Philippine rescuers raced Tuesday to reach some two dozen people still feared buried under a building near Manila that collapsed a day earlier in a deadly earthquake, as a powerful second tremor hit the nation. The US Geological Survey put the second quake -- on the central island of Samar -- at 6.4 magnitude, stronger [...]
Seychelles' new chairperson of the Electoral Commission said Tuesday that the Commission will be ready to organise the next presidential election due next year. Danny Lucas spoke at his swearing-in ceremony, which took place at State House in Victoria. Lucas, who was appointed by the President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, following recommendations of the Constitutional Appointments Authority (CAA), [...]
The Seychelles’ Department of Foreign Affairs is advising Seychellois intending to travel to Sri Lanka to refrain from doing so for the moment. In a communique released on Tuesday, the Department said that “the state of emergency that was imposed on Sunday by the government of Sri Lanka as a measure of public security still stands.” Seychellois who [...]
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has called a May 27 referendum on changing the constitution, to do away with the country's Senate and give more powers to the regions. Rajoelina made both issues part of his campaign platform in the run-up to his election in December. A statement issued over the weekend announced the referendum to [...]
Adding a touch of live entertainment to Victoria – the capital city of the Seychelles - is the aim of a waterfront project that will be completed in four months, according to the mayor of Victoria. Once completed, the waterfront project which will be located in the vicinity of the Marine Charter will provide Seychellois with [...]
Sri Lanka began a day of national mourning Tuesday with three minutes of silence to honour more than 300 people killed in suicide bomb blasts that have been blamed on a local Islamist group. Flags were lowered to half mast on government buildings, and people bowed their heads and reflected silently on the violence that [...]
Sixteen Seychellois children will be taking part in the International Children’s Festival in Turkey. Held under the theme ‘Love, Friendship and Peace’, the annual event is taking place in Ankara, the capital city, and in the city of Samsun in the week leading to April 23. The festival - organised by Turkish Radio and Television Corporation - is to [...]
A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election, drawing congratulations from global leaders while dealing a stunning rebuke to his country's political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73.2 percent of the vote, [...]
Christians from the Catholic and Anglican Dioceses in Seychelles joined the rest of the world in celebrating Easter on Sunday. Islanders from Mahe, Praslin and La Digue, the three main islands of the archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, attended different churches for the Easter mass in the morning. In his Easter message, the head of [...]
Egyptians started voting Saturday in a referendum that aims to cement the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former coup leader who presents himself as a rock of stability in a turbulent region. Voters were being asked to back amendments to the constitution to allow Sisi, 64, to run for another six-year term while [...]
