1.Year 2020 news highlights
As we come to the end of 2020, Seychelles NATION presents its readers with a month-by-month summary of some of the local news that have marked this eventful and topsy-turvy year.     January   01.01 : Deux filles voient ...»

Date:31 December 2020 | Category:Domestic

2.Education Review January 2020-December 2020
A year full of ‘new normal’   If 2019 was a year full of challenges for the Ministry of Education, 2020 is a year qualified as “going out of the comfort zone and into new normal”.   Covid-19 and its ...»

Date:31 December 2020 | Category:Education

3.2020 End-of-Year Review – Presidential Affairs
The need for national unity and the reinforcement of democracy   After being governed by one party for 43 years, Seychelles is finally being ruled by a new government under the leadership of ordained minister in the Anglican Church, Wavel ...»

Date:31 December 2020 | Category:Presidency

4.A look at some of the events that marked the health sector in 2020
Facing the massive thunderclap that shook the nation   Covid-19 struck the Ministry of Health and the country like a thunderbolt on March 14 this year. Two Seychellois patients flying-in from Italy, three days earlier, tested PCR positive on that ...»

Date:31 December 2020 | Category:Health

5.Arts and culture review
Birth of our nation’s 250th anniversary ceremony scaled down                                     This year the department of culture had planned a series of activities to commemorate several cultural milestone events, most notably Seychelles’ 250th anniversary since our forefathers set foot on Ste ...»

Date:31 December 2020 | Category:Entertainment

6.Covid-19: First cases of community transmission confirmed
Authorities spring to action   By Laura Pillay   President of the Republic Wavel Ramkalawan has announced a series of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 infection, after the first cases of community transmission were yesterday confirmed. ...»

Date:30 December 2020 | Category:Presidency

7.Table tennis training camp
Young players boost their fundamental skills Local table tennis or ping-pong as it was originally called is on the right path and has a bright future as it is attracting more young and devoted players who are gearing up to ...»

Date:30 December 2020 | Category:Sport

8.Newly learned skills come in handy
By Marie-Anne Lepathy   She has always wanted to improve her cake making and decorating, to develop her pastry skills as well as learn to make a variety of snacks. So, when the opportunity presented itself she seized it and ...»

Date:28 December 2020 | Category:Domestic

9.Seychelles gets 50,000 doses of SINOPHARM Covid-19 vaccine
A consignment of 50,000 doses of a China-manufactured Covid-19 vaccine reached Seychelles yesterday evening courtesy of the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Ministry of Health has welcomed the donation as a great gesture of friendship and ...»

Date:23 December 2020 | Category:Health

10.36 patients leave for treatment in Chennai
By Vidya Gappy   The wait is finally over for 36 patients who were able to fly to Chennai yesterday morning on a special flight operated by Air Seychelles. They are patients from the Ministry of Health who are expected ...»

Date:22 December 2020 | Category:Health

11.Lobster season opens
The lobster fishery season officially opened yesterday and the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) has started issuing licenses to fishermen. This year only 16 licenses have been issued on a first come first serve basis. This includes 10 licenses on Mahé, ...»

Date:22 December 2020 | Category:Domestic

12.Three Anglican priests get doctorate in ministry
In a first for Seychelles and the Anglican Diocese, three Anglican priests have received their doctorate in ministry from the ACTS Academy of Higher Learning in Bangalore, India. Archbishop of the Indian Ocean province James Wong, Dean of the St ...»

Date:21 December 2020 | Category:Domestic

13.Football: SeyPearl Premier League
Foresters, La Passe, Côte d’Or, Red Star win   Defending SeyPearl Premier League champions Foresters beat St Louis 1-0 at Stad Linite and on Praslin Côte d’Or defeated LightStars 3-1. On Saturday, La Passe maintained their winning streak as they ...»

Date:21 December 2020 | Category:Sport

14.Six new registered nurses join profession
A total of six new registered nurses officially joined the nursing profession yesterday when they were presented with their certificates and nurse pin. Taisha Morgan, Ariana Charles, Selbiane Chang-Thiou, Julie Barbe, Marie-Michelle Rachel and Maria Malvina took their nursing pledge ...»

Date:19 December 2020 | Category:Domestic

15.New proposals receive the thumbs-up from Cabinet
In the absence of President Wavel Ramkalawan who was on overseas mission, the meeting of the Cabinet this week was chaired by Vice-President Ahmed Afif and at which a number of legal and policy memoranda were considered. Firstly, the cabinet ...»

Date:19 December 2020 | Category:Domestic

16.Site ‒ Gardeners of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs
As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020, the Seychelles Institute of Teacher Education produced a video demonstrating the linkage between educators and entrepreneurs. The Seychelles Institute of Teacher Education (Site) is a tertiary, non-university educational institution in Seychelles that ...»

Date:18 December 2020 | Category:Domestic

17.Health teams assess compliance to public health measures in town
The Risk Communications and Community Engagement (RCCE) Committee of the Ministry of Health conducted a compliance check yesterday in town to assess the level of adherence to public health measures in shops. Joined by the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) team ...»

Date:17 December 2020 | Category:Health

18.Cabinet Affairs
More legal and policy memoranda considered   In the absence of President Wavel Ramkalawan who was on overseas mission, Vice-President Ahmed Afif chaired a scheduled meeting of the Cabinet yesterday, at which a number of legal and policy memoranda were ...»

Date:17 December 2020 | Category:Domestic

19.HSI brings Christmas cheer to children of St Elizabeth’s Convent
‘Tis the season of giving and like every year H. Savy Insurance (HSI) has donated gifts and housing supplies to the Foyer de la Providence (St Elizabeth’s Convent). Having adopted the convent for about 14 years now, HSI occasionally donates ...»

Date:17 December 2020 | Category:Domestic

20.New study shows decline in funding for HIV-related human rights work
As the world marked International Human Rights Day on December 10 under the Covid-19 related theme ‘Recover Better – Stand Up for Human Rights’, a study by the Aids and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa showed a steady decline in ...»

Date:17 December 2020 | Category:Domestic