Sri Lanka's economy was slowly recovering from the impact of the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed hundreds and crippled the booming tourism sector, the International Monetary Fund said Saturday. Growth was likely to hit 3.5 percent next year from this year's forecast of 2.7 percent, the Washington-based lender said, compared to 3.2 percent in [...]
Seychelles in September launched a year-long celebration of a massive milestone: the island nation's 250th anniversary. It was in August 1770 that a group of Europeans and their slaves arrived and made the very first settlement on Ste Anne – one of the inner islands of Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. The 15 [...]
A deeply divided Congress formally opened a new, public phase of its investigation into Donald Trump on Thursday as US lawmakers voted for the first time to advance the impeachment process targeting the US president. "Today the House takes the next step forward as we establish the procedures for open hearings... so that the public [...]
An increase in the minimum wage, an integrated health information system and new categories of work permits for non-Seychellois workers are some of the highlights in the proposed budget for 2020. The Seychelles’ finance minister, Maurice Loustau-Lalanne, presented the proposed budget of SCR 9.29 billion ($679 million) to the Members of the National Assembly on Thursday. [...]
Boeing announced Thursday up to 50 of its popular 737NG planes had been grounded after cracks in them were detected, in another blow to the US aircraft maker following two deadly crashes. Australian national carrier Qantas became the latest airline to take one of the planes out of the air, as it said it would [...]
October in Seychelles - a nation of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean – is filled with colour and music as the Creole Festival is celebrated. The festival is where the people, united in diversity, celebrates its rich and unique culture and traditions. Whilst Creole blooms in Seychelles, SNA presents seven interesting facts of [...]
Sri Lanka's top court on Tuesday effectively blocked a plan by the president to bring back hangings for the first time since 1976 before he leaves office next month. Maithripala Sirisena said in June that he had signed death warrants for four drug offenders -- mirroring the Philippines' no-holds-barred anti-narcotics drive -- alarming rights groups [...]
Seychelles once again welcomed the blue, white and red-tailed aircraft of Air France, which touched down at Pointe Laure international airport on Wednesday. Air France touched down in Seychelles at 6.20 a.m. with 222 passengers onboard the Airbus A330-200. The airline is taking over from its subsidiary, Joon, which stopped operations to the island nation earlier [...]
Wall Street titans smiled and schmoozed at a Saudi investment conference widely shunned last year over a critic's murder, but as wariness lingers some delegates kept their name cards discreetly out of sight. Thousands of policy-makers and executives from over 30 countries packed into Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel, bedecked with frescoed ceilings and glittering chandeliers, for [...]
Don Williams, owner of a private clinic in Birmingham, United Kingdom, is the first Seychellois to be nominated as one of the best optometrists in the UK. William is one of the five registered specialist optometrists shortlisted by the Association of Optometrists in London for the 2020 Award. Voting for the nominees is now open until December 5th. [...]
