Category: News
Study finds manta rays congregating around 2 Seychellois islands
A newly published study shows that a significant population of reef manta rays spends a lot of time in the waters around Seychelles’ remote D’Arros Is [...]
Wear a life jacket to Feast of Assumption, Seychellois officials implore the public
People taking a small boat to travel to this year’s Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary should not board without a life jacket, a high official [...]
Boris Johnson visits N.Ireland, heart of Brexit battle
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday meet leaders in Northern Ireland, the key battleground in Britain's fight to leave the European [...]
Company fined $254,000 for shipping plastic waste to Cambodia
Cambodia fined a company more than $250,000 for shipping 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste from the US and Canada, an official said Tuesday, as Southeast [...]
First of planned 700 houses are fitted with solar cells in government estate in Seychelles
The first government housing estate outfitted with photovoltaic (PV) solar panels has opened in Seychelles. The Barbarons Transit Homes estate was ina [...]
Speaker’s Corner, a place for free speech and protest, is designated in Seychelles
Seychelles is taking another step to support freedom of speech by approving regulations to designate an area where open-air public speaking, debate an [...]
Moroccan King pardons thousands, including ‘Hirak’ protesters
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has marked 20 years on the throne by pardoning thousands of prisoners, including some from the "Hirak" protest movement tha [...]
Seychellois athletes welcomed home with high praise after Indian Ocean Island Games conclude
Athletes on Team Seychelles at the Indian Ocean Island Games in Mauritius were welcomed home by the President of Seychelles at the international airpo [...]
Seychelles loses a sparkling star with passing of well-known painter
Art lovers in Seychelles are mourning the loss of one of the best visual artists and painter in the island nation.
Allen Ernesta was well known for hi [...]
Death toll in Nigeria Boko Haram funeral attack rises to 65
An attack this weekend by Boko Haram fighters on a funeral in northeast Nigeria has left 65 people dead, almost triple the initial toll, a local offic [...]