is at its peak performance between the age of 55 and...
Let’s join forces to save Mauritius
This is the appeal of Vassen Kauppaymuthoo, oceanographer, engineer and Mauritius’ most prominent marine conservationist. In an interview published yesterday in L’Express, he stated that human activity has already caused extensive, quasi-irreversible...
Mauritius is NOT a Sovereign Democratic Republic
US President, Abraham Lincoln, defined democracy as: “Rule of the people, by the people, for the people.” We would describe the political situation in Mauritius as: “Rule of the people, by political dynasties, for themselves.” This is not a...Protected: Yes – I was your father
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If you go down to the beach today…
…prepare for a big surprise. If you go down to the beach today, you’d better go in disguise. For all the goons that ever there was Are gathered there for certain because From today for always our beaches are only for tourists. On May 5th, polling day, I...