The UAE chargé d'affaires of the United Arab Emirates, Mr Ahmed Alneyadi has announced that the Emirates Red Crescent Under the Directives of His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces will provide funding for a number of renovation and [...]
The Ministry of Finance on Thursday announced changes in the exchange rate that will be used to calculate payment of the immovable property tax which came into force in 2020. The Immovable Property Tax is applicable to non–Seychellois who own an immovable property for residential purposes. The tax rate is 0.25 percent of the property's [...]
African football chief Patrice Motsepe confirmed on Tuesday that the Africa Cup of Nations (AfCon) will go ahead as planned in Cameroon next month despite the Omicron-variant led surge in Covid-19 cases. "I am going to watch, on the 9th of January, Cameroon and Burkina Faso (in the opening match)," Motsepe said, dispelling rumours that [...]
Liz Cowan, a 65-year-old white social worker, grew up in apartheid South Africa being told that the charismatic black cleric Desmond Tutu was a dangerous man. But on Thursday she joined crowds of people of all races lining up to pay their respects to the fearless fighter against white-majority rule, as he lay in state [...]
Two suspects arrested in connection with a terrorism case in which three people have already been charged have been remanded by the Supreme Court until January 28. The Supreme Court on Thursday heard how two former officials of Seychelles Defence Forces were connected to the purchasing and eventual importing of arms into the country. The [...]
A spike in COVID-19 cases in Seychelles following Christmas celebrations is likely due to the presence of the Omicron variant in the island nation, a top health official said on Thursday. In a press conference urgently convened during the holiday week, the Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, said there are 621 active COVID-19 cases in [...]
An investigation has started in the death of a Sri Lankan national after the autopsy report showed that he died by strangulation, the Seychelles Police said on Wednesday. The body of Harindra Ponnawilage Don, 47, who was residing on La Digue, the third-most populated island, was found on Friday, December 10 around 8.50 am, the police said, [...]
The administration of COVID-19 vaccines in Seychelles moved to regional health centres this week on the three main islands -- Mahe, Praslin and La Digue. Individuals can access the Sinopharm or Pfizer vaccines at the health centres at Beau Vallon, English River, Mont Fleuri, Anse Aux Pins, Anse Royal, Beoliere and Grand Anse Praslin, as well as [...]
From the Covid pandemic to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and extreme weather, we look back on the key events of 2021. - Covid not going away - More than five million people die from the virus despite eight and a half billion vaccine shots being given, with poor countries still struggling to get their [...]
Omicron still poses "very high" risk and could overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO warned on Wednesday, as the highly transmissible coronavirus variant fuelled record outbreaks in many countries. Case numbers have shot up 11 percent globally in the last week, forcing governments from China to Germany and France to find a difficult balance between anti-virus [...]
