The Sustainable Seychelles Certification programme will soon be extended to tour operators and restaurants, a top tourism official said on Wednesday. As part of the implementation process, the Tourism Department met with the representatives of tour operators and restaurants to explain the programme and the necessary criteria. The Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL) was established in 2012 and [...]
Seychelles will be equipped to handle more courier services with a facility set to be constructed to allow for adequate storage and better delivery of parcels in the island nation. The chief executive of the Postal Regulator, Neddy Padayachy, made the announcement in a press conference on Wednesday. Padayachy explained that the new International Mail [...]
Britons head to the polls Thursday in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule. The country's first national ballot since Boris Johnson won a landslide for the Tories in 2019 follows Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's surprise call to hold it [...]
Powerful Hurricane Beryl churned along Jamaica's southern coast on Wednesday, battering the island with dangerous winds and sea surge after leaving a trail of destruction and at least seven people dead in the Caribbean. The eye of the Category 4 hurricane has not yet breached the shore of Jamaica but could in the coming hours, [...]
The Aride Island Nature Reserve is temporarily closed in response to the beginning of the south east monsoon, the Island Conservation Society (ICS) announced on Tuesday. ICCS, which manages the reserve, said the closure has been effective since Monday as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of visitors, staff, and local wildlife. The southeast monsoon which [...]
The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has launched its new logo and website aimed at a gateway for customers in Seychelles to explore and connect with the institution. At the launch last week, FTC's chief executive, Natalie Edmond, explained that the logo needed to be refreshed as the Commission has progressed and evolved over the years. [...]
Health officials in Seychelles are calling for fiscal and trade policies that make healthy foods more affordable and accessible as well as the development of cycling lanes and safe pavements to make people more active to curb non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The call was made on Tuesday at the Sheikh Khalifa Diagnostic Centre at Seychelles Hospital, after presenting the [...]
Dozens of passengers were injured Monday when an Air Europa flight from Madrid to Montevideo hit strong turbulence, prompting an emergency landing in Brazil, the airline and government officials said. The plane, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with 325 people on board, was diverted in the early morning hours to the airport of Natal in northeast [...]
President Joe Biden warned Monday that the US Supreme Court's landmark ruling on presidential immunity sets a "dangerous precedent" that Donald Trump would exploit if elected in November. The conservative-dominated high court ruled that Trump -- and all presidents -- enjoy "absolute immunity" from criminal prosecution for "official acts" taken while in office, but can [...]
Maxim Behar, Honorary Consul General of Seychelles in Bulgaria, has been honoured by the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Bulgaria for his contribution to developing bilateral relations. “Seychelles has become one of the most preferred exotic holiday destinations for Bulgarians,” said Behar during a recent reception at the Hilton Hotel in Sofia, commemorating the [...]