The invention of the Internet has been a very great achievement in human history and the way it has evolved is just amazing. No need to browse through the yellow pages to find the contact number of your nearest plumber now because most information is found online. You’re also able to read reviews about businesses before purchasing their products or services and this comes in quite handy especially if you don’t want t...

One of the most cost effective and easiest ways to explore Mauritius is by bus. With more and more development over the years, movement from one place to another is very important and thus there is a wide network of bus stops and bus stations all over the island. While locals use buses on a massive scale to go to work or for visits, tourists will find that this way of travelling is quite an interesting and impressive...

As the owner of a car, you have this feeling of freedom as you can go anywhere you want to and whenever you’d like to and this is undoubtedly the reason why many people save up to buy this luxury. However if you want to comply with the law, you have to make sure that you have a valid tax disc displayed on your vehicle at all times.The motor vehicle licence in Mauritius also called “declaration” is actually referred t...

For those who want to settle in Mauritius and drive, getting a local driving licence will make things easier for them. Driving licences from a competent authority in other countries can be exchanged for a Mauritian one but government services in this country makes things very hard for everyone. If you have an international driving licence from Europe, Australia, USA etc, you can request that your foreign licence i...

When you are issued a passport in Mauritius, it lasts for 10 years for an adult and unless you travel a lot and run out of passport pages, you will only need to renew it after a decade. When we celebrated the millennium in 2000, it was that year that I applied for my first passport, so now that we’re in 2012, my passport has been expired for 2 years and it was about time that I got myself a valid one.When renewing a ...

When you are ready to have a baby or want to use the natural method for contraception, you need to know when you ovulate in order for you to get pregnant or avoid pregnancy. Ovulation is the fertile days that a woman has during her monthly cycle. When a pregnancy does not occur, the woman will then have her monthly bleed known as her period. Most girls will remember their school days when teachers in sex education cl...

Many people do not like to write down an essay let alone one that stands out. Very often we find ourselves going round in circles in trying to jot down some ideas and make it into something that makes sense. There is no magical way to write down an essay but handling the language itself is a pre-requisite and for that the only solution is to read a lot. Through this you build a solid backbone for yourself to make you...

Officially started in 1901, 5 years later than the intended idea, the Nobel Prize is an international recognition of someone being the best in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peacemaking. This fund was put forward by Alfred Nobel in his will where he specified that he wanted a large part of his money to be used to award outstanding people in the above mentioned fields on a global scale follo...

Tax is money that is imposed upon individuals or groups by a state or government, failure of which is a legal offense. The definition can be further extended to a compulsory donation to the government from workers’ salary, business profits (direct tax) or additional value to the normal price of some goods, services or even transactions (indirect tax). The aim of levying tax is for the government to use this money to ...

Basically, home insurance is a means of coverage of property and personal belongings in the face of an unexpected event. The insurance provides someone with the peace of mind that if something should happen to his hard earned property, there will be a way out of the misery as in having financial aid to rebuild from the scratches. For instance, if someone’s house gets burned down, of course getting the same thing back...