A lucky couple from Seychelles will soon head to Paris for the 2024 Olympics after winning a lottery held by the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) Seychelles. Nimhan and Bernice Senaratne were presented with the plane tickets in a small ceremony at the bank's headquarters in Victoria on Thursday. The prize includes a four-day all-inclusive package [...]
The Israeli parliament voted Thursday to oppose a Palestinian state as an "existential threat", a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers the army had Hamas "by the throat". The vote, which drew swift criticism from the Palestinian leadership and the international community, is largely symbolic but laid down a marker ahead of a [...]
Thousands of French security forces locked down a six-kilometre (four-mile) stretch of central Paris on Thursday ahead of the hugely complex Olympics opening ceremony next week. The opening parade on July 26 that will see athletes sail down the river Seine led to the closure of central water-side residential districts to most vehicles from 5:00 [...]
The Seychelles Prison Services will be headed for the first time by a woman, Janet Georges, starting the end of July, President Wavel Ramkalawan, announced in his televised address on Thursday. The President said that Georges, who is an Assistant Superintendent of Police, will be appointed Commissioner of Prison and will replace Raymond St. Ange, [...]
Key players in the agricultural sector met at the Eden Bleu hotel on Wednesday to discuss ways to better prepare the country for the effects of climate change. This is part of prepartion work for a project the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will be undertaking under the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) under the [...]
The newly set up Seychelles Small Hotels and Establishments Association (SSHEA) Association has established strategic partnerships with key entities that will serve and address the interests and concerns of its members, according to the chairman and former government minister, Peter Sinon. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between SSHEA and Hospitality Plus from Mauritius, an entity that [...]
Two boxers, who came close to getting medals at the Olympics, a renowned historian, a prominent female entrepreneur and an educator, who spent 65 years shaping young people for the world of work through career guidance and supporting couples to raise solid families, were recipients of National Awards this year. The awards were held at State [...]
US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms Wednesday, shortly after conceding he would consider dropping his reelection bid if doctors diagnosed him with a serious medical condition. The 81-year-old Democrat gave reporters the thumbs up and said "I feel good" as he cut short a trip to Las Vegas and flew [...]
All six foreign nationals found dead in a luxury Bangkok hotel are presumed to have died after ingesting cyanide from teacups, a forensic doctor who performed autopsies on the deceased said on Wednesday. The bodies of six people of Vietnamese origin -- two who held American citizenship -- were discovered in a suite at the [...]
The number of legal abortions recorded in Seychelles has remained fairly constant between 400 to 500 every year from 2008 until 2023, according to records from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Meanwhile, for the same period the average number of live births annually for the same period has remained constant at around 1500. In 2023, 58 [...]
