Minister appoints loyalist as chairperson of government agency

The Government expects the citizens to trust the government institutions and yet the ministers, with the approval of the Prime Minister, continue the shameful practice of appointing their loyalists as directors or chairperson on boards of government agencies

Do you remember the Rs 20 bank note?

I was in primary school, in standard II, when the Rs 20 bank note, which carried the portrait of the then Prime Minister of Mauritius, Sir Anerood Jugnauth's wife, Lady Sarojni Jugnauth, was in circulation

Head of CERT-MU runs as candidate for AFRINIC Board elections

AFRINIC Board Elections will be held during the Africa Internet Summit (AIS'20). The final candidate slate was published a few days ago. I was particularly interested to see who are the candidates running for Seat 3, representing the Indian Ocean

Mauritius requested Google to remove content involving minister of technology from search results

Every six months Google publishes its transparency report which provides details on the different types of requests that the company received from government agencies from around the world

Prime Minister criticized after his comments on BBC News

Yesterday morning, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth was interviewed via video conference on BBC News. He was questioned on the oil spillage due to the grounding of MV Wakashio near Pointe d'Esny

The Prime Minister of Mauritius denies some local journalists access to his press conference

I watched the press conference of the Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth on Le Mauricien's Facebook page. A last question, at 30 mins 18 secs, that was put to the prime minister was about two press groups not receiving the invitation to attend to the press conference

Will the government release data collected about the oil spill?

I was watching the press conference of the Prime Minister, P. K. Jugnauth, today when I heard him saying that the Ministry of Health has conducted several air quality tests in regions affected by the oil spill; and that for now no health risks are to be reported

Should the Prime Minister resign, now?

A petition started on Change.org calling the Prime Minister of Mauritius to resign, has already obtained more than 10,000 signatures. The petition blames the incompetency of the Prime Minister and his team for the ecological disaster that the MV Wakashio shipwreck caused in Mauritius

Défimedia says Prime Minister's tweet calling French President for help is fake 🙄

I was surprised to read on defimedia.info that a tweet by the Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth, in which he reaches out to the French President, Emmanual Macron, is a fake tweet. The news article says that the Prime Minister's Office would like to inform the public that it is a