Fish stressed by noise are less able to fight off disease while prolonged exposure can lead to an early death, according to research published Tuesday, the latest outlining the consequences of man-made clamour on the natural world.Human noise pervades the environment, from the roar of vehicle engines to the clatter of industry.Being underwater is no [...]
The candidate of One Seychelles, Alain St Ange, was the third to submit nomination documents for the presidential elections in October to the Seychelles Electoral Commission on Wednesday. St Ange, who is participating in a presidential election for the first time, said that the people of Seychelles have an important choice to make in October. [...]
The presidential candidate of the Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) political party, Wavel Ramkalawan, was the second candidate to present his nomination documents to the Electoral Commission on Wednesday. Ramkalawan was accompanied by his vice-presidential running mate, Ahmed Afif, and party leader Roger Mancienne to the commission's headquarters at the ex-SACOS tower in Victoria. Nomination documents [...]
Presidential candidates who will contest the elections in October in Seychelles presented their nominations documents to the Electoral Commission on Wednesday. The first potential candidate to register was the United Seychelles candidate, incumbent President Danny Faure, who presented his official documents to the Electoral Commission at the headquarters in the capital, Victoria. Faure took the [...]
The world has lost nearly 100 million hectares of forests in two decades, marking a steady decline though at a slower pace than before, a UN agency reported Tuesday.The proportion of forest to total land area fell from 31.9 percent in 2000 to 31.2 percent in 2020, now some 4.1 billion hectares, according to the [...]
Seychelles has launched a new visitor management platform that will enable authorities to run rapid and efficient vetting procedures on information provided by incoming travellers in a bid to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission. In a launch ceremony on Tuesday, Alan Renaud, Principal Secretary for Civil Aviation, Ports & Marine said that "by having [...]
The data of clients of the Development Bank of Seychelles have not been compromised despite a ransomware attack, the bank's chief executive said on Tuesday. Daniel Gappy told a press conference that the bank was attacked by Calix ransomware on September 7. Work is ongoing to get the core system up and running, he said. [...]
Europe will face a rising death toll from the coronavirus during autumn, the World Health Organization warned on Monday as the number of daily infections around the world hit a record high. Israel is among the countries battling a new spike, announcing a three-week lockdown from Friday when people will not be allowed more than [...]
The United Nations voiced alarm Monday at an attack last week on a camp in Uganda that left 10 refugees dead and called for an investigation. There are more than 1.4 million refugees in Uganda, according to the UN refugee agency, more than anywhere else in Africa. Most come from neighbouring South Sudan, where civil [...]
Political parties contesting the presidential and legislative elections in Seychelles in October will each send a representative to supervise the printing of ballot papers in Dubai, said the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission on Monday. Danny Lucas told a press conference that representatives of political parties were briefed on the subject in a meeting earlier [...]
