1.2024 voters’ register certified
By Sunny Esparon   The chief registration officer, Sheena Boniface, has certified the 2024 voters’ register as per the annual legal requirement on March 31, and presented it to the chief electoral officer   To continue reading, please click here ...»

Date:03 April 2024 | Category:Domestic

2.Trade and Industry scoping mission to expand cooperation ties with China
The Minister for Finance, National Planning & Trade, Naadir Hassan, and the Minister for Investment, Entrepreneurship & Industry, Devika Vidot, led a Seychelles delegation on a working mission in Beijing and Chengdu City, China, between March 23 – 29, 2024. ...»

Date:03 April 2024 | Category:Domestic

3.SRC highlights changes made to Income and Non-monetary Benefits Tax (Payroll) Regulations 2024
Following changes made to section 19(1) of the Income and Non-Monetary Benefits Tax Act (Cap 273) related to Payroll Regulations 2024, businesses with employees must now use and submit the new templates for the payroll withholding statement,    To ...»

Date:03 April 2024 | Category:Domestic

4.AGO unveils new strategic plan, logo and website
Seychelles’ Attorney General, Frank Ally, officially launched its office’s new Strategic Plan 2024-2029, logo, and a new website, in a ceremony held last Thursday afternoon at the office of the Attorney General, Link Building, Ile Du Port.     To ...»

Date:02 April 2024 | Category:Domestic

5.Audrey Pothin is the new chairperson of the Seychelles Bankers Association
The Seychelles Bankers Association has announced the appointment of Audrey Pothin as its new chairperson with effect from February 19, 2024, following the retirement of Philip Moustache....»

Date:28 March 2024 | Category:Domestic

6.Seychelles, India conclude 10th joint military exercise ‘LANMITYE-2024’
The tenth joint military exercise ‘LANMITYE 2024’ between the Indian Army and the Seychelles Defence Forces officially closed yesterday afternoon at the Ile Perseverance Training and Support Centre. To continue reading, please click here to subscribe to Seychelles NATION’s e ...»

Date:28 March 2024 | Category:Domestic

7.Seychelles Nature Trail 2024 event cancelled
The Tourism department has announced that the highly anticipated second Seychelles Nature Trail event will not proceed as planned. “This decision was not made lightly and is primarily due to recent changes in airline dynamics, which have particularly affected participants ...»

Date:28 March 2024 | Category:Tourism

8.CBS lowers its monetary policy rate to 1.75 percent
The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) has lowered its monetary policy rate from 2.0 percent to 1.75 percent for the second quarter of 2024. It was the First Deputy Governor of the CBS, Brian Commettant, who made the ...»

Date:27 March 2024 | Category:Domestic

9.Hans Lablache (Sunrise: 03.01.1956 – Sunset: 20.03.2024)
Goodbye ‘Bah’   Joker, positive and knowledgeable are some of the words used to describe Hans Lablache, affectionately known as ‘Bah’,  ‘Bah The Great’ or ‘Doctor Bah the Great’, as he commonly referred to himself. To continue reading, please click ...»

Date:27 March 2024 | Category:Domestic

10.Terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall
President Ramkalawan sends message of condolence to President Putin   Following the recent terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall which occurred on Friday March 22, 2024, the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, has sent a message ...»

Date:27 March 2024 | Category:Presidency

11.SADC Geopolitical Group honours Zimbabwe Speaker Mudenda
The SADC Geopolitical Group on March 22, 2024 presented a Certificate of Distinction to Honourable Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda, Speaker of the  Parliament of Zimbabwe for his outstanding contribution to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) as a member of its executive ...»

Date:27 March 2024 | Category:National Assembly

12.Seychelles represented at the 86th CPA Africa region meeting
The deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Gervais Henrie, represented Seychelles at the 86th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region Executive Committee Meeting, held in Entebbe, Uganda from March 7 to 12, 2024. To continue reading, please click here ...»

Date:26 March 2024 | Category:Domestic

13.Roche Caïman swimming pool temporarily closed
In line with its continuous effort to ensure the comfort, health and safety of all users of the Roche Caïman swimming pool, the National Sports Council has taken the decision to close the pool for the next two weeks effective ...»

Date:26 March 2024 | Category:Sport

14.2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships
Yannick Magnan to compete in Belgrade   Yannick Magnan will represent Seychelles at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships to be held in Belgrade, Serbia on March 30. It will be held in the Park of Friendship, next to ...»

Date:26 March 2024 | Category:Sport

15.Seychelles hosts AFRO SIDS Health Ministers’ Meeting on ‘Progress towards the SDGs’
  Seychelles is hosting the Health Ministers Meeting of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the African Region of the World Health Organisation from today, March 25, to March 27, 2024, at the Savoy Seychelles Resort & Spa.   To ...»

Date:25 March 2024 | Category:Domestic

16.Closure to our 1977 Coup D’état era
On March 15, 2024 at 1400hrs Seychelles time (GMT + 4) the world and our domestic audience watched a presentation by the Truth Reconciliation and Unity Commission- Association of Victims (TRNUC-AOV) board members calling for closure of the Seychelles 1977 ...»

Date:25 March 2024 | Category:Domestic

17.13th African Games – Accra, Ghana from March 8-23, 2024
Curtains go down on Africa’s biggest multi-sport event   • Rendezvous in Cairo, Egypt in 2027   “Since its inception in 1963, in Congo Brazzaville, the African Games has provided a platform to leverage our continental agenda and priorities, while ...»

Date:25 March 2024 | Category:Sport

18.Seychellois dancers to take centre stage at Artistic Dance Grand Prix Moscow
A whirlwind of excitement is sweeping through the Seychellois dance community as a talented delegation of 30 dancers prepare to take centre stage at the Artistic Dance Grand Prix Moscow from March 23 to 25, 2024.   To continue reading, ...»

Date:23 March 2024 | Category:Domestic

19.World Meteorological Day
SMA discusses an “extraordinary” 2023-2024 rainy season in Seychelles   The Seychelles Meteorological Authority (SMA) hosted a half-day workshop at the Eden Bleu Hotel yesterday to present some of the preliminary findings regarding the extreme weather events in Seychelles since ...»

Date:23 March 2024 | Category:Domestic

20.Nearing tax deadline, SRC adjusts its opening hours and expands payment points
Nearing the tax deadline of March 31, 2024, the Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC) has announced that effective March 25, until March 28, 2024, the Commission will open its doors at the Maison Collet head office for lodgment and payment of ...»

Date:23 March 2024 | Category:Domestic