Seychelles' men's national football team will participate in a friendly tournament in Sri Lanka from November 8-17. The Seychelles' side will leave the island nation on Saturday and play its first match in the Four Nations tournament against Bangladesh on Monday November 8. On the same day Maldives will play against Sri Lanka. Manager Michael Delpeche [...]
Current laws in Seychelles are being updated and consolidated in an effort to ensure that they are current and accessible to everyone, said a top official of the Attorney General's office. Principal state counsel Stefan Knights told reporters recently that the project which started in January has three main components: the consolidation of all the [...]
Thousands of youth activists were preparing to descend on Glasgow on Friday to protest against what they say is a dangerous lack of action by leaders at the COP26 climate summit. Demonstrations are expected across the Scottish city to highlight the disconnect between the glacial pace of emissions reductions and the climate emergency already swamping [...]
The Seychelles Licensing Authority (SLA) has for the first time revoked the licenses of three building contractors for failure to complete work on time and for faulty construction. The contractors are PALS Enterprise based in Providence, APL Building and B.N Building Maintenance. The information officer at the Seychelles Licensing, Michael Labonte, told SNA that "the [...]
Daily Covid infections hit an all-time high in Germany Thursday as the World Health Organization warned that another 500,000 people could die across Europe, with cases once again on the rise. The dire projection came as the UK became the first country to approve an anti-Covid pill and the US announced strict new rules for [...]
The contracts of around 185 clients with foreign exchange loans in Seychelles will be amended as commercial banks transition from LIBOR, one of the main interest rate benchmarks used globally in financial markets, to alternative rates. In existence for over 30 years, the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is regulated by the United Kingdom's Financial [...]
A Seychellois chef, Ricco Dubignon, is this year's runner-up at the Superyacht's culinary competition organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco for the Monaco Classic Week, under the aegis of its training centre La Belle Classe Academy. The annual event in the Baie de Monaco is a celebration of the country's maritime past and brings together some [...]
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which enjoy close ties with Sudan's military, joined the United States and Britain Wednesday in urging the leaders of last week's coup to restore the civilian government. The united front with the two Arab powers, which previously had only emphasized stability in Sudan, comes amid guarded hopes in [...]
Businesses registered under Seychelles' Companies Act of 1972 have to register persons classified as beneficial owners through a portal set up on the website of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a top official said on Wednesday. The director of the FIU, Richard Rampal, told reporters that "a beneficial owner can be someone that has control [...]
President Joe Biden returned from Europe Wednesday with a wake-up call for feuding Democrats holding up his sweeping domestic reforms in Congress -- after a humiliating state election defeat that many blamed on inertia and infighting among the party's lawmakers. "I do know that people want us to get things done," he told reporters asking [...]
