How jacking up consumer commodity and service prices affects the most vulnerable Let us pick up an example among many to explain how consumer prices are effected in
Thousands of people had invested massively in the BAI’s so-called Super Cash Back Gold (SCBG) insurance policy and in the Bramer Asset Management (BAM) schemes, lured by tax
Political ideologies were seen as the way forward to a more just and fair society. Religious ideologies were seen as the means for individuals to refine themselves so
We hardly see how blessed we are compared with those nations blighted by perpetual war and that we have a natural culture of peace, that we should preserve
The type that everyone everywhere would love to have There was the news that this week Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, was on a short visit
Mauritius’ financial services sector – domestic and global business — contributes a little over 12% of GDP. Non-bank financial services account for more than half of it. In
We need not lose sight of the fact that Mauritius was discovered, raised and peopled for the sake of sugar. For centuries, we have depended on sugar as
A lot of our politics is increasingly resembling a chatterbox. You say something. Someone else gainsays. People left in the lurch don’t see how all those discussions are
Current international tensions call for preparedness on our part on a non-partisan basis, by bouncing what-if ideas among well-meaning interested parties. It is important to look beyond our
If we continue to get distracted into futile disputes rather than acting to redress a situation getting out of hands, we risk seeing an increase in the number
We’ve shown ourselves to be nimble-footed enough to catch opportunities even in areas in which we had no perceptible international edge. The base is here. It needs to