British MPs on Friday rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit -- or a chaotic "no deal" withdrawal in two weeks. The pound slipped as lawmakers defied May's plea to end the deadlock that has plunged Britain into a deep political [...]
A proposed salary increase for public service workers could be carried out by dividing the total amount of the monies equally among eligible employees instead of giving each person a 5 percent raise on their salary, a Finance Ministry official said Friday. In his budget address last year, the Minister of Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic [...]
MPs are set for a momentous third vote Friday on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit divorce deal, which could end a months-long crisis or risk Britain crashing out of the EU in two weeks. The House of Commons has twice rejected May's withdrawal agreement, both times by large margins, but has been unable to agree [...]
The Seychelles’ government plans for the year 2019 can still be implemented despite a shortfall in the projected tax revenue for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, said an official from Finance Ministry. The government had initially forecast SCR 7.4 billion ($544 million) in revenue while the provisional total revenue collection is SCR 7.29 billion [...]
The Commonwealth is committed to exploring avenues for closer collaboration with Seychelles in the development of the Blue Economy sector, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. According to the Department’s press communique, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, met with the delegation of Seychelles headed by Vice President Vincent Meriton on Wednesday. The delegation [...]
Two "assailants" and a policeman were killed and two people injured in violence in Comoros Thursday, a minister said, after a defeated presidential candidate bidding to unseat the president was arrested. The Indian Ocean nation is in the grip of a political crisis following President Azali Assoumani's victory in Sunday polls that his opponents say [...]
Three citizens of Comoros are being detained in Seychelles after their vessel was intercepted in the vicinity of Assumption on suspicion of illegal fishing this week, said the Seychelles People’s Defence Forces on Wednesday. The three Comorians are being held at the Detention Remand Facility located within a compound of the Seychelles police at Bois De [...]
The Seychelles News Agency is this year introducing a new feature. At the end of each month, SNA will present a buzz with important historical events which happened in Seychelles – a group of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean. From a war plane crash to the opening of the island nation’s first boarding [...]
A tanker that was hijacked by migrants off Libya docked in Malta on Thursday after the Maltese armed forces took control of the vessel. The Palau-flagged tanker Elhiblu I had picked up the 108 migrants including women and children on Tuesday evening and then headed back to Tripoli. But six nautical miles from port the [...]
The Seychelles’ capital of Victoria has been ranked 5th in Africa in a quality of life survey by an American consulting firm. The annual survey conducted by Mercer ranked the city of Port Louis of Mauritius first. Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg -- all in South Africa -- were ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. [...]
