1.41st session of FAO conference in Rome
Countries responsible of meeting SDGs, says Minister Bastienne   As much as world peace is a major ingredient which underlies the progress of mankind, each member state invariably bears the responsibility of meeting the sustainable development goals to the best ...»

Date:27 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

2.Taxi operators still in limbo as association fails to call meeting
Seven months after the resignation of Jemmie Bonne as chairman of the Seychelles Taxi Operators Association, the members are still waiting for a formal meeting with the association, while their working conditions and environment keep deteriorating. Mr Bonne resigned in ...»

Date:27 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

3.International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, June 26
Care stresses importance of early prevention in the fight against drugs   “The hideousness of the drug situation that is sadly robbing our children, youth, and families of a promising future requires that parents become more pro-active and aggressive in ...»

Date:26 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

4.SNYA joins eco-warriors to beautify Au Cap school
The 16th cohort of the Seychelles National Youth Assembly (SNYA) continued with their calendar of activities for the year with a tree planting activity at the Au Cap primary school on Saturday. This activity forms part of SNYA’s initiative to ...»

Date:26 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

5.Annual report for financial year 2018
SRC records over-performance in tax collection   On June 11, 2019, the Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC) presented its annual report for financial year 2018. Among its numerous figures, the revenue commission’s report revealed that the total tax collected for the ...»

Date:24 June 2019 | Category:Business

6.Bodybuilding: Regis Delorié Classic
Kevin Domingue reigns supreme, Jade Simeon best in Bikini ● Alain ‘Pipin’ Rosalie clinches Men’s Physique title   Young poser Kevin Domingue is the grand winner of the inaugural Regis Delorié Classic bodybuilding competition, while Jade Simeon is the first ...»

Date:24 June 2019 | Category:Sport

7.Minister Loustau-Lalanne happy with construction work on La Gogue Dam
Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning Minister Maurice Loustau-Lalanne has said he is very satisfied with the work that has been done so far on the La Gogue Dam.   Minister Loustau-Lalanne and Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) chief executive Philip ...»

Date:22 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

8.Gaming industry workers get training on the concepts of responsible gaming and addiction
Workers in the gaming industry in Seychelles are receiving training to help raise clients’ awareness on responsible gaming and gambling addiction. The workshop follows the signing in May of a memorandum of understanding between the Seychelles Patients Association and GranKaz ...»

Date:21 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

9.Football: Transitional league division one Ten-man Northern Dynamo upset St Michel
Ten-man Northern Dynamo upset St Michel to hand them their first loss in this first division Transitional league with a 1-0 victory at Stad Linite on Thursday afternoon. St Michel though had more possession as they threatened early on to ...»

Date:15 June 2019 | Category:Sport

10.Students arm themselves to fight bullying
‘Stand up Step up Seychelles’, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, is organising a three-day anti-bullying workshop for peer education students from secondary and primary schools on Mahé and Praslin. The workshop’s theme, ‘Students of ...»

Date:12 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

11.Department ‘Passion for nature, environment protection drives me to continue doing what I do’
By Marie-Anne Lepathy   She has developed a great passion for nature and an innermost desire drives her to continue to help protect and preserve our environment, this great treasure bestowed on our country for protection and safe keeping and ...»

Date:11 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

12.Seychelles Postal Services unveils new services
To keep pace with the pressure and demand for more services, the Seychelles Postal Services (SPS) has started to revamp and add new services to suit it clients. In a ceremony held on Saturday morning under the theme ‘We are ...»

Date:10 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

13.Travel with more baggage to Mauritius, Air Seychelles says
Air Seychelles is expected to introduce a new baggage policy on its Mauritius route, effective Monday, July 1, 2019. Redesigned to better meet the needs of individual travellers, the new baggage arrangements, to be implemented on the Mauritius route only, ...»

Date:08 June 2019 | Category:Tourism

14.Seychelles to strengthen cooperation with Reunion in social affairs
The Minister for Family Affairs, Mitcy Larue, accompanied by the principal secretary for social affairs Linda William-Melanie, director for Youth Residential Centre Daniel Marie and public relations officer Raissa Uranie were on a courtesy visit to Reunion Island following an ...»

Date:07 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

15.Five entities allocated funds for environmentally-conscious projects under GEF, SGP
Five non-governmental organisations (NGOS) and associations have been allocated funds under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP), towards the implementation of projects to tackle pressing environmental problems in Seychelles. After the last call for proposal just over ...»

Date:04 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

16.Former students donates photocopier to Mont Fleuri secondary
Thirty-three years after having left the Mont Fleuri secondary school, a group of former P9 (now S3) class of 1986 came together to donate a photocopier to the learning institution as a show of gratitude for all the knowledge it ...»

Date:03 June 2019 | Category:Domestic

17.Football: Transitional league division one
St Michel and Foresters draw, La Passe, LightStars win   St Michel fought back to come from behind twice to earn a 3-3 draw with Foresters at Stad Linite on Saturday afternoon while LightStars beat Anse Reunion 2-1 and La ...»

Date:03 June 2019 | Category:Sport

18.Minister of Health’s message for World No Tobacco Day
‘Smoking remains one of the foremost contributors to the impact of non-communicable diseases’   “In Seychelles, while the number of people who smoke has continued to reduce, smoking remains one of the foremost contributors to the impact of non-communicable diseases....»

Date:01 June 2019 | Category:Health

19.Rare sighting of Flamingo on Platte Island
“It was like being on Looking-Glass Island”   Many of us will remember the novel ‘Alice through the Looking-Glass’ by Lewis Carroll, being the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Those who have read the book will recall how Alice ...»

Date:31 May 2019 | Category:Domestic

20.Russian photographer captures minds of adolescents through eyes, facial expressions
An exhibition under the theme ‘The Youth of the Earth’ based on documentary portraits of teenagers undergoing the transition of childhood into adulthood was launched on Monday afternoon in the lobby of the International Conference Centre Seychelles. Twelve young male ...»

Date:10 April 2019 | Category:Education