1.Farmers get to see Coetivy’s potential for large scale agriculture
A group of farmers from different associations from Mahé, Praslin and La Digue were invited to Coetivy yesterday by the Islands Development Company (IDC) to see first hand the island’s potential for large scale agriculture. Led by the chief executive ...»

Date:05 August 2020 | Category:Fisheries and Agriculture

2.Seychelles welcomes back commercial flights
By Elsie Pointe   The Seychelles airspace reopened to commercial passenger flights on Saturday August 1, four months after the country closed its border late March on account of the Covid-19 pandemic. The first flight to land at the Seychelles ...»

Date:03 August 2020 | Category:Domestic

3.‘LDS ready for both elections but considers that dissolution of the assembly puts politics above national interest’
The Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) has said it is ready to contest Presidential and National Assembly elections to give the people of Seychelles a clear choice of leadership, adding that the party stands ready to lead Seychelles into a new ...»

Date:01 August 2020 | Category:Domestic

4.CBS approves closure of SBM Bank (Seychelles) Limited
The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) has approved a formal request from SBM Bank (Seychelles) Limited (SBMBS) to close down its business in Seychelles. The request, received by CBS on Monday July 13, 2020, was approved by the CBS board ...»

Date:01 August 2020 | Category:Domestic

5.SIT graduation ceremony
 Young Praslinois takes home President’s Cup   Twenty-year-old Claudia Marie, successful graduate of the City & Guilds diploma in construction industry, has been rewarded for her hard work and perseverance with the President’s Award. The Praslinois received the award during ...»

Date:31 July 2020 | Category:Domestic

6.Seychelles gets R16m grant from Japan
By Vidya Gappy   The government of Japan has extended a grant of 100 million Japanese Yen (R16 million) to Seychelles designed to provide medical equipment to strengthen the country’s public health and medical system in response to Covid-19. The ...»

Date:30 July 2020 | Category:Domestic

7.Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission – Hearing number 96
Commission gets context evidence on 1977 coup and its aftermath   Attorney-at-law Antony Derjacques was before the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission yesterday as a general witness to give an overview, or context evidences and understanding on the different ...»

Date:30 July 2020 | Category:Domestic

8.In the Supreme Court
Judge Govinden calls on LDS to file its defence   ● Nelson Flore gets 14-year sentence   Judge Rony Govinden has ruled against the pleas regarding the dismissal of the case brought by Linyon Sanzman against Linyon Demokratik Seselwa and ...»

Date:29 July 2020 | Category:Domestic

9.Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission – Hearing number 95
Commission listens to two complainants, a general witness in open session   Evidence from two complainants and a general witness were the highlights of yesterday’s open sessions of the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission hearing number 95. In the ...»

Date:29 July 2020 | Category:Domestic

10.COVID-19 pandemic
Praslin students learn how to cope with financial changes   By Nadia Bedier   In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents worldwide find themselves struggling to keep their family together. With financial pressure from left, right and centre how ...»

Date:27 July 2020 | Category:Education

11.FCRS, a new company created to protect car rental services
FCRS is a new company that has been set up by two young men to help car rental companies identify through a digital customer database platform, information on car renting clients so they can make a more informed choice. Jean-Luc ...»

Date:27 July 2020 | Category:Business

12.Customise your paint colours at Color Plus
Hoping to bring more innovation and quality to the local market, Ascent Engineering Supply has opened its paint store – Color Plus – which provides decorative, industrial and wall paints, as well as pain tools. Located in Anse Etoile, a ...»

Date:27 July 2020 | Category:Business

13.Football: SFF Cup
Rovers cause major upset to reach semis along with Côte d’Or, Foresters, La Passe   Championship Two side Rovers stunned Premier League outfit Revengers 2-1 on Saturday to reach the semifinals of the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF) Cup and they ...»

Date:27 July 2020 | Category:Sport

14.Emirates covers customers from COVID-19 expenses, in industry-leading initiative to boost travel confidence
Emirates customers can travel with confidence, as the airline will cover medical expenses of up to 150,000 euros and quarantine costs of 100 euros per day for 14 days, should they be diagnosed with COVID-19 during their travel, while ...»

Date:25 July 2020 | Category:Domestic

15.Football: SeyPearl Championship One
Real Maldives make it third time lucky   Real Maldives left it really late to clinch the Championship One league title with a last-gasp equaliser to draw 1-1 with their closest rivals St John Bosco on Thursday afternoon at Stad ...»

Date:25 July 2020 | Category:Sport

16.Comet Neowise to dazzle us in the twilight sky
There are very few things in the astronomy world as exciting as a new comet in the night sky. The new comet, designated as C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, is the best comet we’ve had in nearly a quarter of a century; ...»

Date:24 July 2020 | Category:Domestic

17.Football: SeyPearl Premier League
St Louis dash Côte d’Or’s title defence aspiration   St Louis dashed defending league champions Côte d’Or’s title defence aspiration with a convincing 3-0 victory at Stad Linite on Wednesday afternoon in a rescheduled SeyPearl Premier League match. Côte d’Or ...»

Date:24 July 2020 | Category:Sport

18.SADC-PF lawmakers fret over elusive electoral justice
A call has been made for members of parliament to support efforts to bring about fair and credible elections that deliver electoral justice. The call comes in the wake of increasingly tightly-contested elections and electoral disputes in the Southern African ...»

Date:23 July 2020 | Category:Domestic

19.Emirates to resume services to Seychelles on August 1
Emirates has announced that it will resume passenger services to Seychelles from August 1, coinciding with the country’s re-opening to international tourists. Operating flights to Seychelles five times a week with a Boeing 777-300ER, Emirates offers travellers convenient access to ...»

Date:23 July 2020 | Category:Domestic

20.Serious debate on consequences of coronavirus on people’s lives
 By Patrick Joubert   Parish representatives from Mahe, Praslin and La Digue on Saturday gathered at the main cathedral in Victoria for the Roman Catholic Church’s 43rd assembly of the pastoral diocese council. Followed by a praise and worship session, ...»

Date:20 July 2020 | Category:Domestic