A Seychellois entrepreneur has launched her own makeup brand that targets the upper half of a client's face, a response to the ubiquitous mask wearing of the COVID-19 era. Under the brand name 'Kreole Kosmetics', the entrepreneur, Anisa Rose, last Friday launched a kit comprising of an eyebrow pencil, concealer palette, scissors, razor, tweezer, spooly [...]
Latin America and the Caribbean passed one million coronavirus deaths on Friday as the IMF proposed a $50 billion plan to end the pandemic, aiming to expand global immunization drives. Since the coronavirus was first detected in Latin America in Sao Paulo in late February 2020, AFP has recorded over 1,001,400 fatalities -- almost 30 [...]
A Seychellois has launched a new translation messaging app and is working to add the Seychelles Creole language as an option. The app, called ‘Know What I Mean’ or KWIM for short, can translate up to 60 languages and is available for download for both iPhone and Android users. Neil Gonthier, 26, said he got [...]
The Seychelles' government has opened discussions with the Saudi Fund for Development on possible financial support for infrastructural development in the education, housing and fisheries sectors. The Secretary of State for Finance, Trade and Investment, Patrick Payet, told the press that a first meeting held Friday concentrated on balancing social projects versus projects that will [...]
Seriously ill Covid-19 patients in African countries are more likely to die than those on other continents, which could be because of a lack of critical care equipment, a study published Friday said. Africa's populations have so far been less badly hit by the pandemic than other regions when it comes to total number of [...]
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, appeared to be holding Friday after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek shelter from rockets. Gaza City was quiet under a cover of clouds, with only a thin column of smoke [...]
More people in Seychelles will benefit from e-counselling -- a timely service amid the stress of COVID-19 -- after one of Seychelles' top athletes, swimmer Felicity Passon, donated a sum of over $41,000. Passon raised the funds through her 'Mind Over Matter' swim challenge last month, in which she swam from La Digue to Praslin [...]
Seychelles continues to see a downward trend in the number of COVID-19 cases, a fact attributed to the restriction measures in place to curb community transmissions. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, said that to keep that positive momentum, restriction measures will remain in place. "All measures have been extended to 31st May except for classes [...]
US President Joe Biden called for a "significant de-escalation" in Israel's conflict with Gaza's armed groups ahead of a diplomatic push Thursday to stem the violence, as the sides traded further fire. Israeli fighter jets hit the residences of at least six Hamas leaders, according to an army statement, which said "military infrastructure" was stored [...]
Malawi on Wednesday destroyed nearly 17,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that had expired in mid-April, with the health minister blaming "propaganda" for many Malawians' reluctance to receive the jab. "The batch which had expired (has) been withdrawn from our system and has been destroyed," Health Minister Kumbize Kandodo said at the Kamuzu Central Hospital [...]
