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4 juillet 2006, 00:00

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<B>Mysterious death for Sanjay?</B>

A 19 year-old accountant of the Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile was found dead in Bassin-Bleu lake near Phoenix last week. Sanjay Barbe had disappeared two days before and his family had reported him missing almost immediately. After the police found his body, the family couldn?t believe he had committed suicide. The more so as he made strange revelations to his brother a few days before ; he said he saw two sorcerers near the lake doing black magic rituals and a plastic bag with a human skull in it in the lake. Even if the police do not believe the brother?s version, the latter are convinced that both stories are linked, the more so as Sanjay?s body was found in an odd position with a white veil on his face.

Discos on the way to a consensus</B>

Nightclub owners are starting to regain hope after their meeting with minister of Tourism, Xavier-Luc Duval, and minister of Local government, James Burty David. Both have expresed their desire to reach a consensus on the issue, as they don?t want locals and tourists to be deprived of night-time leisure activities. However, both ministers are adamant on public safety issues. Therefore, they will accede to the owners? request to remain open until 5 am only if nightclubs play the game and make sure there are no drugs, minors, prostitution and fights on their premises.

<B>Old drugs on sale</B>

A pharmacy at La Louise in Quatre-Bornes is under police investigation after the authorities seized medicines that had passed their sell-by-date being sold there. But this operation also revealed more irregularities than initially thought. The police, the ministry of Trade and pharmacists from the ministry of Health who made the seizure, found medicines dating back to 2003 as well as phials whose sale had been forbidden since last year. Moreover, some medicines had no price displayed and there was no pharmacist on the premises when the control was carried out. The ministry intends to prevent such problems soon with a Council of pharmacists to regulate the profession. The Pharmacy Council Bill is in preparation.

<B>Licence to sell alcohol hard to get</B>

The government intends to better control the sale of alcohol in small retail shops (tabagies). The police will be responsible for delivering permits after close investigation. If the retail shop is near a school or in a residential area, there is little chance that it will obtain its permit. Likewise, it will have to make sure there has been no fight near or around its premises to have the licence. The same severity will apply to licence renewals.

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