Seychelles will host its first-ever Miss Hot Legs beauty pageant this year. The pageant, which started in 2005 in the UK, is an event held in several other countries. Mosy O’Ginni, CEO of Finishing Touch Events UK, is the mastermind behind the Miss Hot Legs pageant series and is determined to transform it into a [...]
South Africa on Thursday accused Israel of breaching the UN Genocide Convention, saying that even the deadly October 7 Hamas attack could not justify such alleged actions, as it opened a case at the top UN court. Pretoria has lodged an urgent appeal to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to force Israel to "immediately [...]
Siblings Chloe and Edith Boniface Pons intend to represent Seychelles at the next Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG), bringing their knowledge and experience to the women's team. The two girls, whose father is Seychellois and mother is Spanish, are currently playing basketball at the youth level in Spain for Club Juventut Badalona, where they have [...]
Troops patrolled the streets of Papua New Guinea's capital on Friday, under a state of emergency following riots that killed 16 across the country's two largest cities. Prime Minister James Marape has pledged to restore calm after angry crowds swelled in Port Moresby on Wednesday evening, smashing windows, pillaging shops and setting buildings ablaze. Marape [...]
US and British forces struck rebel-held Yemen early on Friday after weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by the Iran-backed Huthis who say they act in solidarity with Gaza. The pre-dawn air strikes add to escalating fears of wider conflict in the region, where violence involving Tehran-aligned groups in Yemen as well as [...]
The Seychelles’ and Israeli governments signed an agreement on Thursday, allowing citizens from both nations to travel freely without the need for a visa. The signing ceremony occurred during the visit of Michael Lotem, the Israeli Ambassador to Seychelles this week, where he held talks with Seychelles’ Minister for Tourism and Affairs, Sylvestre Radegonde and [...]
The 2024 Seychelles sports fishing season is expected to be another packed one, with numerous events for local sports fishing enthusiasts, kicking off with the Heineken Funfish Slam Tournament in January. Set for January 27, the tournament, which always launches the season into the new year, will be a trolling event, where fish must [...]
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism of Seychelles, Sylvestre Radegonde, met with the Ambassador of Israel to Seychelles, Michael Lotem, on Thursday to discuss a number of issues, particularly the current situation in Gaza, according to a press statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs. Radegonde and Lotem, who is based in Nairobi, discussed [...]
The Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SPGA) has taken steps to revolutionise its operation by implementing a new digital system covering the different protected areas it manages. The chief executive of the SPGA, Allen Cedras, said that Authority has partnered with a Kenya-based organisation as it begins to make use of the EarthRanger. A team from [...]
The third Saya De Malha Expedition to collect fish aggregating devices (FADs) and debris from the Seychelles Outer Islands group concluded with the return of the crew on December 11, 2023, according to a statement from the Ministry for Fisheries and the Blue Economy on Wednesday. The crew removed seven intact FADs and five others [...]
