Seychellois bodybuilder Wallace Dorasamy won a gold medal in the open bodybuilding middleweight class at the Ryan Terry British Championships in Manchester, UK, from October 14 to 15. Dorasamy also won silver in the men's classic physique, and, in both categories, he was among eight competitors vying for the gold medal. For the bodybuilding category, [...]
The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) highlighted the achievements it has made for its 20 years in existence with a movie event showcasing its work on Friday at Eden Bleu on Eden Island. Entitled "Celebrate our Seas", the event was an evening of ocean-inspired talks and films in celebration of the seas and 20 years of [...]
The opposition in Madagascar vowed Friday to keep holding protests despite a top court order that presidential elections be postponed by one week amid high political tensions, after disputes over the regularity of the vote. For more than a week, opposition parties have held demonstrations against what they call an "institutional coup" to keep [...]
West African regional bloc ECOWAS this weekend warned candidates in Liberia's recent elections against any premature declarations of victory and said it would crack down on instigators of violence. Liberians voted on October 10 on whether to re-elect football legend George Weah, the favourite to win, for a second term as president, as well as [...]
A day filled with fun, educational and sporting activities at Gordon Square in the capital Victoria on Sunday kick-started Seychelles' efforts to combat obesity in the population. This was the first activity of the Seychelles Overweight and Obesity Reduction Task Force to tackle the issue of obesity in the country. The 'Stop Obesity' event started [...]
A Seychellois student, Alessia Lavigne, has received a fully funded scholarship to do her PhD on the reproductive failure in threatened turtles and tortoises. The 25-year-old will begin her scholarship in October for a period of four years. The research on the reproductive failure in threatened turtles and tortoises is an extension topic in her master's project, which she [...]
The global response to the bloodshed in Israel and Gaza has revealed deep divisions, with Western countries increasingly isolated on the global stage, a trend that has gathered pace since the outbreak of the Ukraine war. On the day of Hamas' unprecedented attacks on Israel, Western countries condemned the militant group's onslaught in the strongest [...]
After the World Fashion Exhibition in Beverly Hills, United States, scheduled for October was cancelled again, a Seychellois fashion designer, found herself on a new quest to New York. Oushna John Labrosse, 33, the owner of OJZ Seychelles, was to attend the event aiming to raise funds to support the cause to eliminate child mortality worldwide. With [...]
Seychelles bade farewell to former Assistant Commissioner of the Seychelles Police Force Andre Valmont on Saturday at his funeral service. He passed away on October 8. Valmont, who was 79, died at the Seychelles Hospital, where he was admitted the day before. He is survived by his wife, Anne Marie, five children, and grandchildren. The [...]
A new baby clothesline called "NeKreol," which means "born Creole," was launched on Tuesday as part of the Seychelles Creole Festival activities. At the launching ceremony, the owner of the business, Annarose Clarisse, presented three collections of clothing entitled "Nesans" (birth), "Flanbwayan" (flamboyant), "Inik e Andemik" (unique and endemic). Clarisse said that the words portray the collection that [...]
