1.COVID-19 pandemic UniSey to step up online teaching and learning
Young as well as mature students who are uncertain of their further studies options as the situation abroad is in disarray because of the impact of the COVID- 19, the University of Seychelles (UniSey) is reassuring them that it is ...»

Date:09 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

2.Seychelles Fitch rating drop expected, Minister Loustau-Lalanne says
Following the publication of the Fitch rating report in which Seychelles has dropped two levels, from a BB rating with stable outlook to B+ with a stable outlook, Minister for Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning Maurice Loustau-Lalanne yesterday said ...»

Date:09 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

3.Mother’s Day: A Tribute
This Sunday, mothers across the world will be honoured for the amazing role that they play in our lives. Mother’s Day is observed on different days in various parts of the world and for those who will observe it this ...»

Date:09 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

4.Random tests for COVID-19 to be conducted in communities
As of yesterday, there is only one active case of COVID-19 in the country and the patient, a Seychellois, remains at the isolation treatment centre at Perseverance. Meanwhile there are a total of 75 individuals presently in quarantine facilities under ...»

Date:08 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

5.Seychelles Maritime Academy ‘Our students and staff come first’
With the reopening of post-secondary schools only days away, the Seychelles Maritime Academy is making sure that its staff and students come back to a safe and clean environment. With the help of a private contractor, the school has started ...»

Date:08 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

6.Seychelles embassy in Cuba assists stranded Palauan students
The department of Foreign Affairs would like to refer to an article published in RNZ News (New Zealand’s public broadcaster) on May 6, 2020 entitled ‘Cuba offers doctors to Palau, helps stranded Palauan students’ (see link https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/415945/cuba-offers-doctors-to-palau-helps-stranded-palauan-students). ...»

Date:08 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

7.A special Mother’s Day: Sip and paint class at home
While mothers will always appreciate a thoughtful gift, we are reminded that it is not about how much money you spend but rather spending quality time with them. This Mother’s Day on Sunday May 10 will be a special one ...»

Date:08 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

8.COVID-19 pandemic TRNUC gears up to meet public health requirements
The Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) has reviewed its office seating arrangement and where necessary made adjustments to cover social distance requirements and it is also imposing a limit on the number of external visitors to the premises ...»

Date:08 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

9.Borders to open to visitors on June 1? National Assembly votes to keep borders closed on conditions
Leader of the opposition Wavel Ramkalawan yesterday moved a motion asking the government to keep borders closed to visitors until the COVID-19 situation around the world improves and an effective detection system for the virus is available, or until a ...»

Date:07 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

10.All set for re-opening of child care centres
In preparation for the re-opening of child care facilities on May 11, 2020, following closure since March 23, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Institute for Early Childhood Development (IECD) held a half-day special information and sensitisation session at ...»

Date:06 May 2020 | Category:Education

11.Health and sports: Getting the balance right
It has been an old adage that sports have always been good for one’s health but in the ‘new normal’, sports can in fact prove to be a health hazard in the post-coronavirus pandemic if the health guidelines are not ...»

Date:06 May 2020 | Category:Sport

12.COVID-19 - Several restrictions to be removed as from today
Since Seychelles has not registered any new case of COVID-19 in spite of several active case finding and tests, several restrictions will be removed as from today, Monday May 4, 2020. Public Health Commissioner Jude Gedeon announced in the 8pm ...»

Date:04 May 2020 | Category:Health

13.Re-opening of Mosques postponed
The National Muslim Council of Seychelles (NMCS) has announced that it is postponing a decision as to when the Mosques in Seychelles will open for daily prayers and also the weekly Friday congregational prayer. Following an extraordinary meeting of the ...»

Date:04 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

14.Football - ‘Restart in June or scrap this season,’ says Delorie
Clive Delorie, the director of competitions within the Seychelles Football Federation office has made a damning statement about the resumption of the football season where he wants it to restart at the latest in June and feels a delay will ...»

Date:04 May 2020 | Category:Sport

15.COVID-19: Gradual lifting of restrictions
‘There is no room for complacency’   As per President Danny Faure’s address on Monday April 27, certain restrictions currently in place, following the Public Health Emergency, will be gradually lifted from Monday May 4. That is, if the situation ...»

Date:02 May 2020 | Category:Domestic

16.COVID-19 - Seychellois up in arms against Dutch couple’s comments in De Telegraaf
The whole of Seychelles yesterday went up in arms following an article published in the De Telegraaf, Holland’s largest and widely read daily newspaper, in which the Dutch couple who tested positive for COVID-19 in Seychelles detail their experience. Identified ...»

Date:30 April 2020 | Category:Domestic

17.The costly aftermath of COVID-19
With the country ending the lockdown in just a few days and restrictions becoming more relaxed, many people will have to adjust to a new sense of normalcy in the coming months, not only socially but financially as well. Social ...»

Date:29 April 2020 | Category:Domestic

18.Football: Interview with Foresters FC coach Harold Hoareau
‘Foresters fighting for silverware amid crisis’   High-flying SeyPearl Premier League side Foresters are fighting to finish the season with at least one title amid the current financial crisis the club are facing. Sports NATION spoke to Foresters head coach ...»

Date:28 April 2020 | Category:Sport

19.The true colours of Seychelles
We may live in a beautiful paradise but there is a dark black underbelly that has come to surface in the last few weeks. Racism has existed in Seychelles for several years but it’s now in a crisis that it ...»

Date:28 April 2020 | Category:Domestic

20.India’s Indian Ocean diplomacy in the COVID-19 crisis
 India’s assistance in the coronavirus crisis could help cement its leadership in the Indian Ocean region. The outbreak and spread of COVID-19 has created multiple challenges for the entire world. Apart from containing the spread of virus and treating infected ...»

Date:27 April 2020 | Category:Domestic