<B>Two fishermen missing and one safe</B>

Three fishermen were fishing in the region of St Brandon on a dugout canoe attached to the boat, Le Gentilly when their canoe was suddenly overturned by a wave. Bernard Céline and Linley Chellin are reported missing while Jean Daniel managed to swim to dry land. The National Coast Guard of Mauritius and St Brandon are still searching for both men with the help of Le Gentilly and its fifteen dugout canoes as well as Le Derive, which was in the region. The Dornier has also been involved in the search but the two fishermen have not been found so far. These new cases of missing men bring out once more the issue of safety and safety equipment that the employers have to equip their fishermen with.

<B>Formal charges against Pierre-Guy Noël</B>

The general manager of the Mauritius Commercial Bank, Pierre-Guy Noël, has finally been informed of the charges against him. He is accused of conspiracy to commit the offence of money laundering according to the Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2002. He appeared before the Intermediate Court for the reading of the charges. ?One Pierre-Guy Noël did willfully and unlawfully agree with another person to transfer property, which in whole directly represents the proceeds of a crime, where the said Pierre-Guy Noël had reasonable grounds for suspecting that the said property was derived in whole directly from a crime.?

<B>Inquiry commission on sale by levy</B>

Following the Deelchand affair, many people have come up with alleged cases of land expropriation. And these cases cannot be ignored anymore. Harish Boodhoo declared that plots of lands were sold for a price ten times lower than their real value. As a result, the cabinet decided to set up a commission of enquiry into the procedures of the sale by levy. Former judge and Master and Registrar of the Supreme Court, Abdulah Malleck Ahmed, will chair the commission. He will have to determine whether there have been illegal practices in the system so far and recommend amendments to the legislation and procedures that have not been reviewed since 1886.