Author: Seychelles News Agency
US passes 500,000 Covid deaths: Johns Hopkins tracker
More than 500,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the United States since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University on Monday, by fa [...]
$2,350 set as minimum for banks to seek more client info in Seychelles
A sum of SCR50,000 ($2,350) has been set as the threshold for commercial banks in Seychelles to acquire information on purposes of transactions while [...]
Air Seychelles to pause payments to partner Etihad Airways after president’s visit to UAE
The Seychelles' national carrier, Air Seychelles, will not make any payment for its partnership agreement with Etihad Airways this year while further [...]
World tops 200 million vaccine doses as G7 boosts funding
The number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered worldwide passed 200 million Saturday, an AFP count showed, as wealthy G7 countries pledged to mo [...]
Seychelles to grow onion, ginger and garlic using low-risk detainees
Seychelles is to launch large-scale production of onions, ginger and garlic for local consumption involving low-risk convicts from the prison.
The red [...]
Quake-hit Christchurch regains its mojo, 10 years on
Although a decade has passed, New Zealander Gordon Cullen still vividly recalls his daring escape from a high-rise tower block during the deadly Chris [...]
United plane suffers engine failure, scatters debris over US city
A United Airlines plane suffered a fiery engine failure Saturday shortly after taking off from Denver for Hawaii, dropping massive debris on a residen [...]
New online shopping outlet Soley Swim hopes to help Seychellois women build confidence
A Seychellois entrepreneur is seeking to build a dropshipping business as well as promote self-confidence among women through her bikini line.
Soley S [...]
Financial aid for businesses harmed by COVID-19 to be re-oriented to tourism industry only
A scheme set up in Seychelles to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will now cater only for businesses directly connected to tourism fo [...]
NASA’s Perseverance rover beams back spectacular new images
NASA on Friday released stunning new photographs from Perseverance, including one of the rover being gently lowered to the surface of Mars by a set of [...]