1.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

2.‘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

3.  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

4.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

5.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

6.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

7.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

8.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

9.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

10.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

11.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

12.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

13.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

14.13th 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

15.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

16.Les Seychelles et les Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024  
Jesse Owens le chevalier noir des Jeux Olympiques de 1936   ● Mildred Didrikson, une championne multisports   L’histoire des Jeux Olympiques se déroule comme un véritable feuilleton. Dorénavant cette manifestation est bien ancrée dans l’histoire. Dix ans après la ...»

Date:17 February 2023 | Category:Sport

17.Seychelles questions merit of a 72-day ban on FAD fishing by purse seiners in Indian Ocean
Plans to lodge its objection for lack of scientific data   Seychelles will lodge its objection to a resolution adopted at the recent Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, proposing a 72-day ban of the use of ...»

Date:14 February 2023 | Category:Domestic

18.Ministry of Health re-launches basic and advanced life support training programme
The Ministry of Health has re-launched its basic and advanced life support training programme for nurses and midwives to detect signs and to assist patients with cardiac arrest. The training programme, in collaboration with the Armerican Heart Association, is to ...»

Date:14 February 2023 | Category:Health

19.Les Seychelles et les Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024  
Faites la connaissance de Pierre de Coubertin   A seize mois des Jeux Olympiques de Paris qui auront lieu du 26 juillet au 11 août 2024, il nous a semblé indispensable d’effectuer une relecture de ce que furent les Jeux ...»

Date:13 February 2023 | Category:Sport

20.Entretien avec l’Ambassadrice de France aux Seychelles, Mme Olivia Berkeley-Christmann
« Notre relation avec les Seychelles est fondée sur la proximité et la confiance »   Depuis octobre 2022, Olivia Berkeley-Christmann est la nouvelle Ambassadrice de France aux Seychelles. Déjà elle s’engage dans plusieurs discussions et projets pour renforcer les coopérations déjà ...»

Date:08 February 2023 | Category:Domestic