Plans are underway in Seychelles to enhance its marine park by demarcating a new underwater trail along the Port Launay reef in the west of the main island of Mahe. The new trail will provide visitors with an improved snorkeling experience while also limiting snorkeling activities to particular areas of the reef. The Ministry of Agriculture, [...]
G20 leaders on Sunday committed to the key goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but campaigners slammed a "lack of ambition" as make-or-break UN climate talks opened in Glasgow. Following a two-day meeting in Rome, the Group of 20 major economies agreed that keeping that goal -- which had initially been raised [...]
The first satellite tracking of the Sooty Terns project in Seychelles has revealed potential new marine areas for conservation. The project is being described as significant to the development of Seychelles' blue economy and marine spatial plan as it identified areas that juvenile Sooty Terns have been flying to, possibly linked to the areas of [...]
Miss Seychelles 2020 Kelly-Mary Anette won the Miss Intercontinental Africa crown on Friday, besting her talented competitors from the continent. Anette finished as the third runner-up overall in the 49th edition of the Miss Intercontinental pageant at the Sunrise Grand Select Diamond Beach Resort in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. "I'm still in shock. I'm filled [...]
As nearly 200 nations gather in Glasgow for UN climate talks starting Sunday all eyes are on Rome, where a G20 summit ending the same day will signal how committed the world's major economies are to curbing global warming. Never has climate change figured so prominently on the G20 agenda, and never have leaders hopped [...]
Work to increase the storage capacity of the La Gogue dam is now 97 percent complete and will be finalised in 2022, said a top official on Friday. The project coordinator for the La Gogue dam project, Erna Victor, told reporters said that "the only remaining works are being done at the south saddle dam, [...]
Pope Francis on Friday said in a message released ahead of the COP26 summit that leaders must respond "urgently" to the climate crisis. "The political decision makers who will meet at COP26 in Glasgow, are urgently summoned to provide effective responses to the present ecological crisis," the Pope said in a message played on BBC [...]
Emirates will soon resume twice-daily flights to Seychelles, President Wavel Ramkalawan announced while heading a delegation at the Dubai Expo 2020. The Dubai-based airline, Emirates, which previously operated twice-daily flights to Seychelles prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, resumed daily passenger services to Seychelles in August last year. Speaking at a press conference, Ramkalawan said the [...]
Miss Seychelles 2020, Kelly-Mary Anette, will be the first contestant to walk out for the national costume and evening gown rounds of the Miss Intercontinental Pageant 2021 final taking place in Egypt on Friday evening. The 25-year-old Anette, who is an economist with the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade, won the Miss Seychelles [...]
Facebook changed its parent company name to "Meta" on Thursday as the tech giant tries to move past being a scandal-plagued social network to its virtual reality vision for the future. The new handle comes as the company battles to fend off one of its worst crises yet and pivot to its ambitions for the [...]
