Op-Ed: Can print media play catch up with social media?

SOCIAL media players have reaped millions — perhaps in the tens of millions and more — since the launch of their advertising campaigns on the internet in Malaysia. By advertising campaigns, I mean the modules that would allow local companies to advertise their products on platforms like Google Adwords and Facebook. Then

Mauritians against foreign pilots, asks to give back what belong to them!

Netizens – whether on Facebook or WhatsApp groups – are against the employment of foreign pilots by the national airliner Air Mauritius. Since the story about the strike and firing of pilots at Air Mauritius broke out, the netizens from Mauritius made it clear on Facebook postings that they were not in

Mauritius Century Banking Corp involved in Malaysia's 1MDB scandal?

Whistleblower site Sarawak Report claimed today the Century Banking Corporation Ltd, the first and only islamic Bank in Mauritius, is chaired by an individual who has intricate links with Malaysian financial and party-goer Jho Low. Low is a fugitive who is on top the FBI list of suspects involved in

New Delhi backed Hindu group sets ultimatum for Pravind to stop 'Lalangate'

Indian backed Hindu House in Mauritius called upon Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth to buckle up if he wants to be remembered in history as a true political heavyweight. Speaking on a local ratio station, the President of the Hindu organisation Viren Ramdurn in an open message to Pravind, clearly warned

Trump’s obsessive behaviour may cause Sustainable Development Goals scale back

The  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which has a set of 17 “Global Goals” with 169 targets among them is threatened to a grinding halt. The reason for this is the spanner in the works thrown by American President Donald Trump who appears to be back-peddling what his predecessors have done

Soodhun escaping jail gives credence to banana republic claims

The fact that a Minister who threatened to shoot a Member of the Parliament who holds the high post of Opposition leader of Mauritius has escaped jail – most probably because he is the deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius and has powerful friends abroad – has caused more ire against the regime

US should look south of Iran over nuke bombs

In a tough juggling of the nuclear dangers that the Donald Trump administration is said to be weary about, the US should look south of Iran to stem a potential time bomb. This for the reason that Iran does not have any interest to develop nuclear weapons after it entered

Police under pressure to arrest Soodhun

The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Port Louis is said to have suggested  arrest the Minister of Land and Housing, Shaukatally Soodhun, and to release him on bail. The information, unconfirmed at the moment of publishing the story, was transmitted to WFTV from our correspondent in

U.S. is a “danger to the world”, warns top economist

A global push to end poverty and hunger, and combat climate change by 2030 is at risk from American “militarism”, powerful business interests and the actions of President Donald Trump, said leading U.S. economist and U.N. special adviser Jeffrey Sachs, as reported by Reuters. The Columbia University professor

American's failed Syrian venture

Now that the defeat of ISIS in Syria appears imminent, with the Syrian army clearing out some of the last ISIS strongholds in the east, Washington’s interventionists are searching for new excuses to maintain the illegal US military presence in the country. Their original rationale for intervention has long

Mauritius: Will there be operation Lal Dora 2?

WIll there be another operation Lal Dora? That is the question that we need to ask and if that is one of the options that the MSM leadership is hoping for, then we ought to be prepared for a fresh coup in the country. But what was the reason behind

A sunset industry struggling to cope with reality - Part 1

THE media industry has seen a steady fall in revenue with advertisers shying away from both printed and online newspapers, whether they are traditional or newly minted ones. This is resulting in many losing their jobs and this is not just impacting only the print media.     The online media is

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Tuesday Tea with Dr. T (Shawkat Toorawa)

Shawkat Toorawa has been a professor of Arabic in the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures department at Yale since 2016. He runs the “dr T projectT,” 30-minute sessions on Tuesday afternoon in which he teaches “three things worth knowing” about literature, pop culture, music — or anything else on his mind

Pravind risks losing financial support from New Delhi

While saying his government is on the right track and that he will be judged by the performance of his regime in power, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth is risking the pullout of financial support from New Delhi, a major donor and creditor to the Mauritian economy. This was revealed to

Rosneft and Trafigura-UCP Consortium acquire Essar Oil (Mauritius) for US$12.9b

The Essar house in Port-Louis city, Mauritius Russia’s Rosnef, (through its subsidiary, Petrol Complex Pte. Ltd) has acquired 49.13% stake Essar Oil Limited (EOL). The deal represents Russia’s largest ever foreign investment into any country so far. Rosneft CEO, Igor Sechin stated that “this day marks the

End of world senario: Religion is back in American political discourse

Roy S. Moore, who won a special Republican primary runoff for an Alabama Senate seat on Tuesday, is a staunch evangelical Christian. The return of religious discourse in politics is part of the end-of-the-world scenario. Roy Moore who recently suggested the attacks of 9/11 may have been a punishment

Opposition says Mauritius gov't on witch hunt against opponents

The witch-hunt orders come directly from the government house? After the cracking against the L’Express daily newspaper with the harassment of 3 of its journalists and editors, the authorities are now in a witch-hunt enterprise against defected members who have joined the opposition. The husband of the daughter of

The richest men of Mauritius: SAJ and Ramgoolam in top ten

North Korea: Newbie Trump wanting to play with big cats!

It is President Donald Trump who is blowing the horns and trumpeting about the famous red button of the powerful nuclear arsenal resting restlessly in his hands. But the small time foreign policy player may suddenly face another trumpet blowing his way: That is a one of a kind North

Labour-PMSD: Power sharing between prime ministers?

There is a lot transpiring about a Labour Party and PMSD alliance in preparation for the next general elections (which many now believe is not that far away). However, both parties are currently in a dilemma over which formula they should adopt if they were to ally to face the

MAURITIUS: Millions of petrodollars to shut down criminal cases and buy MPs?

We all know that Mauritius is a tiny, vulnerable and dependent country. But recent events on the Island suggests a dark future for its population involving petrodollars, corrupt legislators and indeed the media that are at daggers drawn. It reminds us of the book entitled ‘Who Moved My Cheese? An

The guts to impose Halimah as an iconic Muslim President

It sure took a lot of courage and guts to swim against the currents to appoint a Muslim woman as the presidency in Singapore, and that is exactly what the Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had when he pressed on with his party’s agenda. Yet, the entire game

India's Maruti to take over troubled Maubank?

Sources in New Delhi confirmed that Maubank, the bank formed after the forced takeover of the Bramer Bank or the Bramer Banking Corporation, is in talks with the Indian based Maruti Suzuki bank for a take-over bid. The source said an evaluation of the Maubank is being carried out by

Ring the bells as ringgit turns 60 but digital is its future!

THE nation is not the only one that turned 60 this year. The local currency, the Malaysian ringgit, turned 60 too and it did so in style, hailed by both foreign and local analysts as the strongest major Asian currency to date. These analysts and economists are of the view

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Money Laundering: The Swiss Connection

There are now indications that multiple Swiss bank visits aided in Bet365 money laundering case. The Bet365 affair is making the headlines, not only in Mauritius but also among Swiss prosecutors from the Swiss Attorney General office (OAG). The OAG in an email correspondence to WorldFutureTv said they will revert