The Seychelles Court of Appeal on Friday dismissed the appeal by Vijay Construction and upheld the Supreme Court decision in its entirety and ordered Vijay to pay the cost of the litigation to Eastern European Engineering Limited (EEEL). Vijay had appealed the decision of the Supreme Court handed down by Justice Ellen Carolus, who ruled [...]
Four pioneers of Seychelles culture were awarded with trophies as a sign of appreciation for work they have done to preserve the island nation's culture at the official opening of the 37th edition of the Creole Festival on Thursday. President Wavel Ramkalawan and the Secretary General of the Seychelles National Institute for Culture, Heritage and the Arts (SINCHA), [...]
Seychelles is looking for opportunities to boost its tourism market through an increase in flight connections to other countries, said a top official on Thursday. Seychelles' transport minister, Antony Derjacques, said that the island nation signed two agreements, one with Kazakhstan and the other with Qatar, on the sidelines of the 41st International Civil Aviation [...]
Liz Truss is set to become the shortest-serving prime minister in Britain's history, after the public, MPs and the markets comprehensively rejected the self-styled heir to Margaret Thatcher. Truss succeeded Boris Johnson by selling to the Conservative rank-and-file a plan to turbo-charge economic growth through tax cuts, via increased borrowing. She accused her rival in [...]
The Seychelles government will give an increase in salary next year as the government shares the benefits of wealth with the people, said President Wavel Ramkalawan in an address in the National Assembly on Thursday. In an address to commemorate his two years in office, Ramkalawan said that Seychelles has reasons to celebrate as there [...]
Chad's leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Wednesday declared a state of emergency as the country struggles to deal with exceptional flooding that has affected hundreds of thousands of lives. The floods, caused by heavy rains in the south and central areas, have hit 18 of the country's 23 provinces and affected "more than a [...]
British Prime Minister Liz Truss lurched deeper into chaos Wednesday as her hardline interior minister quit, forcing the new leader to turn to one of her strongest critics to shore up her tottering government. Suella Braverman left as home secretary ostensibly after using her personal email to send an official document to a colleague -- [...]
The fight against substance abuse in Seychelles is a long one and additional resources and a proper place to provide services are needed by the Division for Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation (DSAPTR), said a top official. The director general of the division, formerly the Agency for the Prevention of drug abuse and Rehabilitation (APDAR), [...]
It's harvest time in Lejone, a small village nestling in mountains in southern Africa more than two thousand metres above sea level. The yield is not grain or fruit, but rainbow trout -- the bounty from an undulating river at the foot of the peaks of Lesotho. Fishermen haul nets bulging with trout onto a [...]
A Nigerian national has been charged by the Seychelles Supreme Court for the importation of a controlled drug, the police said on Tuesday. According to the police, the 37-year-old was arrested after his arrival at the Seychelles International Airport on board an Ethiopian airline flight and a scan of his body showed objects he had [...]
