Weekly - 15 – 21 August : Headlines of this new edition

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Weekly - 15 – 21 August : Headlines of this new edition

COVER STORY

The Amicale Case: Where will it go from here?

Rama Valayden and Raouf Gulbul were both members of the 12-lawyer team that drew up a report insisting that the Amicale Four are innocent and calling for the case to be reopened. But the two are now divided over where to go from here and whether the case should be turned into a litmus test for the changes in the Criminal Appeal Act.

INTERVIEW

Prof. Soodarsun Juggessur: “Micro-management is not the job of the vice-chancellor.”

Following the recent ousting of the vice-chancellor of the University of Mauritius and his accusations and allegations in the press as to who or what might be behind his sacking, Weekly speaks to Prof. Soodarsun Juggessur, chairman of the University Council to shed light on the issue and give the university’s version of events.

EDUCATION

Studying in the UK: Is the quality worth the higher cost?

Four of the world’s top six universities are situated in the UK and over 88% of international graduates are satisfied with their UK learning experience, statistics show. Yet, fewer Mauritians than before are choosing to study there. Should you break the trend? Read on to find out if a UK education is something for you.

WHAT’S ON

Innovation on a reasonable budget: Enter the Orange Phablet

Weekly checks out the latest device offering from Orange

HEALTH

Beauty treatments: To what extremes?

They say beauty lies in the eye of the beholder but the beholder, it seems, is getting more and more demanding about what s/he considers beautiful. If only recently, women used to ‘get away’ with prickly legs from not shaving for a couple of days or with unplucked eyebrows, now, the same women seem to be ‘getting away’ with less and less.

ISSUES

The Subutex story

Since the beginning of the millennium, Subutex has taken the island by storm. The innocuous tablet has now positioned itself firmly as one of the foremost drugs abused on the island. Here’s the story of why it has managed to dominate the local drug market and how the attitude of the authorities towards the new drug remains a confused one.

PORTRAIT

Kiran Meetarbhan

Meet Kiran Meetarbhan, new executive director of the Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM). Hers is the story of a woman who insisted on getting a law degree at a time when women were expected to have no aspiration beyond marriage and motherhood. She now wants to be a role model for other women while working towards a Mauritius where consumers have more choice and heavier wallets.