1.Football
Winners St Michel, La Passe ready for SFF Premier League Championship   Mahé Premier League winnersSt Michel were presented with their cup on Saturday after losing their last match to Foresters, while on La Digue, La Passe hosted LightStars and ...»

Date:23 May 2022 | Category:Sport

2.President happy with ongoing projects on the inner islands
By Nadia Bedier   “Today, I am very happy, actually satisfied, with the speed and energy being exerted to complete development projects on the inner islands.” This was President Wavel Ramkalawan’s impression of his visit to the inner islands ...»

Date:21 May 2022 | Category:Presidency

3.The connection between hair and identity
The world celebrates Africa Day. It is more befitting to delve into one of the hair types that have attracted so much attention over the centuries, and that is the African hair. On behalf of the Seychelles National Institute for ...»

Date:21 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

4.Trial for the murder of Rupert Berney Appasamy
Court gets evidence from one returning and two new witnesses During hearing day nine yesterday of the ongoing trial for the murder of ongoing trial for the murder of Rupert Berney Appasamy, the court received evidence from three witnesses, varying ...»

Date:20 May 2022 | Category:Elections 2020

5.MoU between the Family department and Padayachy Funeral Investment
Maintaining the dignity of our elderly citizens   Senior citizens from the different homes for the elderly across the country can now enjoy their last days in peace, without having to worry about their funeral cost and expenses, or any ...»

Date:18 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

6.World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
‘Digital technologies for older persons and healthy ageing’   May 17 is celebrated as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, which commemorates the founding of the Information Telecommunications Union (ITU). The theme for 2022 is chosen as ‘Digital Technologies for ...»

Date:17 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

7.International Day of Family
‘Let us continue to build strong and resilient family units’   “The United Seychelles Party would like to wish all the Seychellois families much love, peace and happiness on this special day dedicated to celebrate the importance and wellbeing of ...»

Date:16 May 2022 | Category:Politics

8.Symposium for nurses by nurses   ‘You have a vocation and please keep doing what you do best’ ‒ President Ramkalawan
To commemorate International Nurses’ Day 2022, the Nurses Association of the Republic of Seychelles organised a symposium with the theme ‘Nurses: A voice to lead ‒ nurses ‒ midwives leading the Covid-19 health response in Seychelles’. Before the start of ...»

Date:14 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

9.Football - St Michel Mahé Premier League winners
● Côte d’Or Inner islands leaders   St Michel are the winners of the Mahé Premier League, while Côte d’Or are the leaders of the Inner Islands Premier League with a handful of matches left to be played before the ...»

Date:13 May 2022 | Category:Sport

10.Basketball: Curtain-raiser tournament
Finals slated for Saturday   The women’s, men’s division two and men’s division one finals of the Curtain-raiser tournament will be played on Saturday May 14 at Victoria Gymnasium following the taking place of the semifinals last weekend. The women’s ...»

Date:10 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

11.How to keep your child safe online
Online tools let you control your kids' access to adult material and help protect them from Internet predators. Many Internet service providers (ISPs) provide parent-control options. The second option is to do your own research on the different software that ...»

Date:07 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

12.World Hand Hygiene Day Health ministry conducts awareness campaign
To commemorate World Hand Hygiene Day, yesterday, a group of workers from the infection prevention and control unit of the health ministry, led a half-day awareness and education campaign on hand hygiene in different locations in Victoria. Hand hygiene is ...»

Date:06 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

13.Basketball: Curtain-raiser tournament   Semifinalists known  
The finalists of the Curtain-raiser tournaments will be known this coming weekend when teams clash in the semifinals at Victoria Gymnasium. In the women’s competition, Anse Etoile Stars will meet B Challenge in the first semifinal at 3.45pm tomorrow ...»

Date:06 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

14.Interview with Ralph Volcère, editor of The Seychelles Independent newspaper
‘It will take quite a while for journalists to get the self-confidence they need to operate in a free-thinking manner’   On World Press Freedom Day, we talk to one of our peers, Ralph Volcère who has headed a few ...»

Date:03 May 2022 | Category:Domestic

15.Tourism minister calls for action to maintain law, order, cleanliness at Beau Vallon beach
The minister responsible for tourism Sylvestre Radegonde yesterday made an appeal to all agencies to take their responsibilities more seriously to ensure that law, order and cleanliness are maintained at the Beau Vallon beach, one of the most popular beaches ...»

Date:30 April 2022 | Category:Tourism

16.Minister Francourt Message 2022
Employment and Social Affairs Minister Patricia Francourt’s World Safety Day message   ‘Act together to build a positive safety and health culture’   “The importance of having a sound and resilient occupational safety and health system has shown its significance ...»

Date:28 April 2022 | Category:Domestic

17.National Assembly – Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC)
Six entities quizzed by FPAC onAuditor General’s 2020 reports   The Finance and Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly yesterday heard from six governmental entities regarding the 2020 report of the Auditor General as part of its mandate to ...»

Date:26 April 2022 | Category:National Assembly

18.Call for The TRNUC timescale to be extended with a revised mandate  
The current mandate of the Truth Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) ends in August 2022. Their current mandate is to determine the appropriate reparations for the victims of human rights violations committed in relation to the 1977 coup d’Etat ...»

Date:22 April 2022 | Category:Domestic

19.Exclusive interview with Jitesh Shah, chief executive of the Seychelles Infrastructure Agency   ‘The agency will harmonise standards used, processes and workflow’
Jitesh Shah is the chief executive of the newly createdSeychelles Infrastructure Agency and in this exclusive interview with Seychelles NATION he tells us about himself and roles of the agency.   Seychelles NATION: Mr Shah, please tell us a little ...»

Date:21 April 2022 | Category:Domestic

20.Health: Covid-19 update   654 active cases and one death
The current number of active Covid-19 cases is 654 ‒ 580 on Mahe, 46 on Praslin and 28 on La Digue ‒ as of Wednesday April 20, 2022, according to the Ministry of Health. The seven-day moving average had been ...»

Date:21 April 2022 | Category:Domestic