The Creative Seychelles Agency (CSA) has launched a competition to compel musical composers and dancers to build on existing Creole repertoire, which will be used as the soundtrack for the Creole Festival in October. The Agency launched the separate contemporary dance and song competitions in a press conference on Wednesday. Dancers and musicians in the [...]
Seychelles' oldest centenarian, Margaret Woodfield Pouponneau, celebrated her 111th birthday on Tuesday, in an intimate gathering. Born on August 15, 1912, in the southern district of Anse Royale, Pouponneau spent the day surrounded by loved ones at her residence in the central district of St. Louis on the main island of Mahe. A special mass presided over by Anglican priest Father [...]
The Seychelles Defence Forces are strengthening their presence in the islands of Praslin and La Digue with the transfer of the former Baie Ste Anne passenger terminal to the Seychelles Coast Guard for its base. The transfer was formalised on Tuesday with the signing of an agreement by the Chief of Defence Forces, Brigadier [...]
Young and ambitious, the son of Comoros President Azali Assoumani has all the trappings of a leader in waiting. As the ruling party of the small Indian Ocean archipelago gathered to appoint a new secretary general at the weekend, many thought the top job would go to Nour El Fath Azali, 39. Azali himself -- [...]
Rescuers searched Tuesday for people feared missing in floods and landslides that have killed at least 65 in India, including 11 who died in the collapse of a popular temple. Days of torrential downpours have washed away vehicles, demolished buildings and destroyed bridges in the Himalayas. Flooding and landslides are common and cause widespread devastation [...]
The inhabitants of La Digue, Seychelles' third most populated island, will soon receive specialised healthcare services with the inauguration of a new state-of-the-art, modern hospital. St. Mary's Hospital, located close to L'Union Estate, will provide diagnostic services, such as laboratory, x-ray, and ultrasound services, rehabilitative services, dialysis, and small surgical procedures. The inauguration ceremony of the hospital took place on August [...]
Donald Trump was indicted Monday on charges of racketeering and a string of election crimes after a sprawling, two-year probe into his efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat to Joe Biden in the US state of Georgia. The case -- relying on laws typically used to bring down mobsters -- is the fourth targeting the [...]
Seychelles joins Catholics around the world on August 15 to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. In the island nation, the day is a public holiday in which believers attend mass and participate in processions in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Patron Saint of La Digue, [...]
Three local businesses have lent their support to Team Seychelles for the 11th Indian Ocean Islands Games in Madagascar, with various donations on Monday. The three local companies - Seychelles Breweries, H Savy Insurance and Sacos Group - presented their donations to the principal secretary for sports, Ralph Jean-Louis, in a short ceremony at the headquarters of [...]
The Citizens Engagement Platform Seychelles (CEPS) has made an appeal to the government to continue the dialogue to ensure the survival of the civil society in the island nation. Leaders and members of CEPS met last Friday for an update on the work it was carrying out and discuss the proposed amendments of the Associations [...]
