Rescuers using sonar to search for the missing Titanic submersible with five people onboard detected "underwater noises" in the North Atlantic near where the craft vanished two days earlier, the US Coast Guard said Wednesday. "Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV (remotely operated vehicle) operations were relocated [...]
Investors are being called upon to submit their concept proposals for the Victoria Waterfront development project as the Seychelles Investment Board (SIB) launches the expression of interest for the project. Aimed at making the capital of Seychelles - Victoria - livelier, the Waterfront Development project is part of the approved Victoria Masterplan 2040. It is to [...]
Seychelles has been upgraded to Tier 1 on the 23rd annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report released by the United States Department of State last week. The TIP report assesses the anti-trafficking efforts of 188 governments around the world, including Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. Tier 1 on the TIP means fully compliant with the minimum [...]
The head of the UN's refugee agency Filippo Grandi said on Tuesday that the number of people who have fled the fighting in Sudan was now more than 500,000 while two million are internally displaced. "Today we pass the mark of half a million refugees from Sudan following the beginning of the conflict," he said [...]
Seychelles' public health system is well on its way to digitising its services and the project has now entered it's second phase, said a top health official. The chief executive of the Health Care Agency (HSA), Danny Louange, said that the original plan was to set up the health information system but "we are looking at something [...]
The US Coast Guard said late Monday that its search for a missing submersible vessel near the Titanic wreck had been completed for the day, but that a national guard unit and the company operating the five-passenger underwater mission would continue scouring the surface overnight. The 21-foot (6.5-meter) craft, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, began its [...]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday he agreed with China's leadership on the need to "stabilise" relations but that he was "clear-eyed" on vast disagreements. "In every meeting, I stressed that direct engagement and sustained communication at senior levels is the best way to responsibly manage differences and ensure that competition does not [...]
Over 350 individuals in Seychelles from different walks of life attended the ninth International Day of Yoga event held on Saturday, June 17, under the theme "Yoga for World as one family". Organised by the Indian High Commission, the 45-minute yoga session was held at the Palais des Sports indoor gymnasium. Speaking on the occasion, the High Commissioner [...]
Grieving families prepared to bury their dead in western Uganda on Sunday while others desperately searched for loved ones still missing after militants killed dozens of students in a school attack. Officials say at least 41 people, mostly students, were massacred on Friday in the worst attack of its kind in Uganda since 2010. Victims [...]
Seychelles celebrated the 30th anniversary of its constitution in a customary flag-raising ceremony held at the 'Lavwa Lanasyon' monument in the capital of Victoria on Sunday, June 18. The event commemorates the day the Constitution of the Third Republic of Seychelles was adopted by the Seychellois nation. On June 18, 1993, the island nation took [...]
