1.Former President James Michel testifies before TRNUC
Former President James Michel was among those who were heard by the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) yesterday. Speaking via video link to tell the commission what he knew about events surrounding the coup d’etat, Mr Michel who ...»

Date:06 November 2019 | Category:Domestic

2.Prison service kicks off series of meetings with district leaders
A first in a series of planned meetings with members of the National Assembly and key districts was held on Friday October 25, 2019 at the Montagne Posée Prison. This first meeting, which was attended by Phillip Arissol, elected member ...»

Date:06 November 2019 | Category:National Assembly

3.Football: Caf Confederation Cup – Second leg
Côte d’Or lose return match 0-2 to bow out   2018 Seychelles league champions Côte d’Or FC put up a very strong performance against Al Masry SC from Egypt in the away leg match of the preliminary round of this ...»

Date:05 November 2019 | Category:Sport

4.Budget 2020 Several tax reforms expected next year
By Marie-Anne Lepathy   Several reforms in the tax system are expected to come into force as from next year. In January 2020, the government will amend the Business Tax Act for a reduction of business tax on residential dwelling ...»

Date:02 November 2019 | Category:Domestic

5.Continuation of Budget Speech Outline for Fiscal Year 2020
Contingency Mr. Speaker, for the year 2020, we have allocated SR 45 million under contingency. From that amount, SR 37.5 million is for the compensation of the La Misere water pollution cases. We will start to pay the first ...»

Date:31 October 2019 | Category:Domestic

6.Young Seychellois conservationist inspired by educational visit to Comoros Islands
A young Seychellois conservationist from the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS), Rebecca Filippin, participated in a site visit and learning exchange on waste management in the Comoros Islands towards the end of September. Organised by the Tropical Biology Association and ...»

Date:31 October 2019 | Category:Environment

7.Another successful beach walk for the Soroptimist
A large group of people dressed in pink took to Beau Vallon beach yesterday afternoon to take part in the annual Cancer Beach Walk organised by the Soroptimist International Club of Victoria. It is one of the last activities that ...»

Date:30 October 2019 | Category:Domestic

8.New forensic auditing manual launched
A new manual which will allow auditors and other public sector officials with an oversight role to better detect and report on fraud and corruption cases in a more systematic and effective way, has been officially launched. This was during ...»

Date:29 October 2019 | Category:Domestic

9.Squash: Bravo Restaurant-sponsored knockout tournament
Pragassen, Bork claim Bravo tournament titles   Top local player Klaus Pragassen and Anders Bork were the grand winners in the Bravo restaurant-sponsored knockout tournament that was completed over the weekend at the squash courts at Mont Fleuri. In the ...»

Date:29 October 2019 | Category:Sport

10.Football: Seypearl Premier League
La Passe, Revengers bounce back   La Digue side La Passe and Praslin outfit Revengers bounced back from defeat last week to record impressive victories as La Passe beat Au Cap 3-1 and Revengers stunned St Michel 4-3 at the ...»

Date:28 October 2019 | Category:Sport

11.Football: SeyPearl Premier league
Dynamo dent St Louis’ progress   Northern Dynamo fought back from a two-goal deficit to defeat St Louis 3-2 in an exciting SeyPearl premier league match at Stad Linite on Thursday afternoon. St Louis took the lead in the 23rd ...»

Date:26 October 2019 | Category:Sport

12.Red Cross donates ‘more comfortable’ mattresses to Women’s Hospital
The Red Cross Society of Seychelles yesterday officially handed over a donation of 20 new mattresses for use at the Women’s Hospital, located at Perseverance. The mattresses are said to be worth over R80,000 and comes after complaints made ...»

Date:23 October 2019 | Category:Domestic

13.Football: SeyPearl Premier League
St Michel, Côte d’Or, St Louis, LightStars win in goal feast weekend   Reigning league champions Côte d’Or demolished Red Star Defence Forces 9-3 on Praslin on Saturday, while on La Digue, St Michel defeated La Passe 2-1. On Mahé ...»

Date:21 October 2019 | Category:Sport

14.Sale of The Plantation Club and liquidation of operating company Ailee
Supreme Court proposes a commission of inquiry   The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered its ruling in the matter pertaining to the sale of the ex-Plantation Club hotel, now Kempinski Seychelles Resort, and ordered that the liquidator’s application to be ...»

Date:18 October 2019 | Category:Domestic

15.Intelvision to venture into 5G mobile network as from 2020
Intelvision is synonymous with internet services and cable television but that looks set to change as the company recently announced that it will as from next year roll out its 5G mobile network. The grand announcement was made as the ...»

Date:17 October 2019 | Category:Business

16.The Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission
More complainants, suspects and witnesses appear before commission     The Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission yesterday continued to hear cases of human rights violations and other forms of abuse.   Case: 0046 Max Racombo: complainant In the Truth, ...»

Date:11 October 2019 | Category:Domestic

17.Government defends its supplementary budget to parliament
The Minister for Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning Maurice Loustau-Lalanne and other government officials yesterday appeared before the National Assembly to justify its R310 million supplementary budget request. To recall, the leader of government business Charles De Commarmond tabled ...»

Date:11 October 2019 | Category:National Assembly

18.Truth commission warns witnesses, complainants, perpetrators of its enforcement powers to summon those who fail to turn up for hearings
Situated in its new location on Ile Persévérance, the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission yesterday continued hearing evidence pertaining to numerous cases of alleged human rights violations committed during the 1977 Coup d’Etat and the following years in which ...»

Date:09 October 2019 | Category:Domestic

19.Credit Union members extends mandate for board of directors
The Seychelles Credit Union’s (SCU) board of directors, whose three-year mandate has elapsed, was endorsed to serve for one more year during the cooperative’s 49th annual general meeting held on Saturday. The extension of the board’s mandate came after the ...»

Date:07 October 2019 | Category:Domestic

20.Department of employment’s productivity unit poem competition Contestants rewarded
During this year’s Productivity Week, the productivity unit in the Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Civil Status in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development launched a poem competition under the theme ‘My Seychelles, My Work, My ...»

Date:05 October 2019 | Category:Domestic