Ten small, high- impact community projects in Seychelles have received funding through a cash grant of SCR35 million ($2.6 million) from the Indian government. The projects, to be implemented by the departments of education and local government, received their grant on Wednesday afternoon during a ceremony at the Department of Foreign Affairs. The projects include renovation and [...]
British Airways was forced to cancel some flights to and from London on Wednesday after it suffered "a systems issue". Reports suggested dozens of flights in and out of Heathrow -- Britain's busiest airport -- had been cancelled, grounding around 15,000 passengers. BA declined to confirm how many services had been cancelled. "We are working [...]
A Mauritian judge on the Seychelles’ Court of Appeal passed away on Tuesday following a short illness, State House said in a communiqué. President Danny Faure expressed his deep condolences to the family of Justice Prithviraj Fekna, who died in Seychelles Hospital. Justice Fekna, 54, was sworn into office on June 27th as a non-resident Justice of [...]
India's Hindu nationalist government on Tuesday hailed "historic" legislation to bring Kashmir under its direct control but Pakistan and China challenged the divisive move, sending tensions soaring between the nuclear neighbours. New Delhi stripped Kashmir of its seven-decade-long autonomous status via a presidential decree on Monday, hours after imposing a massive security lockdown in the [...]
A labour agreement that Bangladesh and Seychelles are expected to sign to end a moratorium on workers from the Asian country is in its final stage, said the newly accredited Bangladeshi High Commissioner. High Commissioner Rezina Ahmed presented her letter of accreditation to the Seychelles’ President Danny Faure on Tuesday at State House. “The labour cooperation agreement will be signed very soon. [...]
China warned Hong Kong protesters Tuesday that "those who play with fire will perish by it", adding the immense strength of the central government should not be underestimated. The comments represent one of the strongest-worded warnings yet from China's central government over protests in the semi-autonomous city, which has been plunged into chaos by weeks [...]
The Seychelles’ Magistrates Court has remanded for 12 days a female Kenyan national arrested on the weekend with what is suspected to be cocaine, the Anti-Narcotics Bureau (ANB) said on Tuesday. The 46-year-old, who owns a hairdressing salon in Kenya, was arrested on Sunday in possession of approximately 255 grammes of suspected cocaine by the officers of [...]
Daytime care for elderly residents will soon be available in Seychelles as two entrepreneurs get ready to open a respite care centre in the island nation. Called ‘Let Your Light Shine Respite Care Centre,’ the private institution is owned by couple Marie-Alice and Jonathan Weatheral, with the wife being the one responsible to run the [...]
Zimbabwe's ex-leader Robert Mugabe remains hopsitalised in Singapore where he has been receiving medical care for four months, his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Monday. Mnangagwa said in a statement that the 95-year-old Mugabe had been receiving medical care for an undisclosed ailment, and was responding well to treatment. "Founding president and founding father [...]
Seychelles has launched its new national long-term vision and development strategy aimed at charting a pathway for future development. The Vision 2033 and the National Development Strategy 2019-2023 was launched in a ceremony on Monday at the Seychelles’ International Conference Centre in Victoria, the capital. In his address, the President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, said that the [...]
