Category: News
Cyclone-battered New Zealand declares national emergency
Cyclone Gabrielle swept away roads, inundated homes and left 225,000 people without power in New Zealand Tuesday, as a national state of emergency was [...]
LinkUp app to make taxi services in Seychelles easier and more affordable
Taxi services in Seychelles are expected to become easier, faster and cheaper with a newly launched mobile application called LinkUp.
The island nat [...]
President Ramkalawan meets founder of World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum's (WEF) interest in the possible integration of Seychelles on the platform was the subject of discussions between President W [...]
Tuna fisheries: Seychelles votes against IOTC ban on FADs, citing economic concerns
Seychelles voted against a proposal for the implementation of one of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission's (IOTC) latest adoptions of fish aggregating de [...]
Seychelles’ President meets UAE’s President at the World Government Summit in Dubai
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan and UAE's President, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, have reaffirmed their commitment to furthering the goo [...]
Seychelles’ Islands Development Company working on sustainable farming
Desroches Island in Seychelles is being used as a trial run for agriculture and some specialists are working with the state-owned Islands Development [...]
Miracle rescues a week after Turkey-Syria quake
Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble a week after an earthquake struck Turkey and Syria leaving more than 33,000 dead, as the UN warned the [...]
Speculation grows as US shoots down new mystery object
A US warplane shot down a new flying object near the Canadian border on Sunday, the latest of three mysterious devices spotted since military radar se [...]
Seychelles Investment Board registers increase in investors’ interest in cinnamon industry
The Seychelles Investment Board (SIB) has registered an increase in investors in the cinnamon industry and efforts are being undertaken to assist them [...]
A 100 years ago: Seychelles in the lens of a Japanese photographer
A collection of postcards depicting photographs of many streets around Seychelles' capital of Victoria in the early 20th century were handed over to t [...]