"They're basically curtains of death," said shark diver Walter Bernardis as he reached over the side of his zodiac inflatable boat to pull up a net bobbing in eastern South Africa's subtropical waters. The 200-metre (-yard) stretch of mesh is meant to protect swimmers basking on the eastern coast's palm-lined beaches from shark attacks. But [...]
After providing months of care for COVID-19 patients, the association of nurses in Seychelles says its members are exhausted from long, intense hours, and that their physical and mental wellbeing must be made a priority. Rosie Bistoquet, the chair of the Nurses Association of the Republic of Seychelles (NARS), told SNA this week that the [...]
The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) is closing some of its overseas offices as a means to cope with the ongoing pandemic and its economic impact on the country, the board announced over the weekend. STB’s chief executive, Sherin Francis, said that the decisions are purely based on cost reduction and at the same time retention [...]
US Democrats said Sunday they would push to remove President Donald Trump from office during the final days of his administration after his supporters' violent attack on the Capitol, with some Republicans supporting the move. Trump could face a historic second impeachment before the January 20 inauguration of Democrat Joe Biden, at a time when [...]
Malaysia's king declared a nationwide state of emergency Tuesday to fight a coronavirus surge that is overwhelming hospitals, but critics charged it was a bid by an unstable government to cling to power. The announcement came a day after the prime minister introduced sweeping new curbs across much of the Southeast Asian nation, including the [...]
Two international airlines are reducing the number of flights to Seychelles in January, part of the reason the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) is likely to continue to see losses in revenue in early 2021 following a loss of over $3 million last year, an Authority official said Monday. Due to a drop in demand, Emirates, [...]
Health professionals in Seychelles lined up at different centres on Monday to take the COVID-19 vaccine as part of a campaign to target all health professionals on the island nation's second day of the campaign programme. Public Health Commissioner Jude Gedeon told SNA that all health professionals in the private and public health care systems [...]
Sending a parcel from Seychelles to a foreign destination requires the sender to make an official declaration as of January 1, providing information about the outbound package. Information about the sender, receiver, content and value of the parcel will have to be provided to customs either by filling the declaration form at the Seychelles Post [...]
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has returned to Germany for treatment of post-Covid-19 complications in his foot, the presidency said Sunday, less than two weeks after he came back to Algiers following his illness. State television reported that the treatment had been planned before he left Germany in December but was delayed due to "urgent matters" [...]
Indonesian divers searched waters off Jakarta Monday for black boxes from a passenger jet that crashed at the weekend with 62 people aboard, as investigators took up the grim task of identifying victims' remains. Retrieving the boxes -- cockpit voice and flight data recorders -- will likely help explain why the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 [...]
