1.Maritime security architecture can only function fully if there is an interconnection between national and regional levels’
The Maritime Security Architecture can only function fully if there is an interconnection between the national and regional levels.” This is what emerged from the seventh steering committee (SC) of the Regional Maritime Security Programme MASE regional agreements, held ...»

Date:20 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

2.Football: Mahinda Rajapaksa Trophy Seychelles win cup in penalty shootout
    The Seychelles national team twice came from behind to beat Sri Lanka 6-4 in a penalty shootout as goalkeeper Alvin Michel saved two penalties to help the team claim the inaugural Prime Mahinda Rajapaksa Trophy handed over to ...»

Date:20 November 2021 | Category:Sport

3.Dermatology: The link between the mind and the skin
Many of us can remember our skin breaking out in pimples during times of high stress, like when we were sitting exams, and most probably wondered to ourselves as to why this was happening. We learn more about Psychodermatology today, ...»

Date:18 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

4.Interview with architect Michael Schwarz
‘The biggest asset of Seychelles is its young people’   Michael Schwarz is a German architect who settled in Seychelles in 2016. Prior to his arrival in Seychelles he lived in Dubai for 15 years, running together with his partner ...»

Date:18 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

5.Budget Address 2022
Assembly leaders deliver contrasting responses   The two leaders in the National Assembly have delivered opposing responses to the budget address presented by the Minister for Finance, Economic Planning & Trade Naadir Hassan on Friday last week. For the leader ...»

Date:17 November 2021 | Category:National Assembly

6.Chinese Ambassador to Seychelles Guo Wei talks about the eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac)
‘Focac Beijing Summit 2018 is a milestone in the history of China-Africa relations’ The eighth ministerial conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac) will be held on November 29 and 30 in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, the African ...»

Date:17 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

7.US holds eleventh press conference
The United Seychelles (US) political party yesterday held its eleventh press conference in which leaders addressed questions relating to pertinent issues in the country at present. Party leader Patrick Herminie spoke about the manifestations by United Workers Seychelles (UWS) in ...»

Date:16 November 2021 | Category:Politics

8.Assembly’s committee on defence, security meets officers at AnseBoileau fire station
Fire and rescue officers and other employees based at the fire station at Anse Boileau on Saturday received a visit from members of the National Assembly’s Defence and Security Committee. The committee comprises chairperson Clifford André, vice-chairperson François Adelaide, Sandy ...»

Date:16 November 2021 | Category:National Assembly

9.Work on Ile Soleil to stop to allow stock assessment on abnormalities
President Wavel Ramkalawan has given the decision to halt the work currently being undertaken on Ile Soleil by the 2020 Development Company to allow a thorough assessment into abnormalities and ambiguities found in the project before work can restart. It ...»

Date:13 November 2021 | Category:Presidency

10.Family violence hurts children too
You may think children do not worry when their parents fight and argue. You may even observe that they keep on doing what they were doing while you and your partner are screaming or yelling at each other. However, this ...»

Date:13 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

11.Exclusive Interview with Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó
‘Our relationship is based on mutual respect’   At the very end of his rigorous one-day official visit in Seychelles yesterday, Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade,Péter Szijjártó, sat down at the L’Escale Resort Marina & Resort for ...»

Date:10 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

12.‘No foul play or negligence in the MV Sea Horse fire tragedy’
There was no foul play or negligence in the MV Sea Horse fire tragedy according to the Commission of Inquiry mandated to look into the incident that happened on August 26, 2018 off the coast of Coetivy Island. It was ...»

Date:10 November 2021 | Category:Presidency

13.National Assembly approves Act to repeal SAA
The Seychelles Agricultural Agency (SAA) Repeal Act was approved by the National Assembly yesterday. Vice-President Ahmed Afif presented the Bill, noting that the amendment is a continuation of amendments which the assembly has recently approved, with the aim of restructuring ...»

Date:10 November 2021 | Category:National Assembly

14.Seychelles Golf Club Championship   Adrian Andrade manages to defend his title  
Adrian Andrade sealed his win with a birdie on the 54th hole to finish with a score of 204 gross and defending his Seychelles Golf Club Championship title. The Club Championship is the club’s most prestigious event on the calendar ...»

Date:08 November 2021 | Category:Sport

15.La Retraite Home for the Elderly celebrates 20th anniversary  
Twenty years on from its official opening in 2001, the La Retraite Home for the Elderly yesterday celebrated its 20th anniversary. It was in a brief ceremony attended by principal secretary for Family Affairs Clive Roucou, director general for the ...»

Date:06 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

16.In the National Assembly
No final figure for expenses for COP26 participation   The executive branch of the government currently does not have a final figure for the expenses being incurred through Seychelles’ involvement in the ongoing 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of ...»

Date:03 November 2021 | Category:National Assembly

17.Eco-school leaders enhance their knowledge of sustainable fisheries
The Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education held a two-hour workshop last week targeting eco-school leaders. The aim was to enhance their knowledge of sustainable fisheries and the new measures of the first co-management plan ...»

Date:03 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

18.Universal Peace Federation Seychelles condemns incident of premature baby found at Plaisance
Following the announcement on October 26, 2021 that the body of a premature child was found in the district of Plaisance, the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) – Seychelles has condemned the incident in its entirety. This follows a recent similar ...»

Date:03 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

19.Where Plod fights the wicked plot and zombie-dom
Pirates and rogues (Chapter 1 Part II)   Now, by 400 A.D. the painted warriors in the north of Wumpland had at long last managed to scale Hadrian’s Wall. They had been delayed somewhat, by those shorter Picts who ...»

Date:03 November 2021 | Category:Domestic

20.TRNUC resumes sessions with five commissioners
Following a short recess, the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) yesterday resumed its session with five members – chairperson Gabrielle Louise McIntyre, vice-chair Michael Green and commissioners Archbishop James Wong, Dr Marie-Therese Purvis and Jacques Gbilimou, following the ...»

Date:03 November 2021 | Category:Domestic