Fans of the Full Vibes musical band with a mix of singers, including Seychellois, will be able to see the group perform live in Seychelles on Friday after over 20 years. The last time the group performed in the island nation was in 2001 and some members left since then to perform solo careers. The [...]
Deadly floods in the Horn of Africa. Summer wildfires that ravaged Canadian forests. Global temperature records unprecedented in the history of humanity. Environmental activists say there's no doubt anymore that urgent collective action is needed to preserve a livable planet. As the COP28 UN climate talks begin in Dubai on Thursday, here are five things [...]
The WHO on Wednesday said that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was possible but those with influence were not doing enough to secure it, expressing concern at Gaza's "crippled" health system. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there was a high chance of fighting resuming, with the current truce scheduled to expire [...]
Two new non-resident judges of the Court of Appeal of Seychelles were sworn in on Wednesday morning at State House in the presence of the Vice-President of Seychelles, Ahmed Afif. The two judges both come from neighbouring nations, with Judge Karuna Gunesh-Balaghee being from Mauritius, and Janak De Silva from Sri Lanka. “I am very [...]
Seychellois taxation expert Veronique Herminie is the new chairperson of the board of the African Tax Association Forum (ATAF) Women in Tax Network (AWITN) based in Pretoria, South Africa, said the Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC) in a communique on Tuesday. Herminie, the former commissioner general of SRC, was elected at the AWITN board meeting on November [...]
The United Nations welcomed on Tuesday the increase in aid deliveries into Gaza afforded by a temporary truce but warned it was not enough to even start addressing the Palestinian territory's massive needs. UN children's agency UNICEF said the aid flow to the northern Gaza Strip -- the largest since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on [...]
Indian workers were greeted with wild cheers and flower garlands Tuesday as rescuers safely brought out all 41 from the collapsed Himalayan road tunnel where they were trapped after a marathon 17-day engineering operation. With beaming smiles, the rescued men were welcomed as heroes after being hauled through 57 metres (187 feet) of steel pipe [...]
The French government said on Tuesday it would ban smoking on all the country's beaches, in public parks and forests and near schools. "From now on, no-smoking areas will be the norm," Health Minister Aurelien Rousseau told reporters at a presentation of the government's anti-smoking programme. He said there were already 7,200 tobacco-free areas in [...]
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Monday the West has "no alternative" but to keep backing Ukraine's fight against Russia, in the face of doubts over US support to Kyiv. "It very often happens in wars that when people realise that this may last a long time of course, that is demanding, that is difficult," Stoltenberg [...]
Seychelles’ main power station, located at Roche Caiman on Mahe Island, is to be expanded by 18MW, the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) announced recently. With the installation of two new 8MW generator sets, this will bring the total capacity to 92MW at that particular power station, with the Victoria Power station having a capacity of [...]
