1.Les Seychelles et les Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024
Le Néerlandais AnTon Geesink provoque un deuil national à Tokyo   ● Quatre titres pour Don Schollander   Déjà candidate à l’organisation des Jeux de 1940, Tokyo a dû attendre 1964 pour recevoir ce qui est devenu le plus grand ...»

Date:11 April 2023 | Category:Domestic

2.Government considers reviewing utility tariffs
Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Flavien Joubert, has stated that government is considering carrying out an exercise to revise the tariff of utilities. He said this will be based on economic principles taking into account the impact on ...»

Date:05 April 2023 | Category:Domestic

3.Fitch affirms Seychelles at 'BB-' with stable outlook
Credit Rating Agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Seychelles’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BB-‘’ with a Stable Outlook. In its first annual assessment of Seychelles for 2023, Fitch affirms that Seychelles' 'BB-' rating is supported by ...»

Date:03 April 2023 | Category:Domestic

4.Weightlifting Two local female lifters on Turkish training camp
Local iron ladies, Joelita Coloma and Romantha Larue left the country yesterday for Antalya, Turkey where they will attend a one-month training camp, in preparation for the forthcoming  African Weightlifting Championships scheduled for Tunis, Tunisia between May 11-20. Hosted by ...»

Date:03 April 2023 | Category:Sport

5.TRNUC officially ends today
371 case reports, 124 cases completed, 1164 witnesses/suspects appear in 272 hearings   After three and a half years of existence, the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) officially completes its mandate today when it will submit its final ...»

Date:31 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

6.Seychelles inches closer to becoming compliant with IMO regulations
Seychelles is inching closer to becoming compliant with the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) regulations by the January 2024 deadline, with the launch of the Port Victoria Management Information System (PVMIS) project. The project, which comprises two main components – the ...»

Date:28 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

7.‘All returning graduates from Shannon College will be mentored’ – Minister Radegonde  
• Tourism industry is a community affair   The Minister for Foreign Affairs & Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, has given his assurances that all returning graduates from the Shannon College will be mentored. Minister Radegonde was speaking at a press conference ...»

Date:24 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

8.  Minister Rangasamy addresses questions relating to housing, sewage and land
Efforts to establish regional sewage treatment plants is but one of the priorities which the Ministry of Lands and Housing is hoping to accomplish with the support of the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC), Minister for Lands and Housing Billy Rangasamy ...»

Date:22 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

9.Vallée de Mai gears up for 40th anniversary celebration
The iconic Vallée de Mai on Praslin will this year celebrate 40 years since its inscription as Unesco World Heritage on December 9, 1983. The Seychelles Island Foundation (SIF), which manages this natural palm forest, will throughout the year conduct ...»

Date:20 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

10.Canadian HC discusses education related matters with principal secretaries
The high commissioner of Canada to Seychelles, Kyles Nunas, met with the principal secretary for Education Services, Merna Eulentin and the principal secretary for Education Sector Development, John Lesperance, on Tuesday this week at the Ministry of Education. Discussions centered ...»

Date:17 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

11.Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association – Paris 2024 Olympics
Less than 500 days remaining   In less than 500 days, Paris will officially host the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, commonly known as Paris 2024 ‒ the international multi-sport event is scheduled to take place from July 26 to ...»

Date:16 March 2023 | Category:Sport

12.Jeux Olympiques Paris 2024
Les Seychelles participent au ‘Relais autour du monde’   Hier, à 500 jours des Jeux Olympiques, Paris 2024, le ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères, le réseau diplomatique et les territoires d’Outre-mer labellisés « Terre de Jeux 2024 » ...»

Date:15 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

13.UNDP committed to continued support for Seychelles, says resident representative
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative for Seychelles and Mauritius, Amanda Serumaga, says UNDP is committed to continuing its support for Seychelles. She made the reaffirmation at a meeting with the principal secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Vivianne ...»

Date:14 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

14.Seychelles and UNCT meet to align their five-year strategic plan
Members of the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and the government of Seychelles are currently meeting, in the form of a strategic prioritisation retreat, to discuss on the country’s development priorities for the finalisation of the new United Nations Sustainable ...»

Date:07 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

15.Exclusive interview with Siana Bistoquet, chief executive of the Seychelles Trading Company (STC)
‘If nothing happens globally to impact negatively on the economy, STC customers will early next year see a positive change in the prices of commodities’   On March 1, the Seychelles Trading Company (STC) celebrated its 15th anniversary. The state-owned ...»

Date:04 March 2023 | Category:Domestic

16.AMPS elects new executive committee
Enticing youth to join the media will be one of its priorities   The Association of Media Practitioners Seychelles (AMPS) elected its fifth executive committee during an extraordinary meeting on Thursday at the Harbour Café Bar and Restaurant, Espace Building. ...»

Date:25 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

17.First validation of Seychelles shows ‘meaningful progress’ in implementing the FiTI Standard
The FiTI International Board has recognised Seychelles’ efforts to implement the FiTI Standard with a score of ‘meaningful progress’ in the first validation of the Indian Ocean archipelago. In its final Compliance Statement, which was published today, the Board congratulated ...»

Date:24 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

18.Jeux Olympiques Paris 2024
Les Phryges, mascottes des Jeux sont aux Seychelles Et oui, elles sont enfin arrivées aux Seychelles ! Dites bonjour aux mascottes de Paris 2024 : la Phryge Olympique et la Phryge Paralympique ! Elles sont sportives, aiment faire la fête......»

Date:24 February 2023 | Category:Sport

19.13th All-Africa Games postponed to 2024
The 13th All-Africa Games slated for August 4-19 this year have been postponed to 2024 after an agreement between the competition’s major stakeholders. Ghana’s efforts to host the Games has been hampered due to an impasse over marketing rights involving ...»

Date:23 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

20.Sam Dodin promoted to deputy commissioner of the Seychelles Prison
Seven recruits join in as new prison officers   Sam Dodin is the new deputy commissioner of Seychelles Prison. The 36-year-old former chief inspector officer in charge of information, supply and logistics, was promoted to the new post by the ...»

Date:18 February 2023 | Category:Domestic