1.Seychellois praised for good behaviour during the Creole Festival  
No accident or major incident related to the Creole Festival was recorded and in general the police are satisfied with the behaviour of Seychellois during this period of festivities. This was shared by Superintendent Antoine Desnousse and Sergeant Julinio Nourrice ...»

Date:03 November 2022 | Category:Domestic

2.Behind The Mic ‒ Queenly
Queenly: ‘We are magicians’   Naturally shy, but loud when she is in her comfortable zone. Today, Seychelles NATION shares Queenly’s time at Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation’s (SBC) Paradise FM in the Behind the Mic series.   Seychelles NATION: When did ...»

Date:31 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

3.Meet the ‘Dynamic Duo’ who raised funds for conservation on Cousin Island Special Reserve  
Nature Seychelles has made two women from the Netherlands – Janet Mulder and Nancy Willekens – ‘Friends of Cousin Island’. This is an accolade that honours individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the special reserve. Janet and Nancy were ...»

Date:29 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

4.Stakeholders visit Roche Caiman market site, ahead of final plans
As government forges ahead with plans to set up a new market at Roche Caiman, a visit was held to the site yesterday morning. Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment (MACCE) Flavien Joubert, together with prinicipal secretary for agriculture ...»

Date:29 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

5.Club Med celebrates cohorts benefitting from international work exposure
Club Med Seychelles on Tuesday evening held a ceremony to celebrate the first cohort of nine employees who recently returned from training at Club Med properties around the world, and to send off the second cohort, comprising 13 employees. The ...»

Date:27 October 2022 | Category:Tourism

6.Clean-up along the Salazie trail
The Independent School secondary wildlife club students, Eco school leader and family members recently took part in a clean-up activity along the Salazie trail at Sans Souci. The activity was originally organised to commemorate the World Environment Day on June ...»

Date:27 October 2022 | Category:Environment

7.Seychelles’ debt stock stands at R17.6 billion at third quarter end
Seychelles’ debt stock stood at R17.6 billion at the end of the third quarter of the fiscal year 2022, representing about 63% of the gross domestic product. These statistics appear in the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade’s ...»

Date:26 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

8.In the National Assembly
R1.5m spent by government on the three international appeal judges to review EEEL/Vijay case   In the appeal case between Vijay Construction Company and the Eastern European Engineering Limited (EEEL), the Seychelles government has spent a little over R1....»

Date:26 October 2022 | Category:National Assembly

9.MCB Seychelles, Lions Club elderly vision project reaches milestone 100% coverage on Mahé
Lions of Seychelles,with sponsorship of the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB), Optic Seychelles, department of the elderly and disabled and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Family hosted a ceremony at the Anse Royale home for the elderly to hand ...»

Date:25 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

10.Behind the Mic – Nathalie ‘Chocolat’
‘I never say that I know everything, because I always believe that I need to be better than yesterday’   For 20 years Nathalie Rose, AKA Nathalie ‘Chocolat’ has been entertaining radio listeners in Seychelles on the popular Paradise FM ...»

Date:24 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

11.Football
Jo’s Kafe land a hand to Glacis FC Championship contenders Glacis Football Club now have the capacity to boost its youth development programme after receiving new equipment through sponsorship from Camion Hall-based Jo’s kafe. It was head coach Samuel Gill ...»

Date:22 October 2022 | Category:Sport

12.Students and MNAs dive into aquaculture  
A group of secondary school students yesterday had the opportunity to visit the Seychelles Fishing Authority’s Broodstock, Acclimation and Quarantine Facility, an aquaculture facility which is instrumental towards supporting the development of the aquaculture industry in Seychelles. The visit, an ...»

Date:21 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

13.Rugby: Cable & Wireless Island Nations Cup
Seyboks have one hand on trophy as Seychelles lose to Barbarians   With only one match left to play in the series, Seyboks are mathematically the champions of the inaugural Cable & Wireless Island Nations Cup, after second-placed Seychelles lost ...»

Date:20 October 2022 | Category:Sport

14.  Seychelles exceeds set target of visitor arrivals for 2022   By Patrick Joubert  
An important milestone for our tourism industry was reached over the weekend when the country’s set target of 258,000 visitors coming to our shores this year was surpassed. It was the principal secretary for Tourism, Sherin Francis, who made ...»

Date:18 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

15.Court dismisses one of three motions by Valabhji couple in anti-corruption case
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed one of three motions filed by couple Laura and Mukesh Valabhji in the missing USD 50 million matter being prosecuted by the Anti-Corruption Commission of Seychelles (ACCS). Chief Justice (CJ) Rony Govinden ruled that the ...»

Date:18 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

16.LWMA confirms no box containing seafood products has been removed from landfill  
No box containing seafood products has been removed from the landfill at Providence, an official from the Land Waste Management Agency (LWMA) has confirmed. Irwin Gopaul, landfill officer from the LWMA, met with the press yesterday where the frozen items ...»

Date:15 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

17.Being nutrition secure
With all that’s been happening over the past year, from the global Covid-19 pandemic, to conflicts between neighbouring countries, to continued global warming and increase in food prices, it is only fitting that we have a moment of reflection. When ...»

Date:14 October 2022 | Category:Health

18.Interview with Ombudsman Nichole Tirant-Gherardi
‘Our vision is a public service that is efficient and fair’   The Office of the Ombudsman has from January to September this year registered 66 cases in total, nineteen of which are under investigation. Over the years, since its ...»

Date:13 October 2022 | Category:Domestic

19.First cruise ship of season 2022-2023 to dock in Port Victoria today
● New passageway for entry and exit of visitors   The first cruise ship of the season 2022-2023, MS Europa 2, will dock in Port Victoria today. This will kickstart the cruise ship season for 2022-2023 and Seychelles expects to ...»

Date:12 October 2022 | Category:Tourism

20.Indian HC donates reading materials to primary schools on Praslin
“As a past school counsellor, I understand the difficulties of the school in securing adequate teaching and learning materials, especially reading materials. It is for that reason that I wrote to four different embassies with the request for support with ...»

Date:12 October 2022 | Category:Domestic