Three crew members of a Spanish fishing fleet operating in Seychelles' waters tested positive for COVID-19, the Department of Health said Wednesday. The members were part of 207 African mariners entering Seychelles on Tuesday as part of a crew changing exercise for the Spanish tuna fishing fleet. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon told a [...]
More than 100 million children in South Asia could slip into poverty as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a UN report said Tuesday of the long-term impact of the crisis. Cases across the densely populated region -- home to almost a quarter of the world's population -- have risen in recent weeks even as [...]
Seychelles' Beach Control Committee will need to take measures to ensure that social distancing and good hygiene practices are being followed on the island nation's beaches as the country re-welcomes tourists in August, said the tourism minister. The Minister for Tourism, Didier Dogley, told the press on Tuesday, that there is a need to start [...]
Seychelles will re-open its border to commercial passenger flights from low- or medium-risk COVID-19 countries beginning of August to revive the tourism sector with a new structure put in place to manage the re-opening, said a top health official. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a press conference on Tuesday that the Aug. 1 [...]
The Maldives will reopen its tourist resorts from mid-July after a months-long virus-enforced shutdown, the country's president said Tuesday, adding that international travellers would be welcomed to the Indian Ocean holiday hotspot. Tourism is a major earner for the Maldives, a tropical island paradise popular with honeymooners and celebrities. "The country will reopen its borders [...]
Three political parties in Seychelles have given mixed reactions to President Danny Faure's call for the formation of a government of national unity in the upcoming elections. In a national address on June 18 on the occasion of Seychelles' Constitution Day, Faure said that faced with a national emergency brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, "I [...]
Investment funds managing close to $4 trillion in assets called on Brazil Tuesday to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions pose a "systemic risk" to their portfolios. The managers from countries across Europe, Asia and South America expressed their fears that the government in Brasilia [...]
The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) has cut the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to three per cent down from 4 per cent. The governor of the bank said Monday that the cut was made to support the domestic economy which due to the COVID-19 pandemic is facing significant challenges that could compromise financial stability. Caroline [...]
Malawians return to the polls on Tuesday for the second time in just over a year to vote for a new president after Peter Mutharika's re-election was annulled over rigging. The election is much anticipated after the Constitutional Court early this year ruled that the May 2019 vote, won narrowly by Mutharika, was fraught with [...]
Fifty-three students from Seychelles who had been expecting to pursue studies abroad in 2020 have been deferred to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and budgetary constraints, said a top official. The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development is helping those students work with their schools and universities to defer their placements for [...]