1.NARS elects new executive committee for 2023-2024 
The Nurses Association of the Republic of Seychelles (NARS) has elected the new office bearers and ten ordinary members of the executive committee for the next two years, in accordance with its constitution. This was through an extraordinary meeting on ...»

Date:03 May 2023 | Category:Domestic

2.Vaccination Week 2023  
Revised immunisation programme launched   Immunisation remains a lifesaving health intervention, especially in the context of the life course and as the world has more evidence, there is a need to continuously update and adapt the immunisation programme in line ...»

Date:28 April 2023 | Category:Domestic

3.History of vaccination in Seychelles (1800s to date)
Did you know that the first national immunisation programme for small pox in Seychelles dated 1808? It is indeed since early 1808 that Seychelles is part of the vaccines programme, shared Florida Bijoux, expanded programme on immunisation (EPI) specialist at ...»

Date:28 April 2023 | Category:Domestic

4.  IDC partners with STC to bring first batch of white shrimps on the market  
By Sunny Esparon   The Islands Development Company Ltd (IDC) will be handing over 650 kilogrammes of white shrimps to the Seychelles Trading Company (STC) hypermarket for sale to the public starting today, April 27, 2023. The shrimps come in ...»

Date:27 April 2023 | Category:Domestic

5.Seychelles’ BB- rating with ‘stable outlook’ spells good news for the country
Aims to improve to BB or BB+ at next assessment   The Fitch report has reaffirmed the BB- report for Seychelles, along with the ‘Stable Outlook’, which brings better investment opportunities for the country along with better loaning conditions for ...»

Date:20 April 2023 | Category:Domestic

6.FPAC members attend Sadcopac governance meetings and training in Zambia  
The Southern Africa Development Community Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (Sadcopac) in collaboration with the Parliament of Zambia hosted Governing Council Meetings and two-day training from April 4-7, 2023, in Lusaka, Zambia. The sessions were attended by Hon. Churchill Gill ...»

Date:17 April 2023 | Category:Domestic

7.45th meeting of the ESAAMLG task force of senior officials  
Seychelles upgraded on five  more FATF recommendations   Seychelles has been upgraded on five more recommendations set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The upgrade came after a delegation attended the 45th meeting of the Eastern and Southern Africa ...»

Date:13 April 2023 | Category:Domestic

8.Stakeholders discuss management of tuna fishing in the region
Fisheries ministers and other senior representatives from governments and private sectors of the South Western Indian Ocean region met last Thursday to discuss the management of tuna fishing in the region. Apart from our country, the meeting saw the participation ...»

Date:11 April 2023 | Category:Fisheries and Agriculture

9.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

10.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

11.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

12.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

13.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

14.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

15.‘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

16.  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

17.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

18.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

19.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

20.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