Category: News
Air Seychelles announces voluntary redundancy plan for staff to help tackle $153 million debt
Air Seychelles on Tuesday began a voluntary redundancy in particular targeting older workers as part of its evaluation of its manpower plan in order t [...]
Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms to pay for news
Australia's parliament passed landmark legislation Thursday requiring global digital giants to pay for local news content, in a move closely watched a [...]
Mass ‘real world’ study confirms Pfizer vaccine’s efficacy
The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine proved 94 percent effective in a huge real world study published Wednesday that involved 1.2 million people in Israel, con [...]
Cinnamon’s new moment? President of Seychelles sees ‘dollars on the mountain’
Reviving the plantation industry through the exportation of cinnamon is one way that the Seychelles' government is looking to boost its economy.
Presi [...]
Seychelles seeks more support to get fishermen to stop using banned driftnets
Seychelles is asking the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) to engage all its regional members to commit to sustainable fishing and stop using banned [...]
Amid cryptocurrency boom, Seychelles’ anti-money laundering unit prepares government’s stance
Seychelles' Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) committee is preparing a country position on virtual assets and [...]
Italian envoy killed in DR Congo attack blamed on Rwandan Hutu
Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was among three people killed on Monday when a UN convoy was ambushed in the country's troubled [...]
Haiti’s president defends record at UN, US slams ‘rule by decree’
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise told the UN Security Council on Monday that "democracy was doing well in Haiti" despite its ongoing political crisis, [...]
Seychelles to increase interval between Covishield doses following new recommendation
The Seychelles' health authority is increasing the interval between the first and second dose of the Covishield vaccine as per the recommendation of t [...]
Lobster season in Seychelles faces challenges from unlicensed fishers, catching of small crustaceans
The lobster harvesting season in Seychelles is facing challenges posed by unlicensed fishers and the catching of undersized species, the Seychelles Fi [...]