Seychelles' Official Gazette will be issued online as of January 1, 2021, to make it more accessible to the public, donors, partners and international community, said a legal officer from the Attorney General's office. The move, which will also save the government on printing costs, comes after the Digitalization and Publication of Gazette Act, 2020, [...]
Voting was poised to start in presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic on Sunday, in a key test for one of the world's most troubled nations. The poll takes place after a week of turbulence, marked by accusations of an attempted coup, the brief seizure of the CAR's fourth-largest town and the [...]
Hilton is expected to open a fourth tourism establishment in the island nation in early 2021 under its luxury collection brand LXR hotels & resorts. The property -- Mango House Seychelles -- is enveloped in fruit trees along the edge of Anse Aux Poules Bleues in the south Mahe district of Baie Lazare. It will [...]
Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Friday called for "vaccines for all, especially the most vulnerable and most in need in all regions of the planet" for the coronavirus, which he said had exacerbated existing global crises. The pontiff also touched on the plight of children caught up by war, singling out victims in [...]
A recyclable Christmas tree competition organised by the environment ministry to encourage more sustainability attracted more than three dozen creative entries. "It was really hard to decide which one was best. I couldn't help but be impressed by what the contestants were using to make their Christmas tree from," said the main organizer, Jeanette Larue, the [...]
Christmas festivities began Friday, with hundreds of millions across the world under coronavirus restrictions celebrating a pared-down version of a holiday typically marked by travel and large gatherings. The battle to halt the pandemic, which has claimed more than 1.7 million lives, is far from over despite the launching of mass vaccine campaigns that offer [...]
Christian leaders in Seychelles are preparing their congregations to celebrate a 'not-normal' Christmas among the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, as they wish families a safe holiday and hope that people celebrate while employing preventative sanitary measures. As Catholics and Anglicans prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25, the leaders of [...]
The Ministry of Health is planning a public health education campaign around COVID-19 vaccines and the roll-out in Seychelles next month, a top health official said on Thursday. Dr. Sanjeev Pugazhendhi, a policy analyst at the Ministry of Health, told a press conference that although there are legitimate concerns with the vaccines, there is a [...]
Thousands of truckers endured Christmas Eve stranded near a major British port, ensnared in the chaos unleashed by a new coronavirus strain, as Western nations accelerated vaccination programmes. European nations on Wednesday had started easing travel bans on Britain to contain a new coronavirus strain that UK officials believe spreads faster, with thousands of lorry [...]
With only hours left before the wonder of Christmas morning, shoppers are flocking to the Seychelles capital, Victoria, to buy their last-minute gifts. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the soaring in prices of commodities, shoppers are still buying -- but expressing concern that they are getting less for their money than in previous years. SNA [...]
