A man died after falling into a river on Sunday as Storm Dennis swept across Britain with the army drafted in to help deal with heavy flooding and high winds. The man fell into the River Tawe, in south Wales, police said. The storm also battered much of France, with some 60,000 people suffering power [...]
A newly opened Japanese clinic in Seychelles offers its clients alternatives to deal with various body aches and beauty needs through acupuncture and medical massage. Atsushi Medical Boardwalk, which opened its doors to the public last week, offers its clients five services - acupuncture treatments, beauty acupuncture, medical massage, training and conditioning, and posture treatment. [...]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday voiced cautious optimism about a partial truce agreed between the Taliban and US and said that a further announcement was expected in the coming 10 days. The agreement for a seven-day "reduction in violence" announced this week after long negotiations between Washington and the jihadists has raised hopes that [...]
Two new patrol vessels gifted by the Sri Lankan government to help in maritime surveillance officially joined the Seychelles Coast Guard fleet on Friday. The two inshore patrol wave riders arrived in Seychelles last week on an Indian navy ship -- INS AIRAVAT -- after the government of India responded to Seychelles' request for assistance [...]
Three teams from Seychelles will be participating in the 26th edition of the zone 7 club championship of the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) in Madagascar which begins on Saturday. The Seychellois teams are Premium Spikers, the men's division one league champion last year; Beau Vallon, another men's top division side; and Cascade, the women's division one [...]
Egypt's health ministry on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Africa. The sufferer was not Egyptian, the ministry said in a statement, without specifying the nationality. "The ministry has taken preventative measures and is monitoring the patient... who is stable," said health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed. Egyptian authorities had notified [...]
Seychelles' State House will save on electricity bills now that it is connected to a 90-kilowatt solar panel installed on the nearby Victoria Gymnasium. Three solar panels were placed on the Victoria Gymnasium as "State House building is considered to have certain heritage aspects so this is why they were not installed directly there," the [...]
Love was definitely in the air and on the streets on Friday in Seychelles! A local company gifted roses to women in traffic on Valentine's Day to spread and love. Workers and owners of Prowash, Eddie and Anna Westergreen, were along the Bois De Rose Avenue on Friday morning handing over roses to women in the [...]
Olympic chiefs admitted Friday they face a "very big communications job" to soothe concerns over the coronavirus epidemic in the run-up to this summer's Tokyo Games. The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) coordination commission insisted there was no danger of Tokyo 2020 being cancelled or moved, despite fears over the fast-spreading virus which [...]
Seychelles' authorities should better highlight the country's efforts to address challenges in the financial sector, said top officials. Representatives of government, the Central Bank, Financial Intelligence Unit and the Financial Services Authority, told a news conference on Tuesday that increasing dialogue with foreign counterparts would help mitigate further damage to the country's reputation. The news [...]
