Schooling and Youth Violence

(Published in Mtimes , 01 March 2019)

There is a great concern about the incidence of violent behaviour among children and adolescents. This complex and troubling issue needs to be carefully understood by parents, teachers, and other adults. 

Mauritius under supervision by EU’s Code of Conduct Group

(Posted in Mtimes 22 Sep 2019)

Barbados, Belize, Curaçao, Mauritius, Saint Lucia and Seychelles have been warned by the European Union (EU) that some of their tax policies are "harmful" and must be updated to comply with best practices by the end of this year.

The Minimum Wage and Its Impact

(Published in MTimes 15 02 2019)

The National Minimum Wage was set at Rs 8,000 a month, effective from year ending 31st December 2017 and 8,500 as from year ending December 2018. From the preliminary observations of the National Minimum Wage Council, one can easily see that a more detailed analysis is needed to isolate the impact of the minimum wage on the economy from the customary or annual trend.

Political Caricatures:CTSP promises to issue voting directives;Diversifying the financial services sector;The ultra-liberals: Same old story for the economy;Election time: Freebies for our workers;

CTSP promises to issue voting directives

The Confédération des travailleurs du secteur privé (CTSP) – Confederation of Private Sector Workers – is tuning itself for the forthcoming elections. It held a peaceful march in the streets of Rose Hill on Saturday 2nd Feb. Reaz Chuttoo and Jane Ragoo announced that the union would be issuing directives to private sector workers about which political bloc to support at the next elections.

Educational reform : More investment in pre-primary

In my latest article titled “Free Tertiary Education for All: A Blunder” published in this column  on 25th January 2019, where I took the stand that a fee-paying tertiary education is not necessarily against the interests of the poor,

The Competition Commission Amnesty Programme: What next?

(Published in MTimes 08 02 

The Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) has released its first batch of decisions for the Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) amnesty programme.