1.Parents equipped with tools for early learning at home
A first sensitisation session on early stimulation, learning and interaction was held on Saturday, July 1 at the Ministry of Education hall, Mont Fleuri. The session is part of the Sensitisation of Parents Programme (SENSPA) initiative by the Institute for ...»

Date:08 July 2023 | Category:Domestic

2.Seychelles and EU sign contract agreements for the supply of laboratory equipment
Seychelles and the European Union (EU) have jointly signed two contract agreements for the supply of laboratory equipment to the Seychelles Bureau of Standards (SBS). The principal secretary of the Foreign Affairs department, Ambassador Vivianne Fock Tave, and the head ...»

Date:07 July 2023 | Category:Domestic

3.2025 Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup
‘A World Cup for the people,’ says Yarza González The 2025 Fédération internationale de Football Association Beach Soccer World Cup would be an event for the people where everyone will benefit in various ways, while it will also leave ...»

Date:07 July 2023 | Category:Sport

4.Baie Ste Anne gets  new fisheries facilities
By Nadia Bedier   Artisanal fishery on Praslin has received a big boost with the opening of new and modern fishing port and related facilities in the heart of Baie Ste Anne. “Baie Ste Anne currently harbours 23 licensed artisanal ...»

Date:03 July 2023 | Category:Domestic

5.EU ambassador tours SRC Customs facilities
          Gets feedback on excise tax module and e-manifest systems   The European Union’s ambassador to Seychelles, Vincent Degert, accompanied by his delegates and protocol officers from the department of Foreign Affairs and representatives of the Seychelles ...»

Date:01 July 2023 | Category:Domestic

6.President Ramkalawan’s Independence day message  
‘I am determined to bring Seychelles as far ahead and to as great a height as possible’   “Seychellois Sisters and Brothers, “On the occasion of our Independence Day celebrations, I wish you all a happy National Day. “I pray ...»

Date:30 June 2023 | Category:Presidency

7.April 2023 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa
IMF says Sub-Saharan Africa region is hit by a funding crisis   The resident representative office of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Seychelles has presented the April 2023 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. The presentation took place on ...»

Date:28 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

8.Sommet des affaires UE-Afrique fait progresser les économies bleues durables en Afrique
Pendant le Sommet des affaires Union Européenne – Afrique qui s’est tenu à Bruxelles, Belgique ce mois-ci, les experts d'Europe et d'Afrique se sont réunis pour discuter du l'avancement des économies bleues durables en Afrique. Le sommet a été animé ...»

Date:27 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

9.Boxing’s IBA out of Olympics, but bouts still on for Paris Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banished the International Boxing Association (IBA) from its ranks due to its failure to complete reforms on governance, finance and ethical issues. At a virtual extraordinary IOC Session on Thursday, 69 members voted in ...»

Date:27 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

10.EFS labélisé « Génération 2024 »
● Les efforts pour développer plus d’activités sportives reconnues   L’Ecole Française des Seychelles est officiellement un établissement labélisé Génération 2024. La plaque était dévoilée hier par l’Ambassadrice de France aux Seychelles Olivia Berkeley-Christmann et le Ministre de l’Education Dr ...»

Date:24 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

11.16 families allocated new housing units at ’Vilaz Basen’, Union Vale
Sixteen families have been allocated with a three-bedroom unit in ‘Vilaz Basen’, Union Vale, during a ceremony that took place yesterday afternoon. President Wavel Ramkalawan and the Minister for Lands and Housing, Billy Rangasamy also unveiled a commemorative plaque for ...»

Date:23 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

12.Twelve SCAA trainees graduate from air traffic control course
A group of aspiring air traffic controllers, recently recruited by the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA), have received their certificate after completing a first phase of training. The course, AB Initio, also known as the ICAO 051, is the first ...»

Date:22 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

13.Victoria Waterfront Development Project
Call for investors to come on board   By Diane Larame   The Seychelles Investment Board has launched the Expression of Interest for the Victoria Waterfront Development Project. This was at a press conference led by the Minister for Investment, Entrepreneurship ...»

Date:21 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

14.District meetings
‘People’s personal issues should be taken up by relevant ministries and not State House’   President Wavel Ramkalawan has said that the reason he is not seeing people at State House to discuss personal matters is to ensure that government ...»

Date:07 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

15.Danny Faure Foundation launches first essay writing contest for post-secondary students
The Danny Faure Foundation (DFF) has announced its first essay writing competition for post-secondary students in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the ‘First Descent: Seychelles’ – the first deep-sea expedition that was carried out by Nekton in 2019 in ...»

Date:07 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

16.Vice-President Afif sheds more light on cabinet decisions
In last week’s cabinet meeting chaired by President Wavel Ramkalawan, cabinet discussed the rationale for the moratorium that is currently in place on the sale of land to non-Seychellois for residential purposes.  Cabinet advised that a policy review be ...»

Date:06 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

17.Minister Joubert’s Environment Day message
‘Let us come together as a nation to beat plastic pollution’   “Today, June 5, Seychelles joins the rest of the world to celebrate Environment Day. The theme for this year focuses on solutions to plastic pollution under the campaign ...»

Date:05 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

18.District meetings  
President sheds light on insurance policy in sports   President Wavel Ramkalawan has said that government, through the National Sports Council (NSC), is only responsible for the insurance policy of national sportsmen and sportswomen representing the country while the sport ...»

Date:03 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

19.Aiming towards higher value and low impact tourism  
The strategic priorities 2024-2026 for the Tourism department include growing the demand for higher value and low impact tourism, improving the visitor experience to meet expectation through product enhancement, diversification and differentiation, and to facilitate the delivery of a high ...»

Date:03 June 2023 | Category:Domestic

20.  District meetings   ‘Our health is our responsibility,’ says President Ramkalawan
President Wavel Ramkalawan has called on every citizen to be responsible for his/her health given the high rate of obesity and the 180 patients following dialysis treatment due to health complications, costing the health authority R80 million a year.   ...»

Date:01 June 2023 | Category:Domestic