Category: News
42-unit social housing estate opens in Seychelles, thanks to UAE funding
A 42-unit social housing estate in the western Mahe district of Grand Anse was officially inaugurated on Monday, as officials said a further 30 units [...]
Anxious families wait outside besieged Hong Kong campus
Relatives of some of the young pro-democracy protesters holed up inside a Hong Kong university held anxious vigil Tuesday as police vowed to arrest th [...]
Venice comes up for air after week of record flooding
Venice sought to return to normal life on Monday after a week of unprecedented flooding that devastated the city, submerging homes, business and cultu [...]
Vitamin-enhanced water in mango, peach and lemon now available in Seychelles
A new, flavoured, vitamin-enhanced bottled water -- Eden VIT -- has hit the Seychelles’ market.
Manufactured in the second-most populated island of P [...]
UAE’s gift of 4 jet skis intended to help Seychelles fight drug trade at sea
The United Arab Emirates has gifted four jet skis to Seychelles to help fight the drug trade and other criminal activities affecting the island nation [...]
Seychelles’ former tourism minister awarded $ 12,000 by Supreme Court over pulled candidacy
The Seychelles Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of former tourism minister Alain St Ange in his case against the government, awarding him $12,0 [...]
‘Terminator’ Rajapaksa storms to victory in Sri Lanka
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who spearheaded the brutal crushing of Tamil Tigers a decade ago, stormed to power Sunday but promised to be a president for all S [...]
Regional maritime security exercise an opportunity to study best practices, Seychellois colonel says
The Seychelles People’s Defence Forces said that the Cutlass Express exercise was a great opportunity for numerous countries to learn best practices i [...]
Exhibition highlights seniors’ contributions to preserve Seychelles’ traditions, heritage
The contributions that elderly citizens – especially those from the island of La Digue - bring to the traditions and heritage of the Seychellois peopl [...]
Many pitfalls in reform of Africa’s CFA franc
Calls to overhaul the West African CFA franc, a currency tied to the euro and historically rooted in French colonial rule, raise a host of thorny prob [...]