1.Outgoing chief justice officially steps down
‘As of today I am Mathilda Twomey, former chief justice’   Dr Mathilda Twomey, now former Chief Justice, yesterday presented her letter of resignation to President Danny Faure at State House, officially bringing her five-year term to an end. Legislations ...»

Date:02 October 2020 | Category:Presidency

2.Judiciary relates achievements over the last five years
Chief Justice Mathilda Twomey officially steps down as CJ today and to conclude her tenure, a press conference was held at the Palais de Justice at Ile du Port on Monday to talk about the Judiciary’s work and achievements from ...»

Date:30 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

3.Arc Ventures donates to public schools
The Ramani Charitable Foundation donated R200,000 worth of hand sanitisers to the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) yesterday in a short ceremony at Perseverance primary school. Present was the principal secretary for Early Childhood, Primary and ...»

Date:30 September 2020 | Category:Education

4.50 successfully complete IECD’s last pre-registration training
The Institute of Early Childhood Development (IECD) held its last certification ceremony for the 7th and 8th group of childminders who have successfully completed the pre-registration and sensitisation programme on the National Standards for Childminding Services. The ceremony took place ...»

Date:29 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

5.CBS publishes its financial surveillance report for 2019
The Central Bank of Seychelles has published its Financial Surveillance Report for 2019. The report, published annually, highlights the performance of institutions regulated and supervised by the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) and provides information on the structure of the ...»

Date:26 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

6.Confucius Day 2020 Chinese language learners awarded
Chinese language learners from the Seychelles Tourism Academy, department of culture and the Seychelles Institute of Art and Design yesterday received their certificates in a brief ceremony organised to commemorate the Confucius Institute Day 2020. The event was organised by ...»

Date:26 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

7.Message from Sybille Cardon, SHTA chairperson ‘We all have our part to play in the recovery of our tourism industry’
“We all have a part to play in the recovery of our tourism industry. Now, more than ever, our small nation needs to support the principles expressed in our last campaign: ‘We Are Tourism’.” This comes in a statement ...»

Date:26 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

8.Emirates to resume flights to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Harare and Mauritius, boosting global network to 92 destinations
Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Johannesburg (October 1), Cape Town (October 1), Durban (October 4) in South Africa; Harare in Zimbabwe (October 1); and Mauritius (October 3). The addition of the five points will expand the Emirates’ ...»

Date:26 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

9.Conditions for entry of persons into Seychelles
These guidelines will be in force as from October 1, 2020 and will be reviewed periodically.   Currently, visitors are permitted to travel to Seychelles if they are travelling from countries that are on the published list of permitted countries, ...»

Date:25 September 2020 | Category:Health

10.Landfill fire
Providence industrial zone to partially open today   ● Agencies satisfied with coordination and efforts to control situation   The Providence industrial zone reopens today for commerce and administrative purposes, following a three-day closure due to the Providence landfill fire. ...»

Date:24 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

11.Grand Anse Praslin primary school gets facelift
Pupils and teachers of Grand Anse primary school now enjoy a more conducive teaching and learning environment after major renovation works were completed on the P3 and P4 block of the school. The renovation work was executed under the High ...»

Date:24 September 2020 | Category:Education

12.Q&A with Alex Rath, director general human resource
Mr Rath speaks on his journey and role within the Department of Culture   When did your career as a civil servant start and how has your journey been? I completed the Secretarial School in 1987. At the time, I ...»

Date:24 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

13.Landfill blaze under control
Highway partly open to motorists   By Laura Pillay   The landfill fire at Providence was under control by yesterday afternoon, and part of the highway opened temporarily to motorists travelling towards the airport just after 4pm. It was around ...»

Date:23 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

14.Seychellois passes away in India
A Seychellois of Indian descent, Vinoth Khanna Chetty, lost his life early in September following a brutal attack in India. Mr Chetty, who worked at his family’s shop at Ma Joie, English River, had recently travelled to the southern Indian ...»

Date:23 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

15.Landfill still burning, but fire under control
The fire at the Providence landfill enters its fourth day, however firefighters have got the situation under control. This was said by information officer of the Seychelles Fire and Rescue Services Agency, Jones Madeleine, in a press interview yesterday. According ...»

Date:22 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

16.Nisti awards young innovators
Launches next challenge, website and booklet   Competition winners of the Open Innovation Challenge launched by the National Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (Nisti), were yesterday awarded in a brief ceremony, attended by Vice-President Vincent Meriton, among other dignitaries. ...»

Date:22 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

17.Fire ravages through landfill
By Elsie Pointe   A fire which flared up in landfill 2 at Providence on Saturday evening made its way into landfill 1 yesterday, burning through tires and causing thick billowing black smokes. The smoke from the intense fire was ...»

Date:21 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

18.75 candidates to vie for seats in National Assembly election
By Elsie Pointe/Laura Pillay/Christophe Zialor   The Electoral Commission Seychelles (ECS) has confirmed the nomination of 75 candidates who will be vying for seats in the legislative election to be held along with the presidential election from October 22-24, 2020. ...»

Date:19 September 2020 | Category:Domestic

19.Sports volunteers, coaches learn about sports trust fund
Physical education teachers, sports coaches, managers and volunteers yesterday attended a workshop during which they received information regarding funding under the Sports Trust Fund put in place by government early this month to cater for the development of youth sports ...»

Date:19 September 2020 | Category:Sport

20.World Patient Safety Day
Reinforced infection prevention and control protect health workers and patients   Teams of health care workers wearing yellow T-shirts and face coverings will spread out at several strategic locations all over the country this weekend to interact with members of ...»

Date:17 September 2020 | Category:Health