The Seychelles' Supreme Court on Monday extended the suspension of a judgment ordering Vijay Construction to pay Eastern European Engineering Limited almost €20 million as compensation for breaking the terms of a contract for the development of Savoy Hotel. The lawyer for Vijay Construction, Bernard Georges, told the press that the construction company has brought two applications to be [...]
Preventing the loss of wetland on Seychelles’ second most populated island – Praslin - by enhancing vegetation cover on degraded foothills of the wetlands is the aim of a new project. The project - a community-based ecological coastal rehabilitation effort using an ecosystem approach – is being implemented at Pasquiere. The Praslin-based not for profit [...]
A campaign promoting the consumption of healthy, local food to address the high rate of obesity and the prevalence of diseases in the country by the Seychelles' health department starts this week. "It is important for us to choose local products, especially in this situation where we already have a high obesity rate in the [...]
A ship that ran aground off Mauritius leaking tonnes of oil into the ocean is cracking, the prime minister said Sunday, threatening an even greater ecological and economic disaster for the island nation. More than 1,000 tonnes of fuel has seeped from the bulk carrier MV Wakashio into the azure sea off southeast Mauritius, befouling [...]
Lebanese protesters stormed several ministries Saturday in apparently planned raids after an explosion blamed on government negligence at Beirut port devastated the city and ignited unprecedented popular rage. The day started with funerals for some of the 158 people killed by Tuesday's monster blast but turned to fury when the largest anti-government protest in months [...]
Grace Barbé, a Seychellois artist living in Australia, has clinched the award for the global category at the recent West Australia Music Award 2020. Barbé won the award with her version of a traditional Creole song, Mardilo, on July 29, during the prestigious award which was done virtually this year because of COVID-19. First established in [...]
Fierce rain and winds lashed a plane carrying 190 people before it crash-landed and tore in two at an airport in southern India, killing at least 18 people and injuring scores more, officials said Saturday. The Air India Express Boeing 737, on a special flight from Dubai to bring back Indians stranded overseas by the [...]
A registered sports association in Seychelles is making use of a pro soccer data application to track athletic progress and stay in touch with its partners. The chairperson of Futuro Sports Sesel, Lucas Panayi, told SNA that the association is using the app to first and foremost track the progress of its participants. Futuro Sports [...]
Farmers in Seychelles are being asked to develop large-scale agriculture on the outer islands of the archipelago. The farmers this week took a tour of Coetivy, one of the islands earmarked for farming, organized by the Islands Development Company, which is responsible for the development of these islands. The company is hoping to partner up [...]
Sri Lanka's ruling Rajapaksa brothers secured a two-thirds majority in a parliamentary election that will allow them to rewrite the constitution and increase their power, final results showed Friday. The United States, which had been highly critical of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's previous administration, immediately called on the new government to respect human rights and [...]
