A top court in Seychelles has dismissed the civil case levied against a Mauritian man who was charged with sexual abuse for an alleged attack against a Russian travel writer at a resort two years ago. Chief Justice Mathilda Twomey, who was presiding over the case at the Supreme Court on Monday, said that the [...]
Two more cities in China's eastern province of Zhejiang have restricted the movement of residents over fears of the spread of the coronavirus, far from the epicentre of the health emergency. The city of Taizhou and three Hangzhou districts -- including the area home to the main office of Chinese tech giant Alibaba -- will [...]
Children with physical disabilities in Seychelles can now enjoy the sea more easily thanks to the introduction of WaterWheels -- a wheelchair for use on water. The customised WaterWheels were unveiled and handed over to the National Council for the Disabled on Saturday in a short ceremony in the southern Mahe district of Anse Royale. The beach [...]
The number of complaints dropped 42 percent in 2019 compared to the year before, but those against construction services still represented the highest single complaint category received by the Seychelles Fair Trading Commission, a top official said. The chief executive of the Commission, Francis Lebon, told SNA recently that the complaints were "most specifically with regards [...]
China's death toll from the coronavirus epidemic soared past 360 on Monday, with deepening global concern about the outbreak and governments closing their borders to people from China. The fresh toll came a day after China imposed a lockdown on a major city far from the epicentre and the first fatality outside the country was [...]
Starting Monday, all flights coming to Seychelles will not be allowed to board passengers or crew who have been to China in the last 14 days in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus, a top health official in the island nation said. The new advisory also applies to any person arriving in Seychelles [...]
It seems a monumental task: juggling information technology and theatrical performances as advanced as opera. Phinehas Bynum does them both. As he put it: Technology needs art for human creativity, and opera need technology to keep adapting and to remain relevant. Born to a Seychellois mother – Clarence Bynum, née De Letourdis - and an [...]
Commonwealth nations on Saturday welcomed back the Maldives 40 months after it angrily quit the organisation over criticism of its human rights record under strongman president Abdulla Yameen.The move is a new step in ending the international isolation that the Indian Ocean holiday destination suffered under Yameen's rule from 2013 to 2018.The group of mainly [...]
Sailor Rodney Govinden and swimmer Felicity Passon are the Seychelles' Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year 2019. The two athletes were crowned as Seychelles' best on Friday evening in the 36th edition of the Sports Awards ceremony at the NSC Hall in the central district of Roche Caiman. This was the first time that the 20-year-old [...]
African countries are scrambling to avert an outbreak of the rapidly spreading coronavirus strain, as health officials warn that the poorest countries are ill-equipped to combat the deadly disease. Across the continent, governments have stationed nurses at airports to check for feverish passengers and have suspended Chinese entry visas, while ordinary people grow increasingly nervous. [...]
