Seychellois Vanessa Albest has been appointed resort manager of Mango House Seychelles, LXR Hotels & Resorts, a five-star tourism establishment located in the southern district of Baie-Lazare that belongs to the Hilton Resorts and Hotels Group. She will work alongside the German general manager, Britta Krug. Albest started her career in 2008 with the Seychelles Tourism Academy and [...]
A new documentary-styled book in Creole entitled "Justin" from well-known Seychellois environmentalist Selby Remy was launched earlier this week at the National Museum of History in Victoria. "Justin" is the story of a man called Justin Zialor told from the perspective of Remy since he wanted to write about the facts as told to him from various [...]
At least 23 people have died as violent storms and at least one tornado ripped through the southern US state of Mississippi, tearing off roofs and flattening neighborhoods, officials and residents said Saturday. The state's emergency management agency said at least four people were missing and dozens were injured, while tens of thousands of people [...]
One of Seychelles' by-catch processing companies, Ocean Basket, is now able to increase its domestic fish processing capacity with an over $2.8 million (SCR40.7 million) loan under the Blue Investment Fund scheme, supported by the government of Seychelles and the World Bank. The loan is the first-of-its-kind, large-scale one to be issued by the Development Bank [...]
The Seychelles national football team will meet Bangladesh in two friendly games on Saturday, March 25, and Tuesday, March 28, in search of a win after nine winless games. The Seychelles' side has not tasted victory since winning the Mahinda Rajapaksa Cup in November 2021, where they defeated Sri Lanka on penalties. Led by coached [...]
Tanzanian authorities said Thursday that the pilots who flew a Precision Air plane which crashed into Lake Victoria last November failed to heed warnings from an automatic "pull up" alarm system. Nineteen people died when the plane plunged into Africa's largest lake on November 6 last year, with police blaming bad weather for Tanzania's worst [...]
Violent protests against pension reform in France led to the postponement Friday of King Charles III's trip to the country, highlighting the growing security and political problems faced by President Emmanuel Macron. Charles' first foreign trip as monarch had been intended to highlight warming Franco-British relations, but it has instead served to underline the severity [...]
The Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) and the French Armed Forces in the Southern Indian Ocean Zone (FAZSOI) will continue close collaboration in the battle against the trafficking of illicit drugs in the region, they reaffirmed on Friday. The continued collaboration was part of discussions held onboard the French vessel Champlain where Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan met [...]
Seychelles and other developing countries will have the same right to access and benefit from resources found in the high seas through a new United Nations high seas agreement. Member states of the UN agreed on a text for the setting up of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law [...]
The Seychelles Meteorological Authority (SMA) signed an agreement with the country's two largest telecommunication companies that expect to bring faster disaster risk alerts to the public. The memorandum of understanding was signed on Thursday by Vincent Amelie, the chief executive of SMA along with the directors of Airtel Seychelles and Cable & Wireless Seychelles during a workshop [...]
