The board of SeyCCAT (Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust)has announced nine recipients of the Blue Grant Fund under the fifth funding cycle. They are as follows:1. Project: Rapid assessment of fish biodiversity in swallow water (&…
The Auditor General, Gamini Herath, has submitted a special report on the outsourcing and management of the cemetery and burial services to the Speaker of the National Assembly. Hon. Roger Mancienne.Upon receiving the report, Speaker Mancienne stated t…
Symposium on social work related theses wraps up activities To wrap up activities organised to celebrate this year’s World Social Work Day, the Social Affairs department hosted a symposium with the awardees of a degree in social work who presented thei…
The Southern Africa Development Community Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (Sadcopac) in collaboration with the Parliament of Zimbabwe hosted a Governing Council Meeting and two-day training from March 23 to 25, 2022 in Harare, Zimbabwe.The s…
After making headlines recently in regard to certain arrests which some say were not up to standard and concerns about excessive use of force by officers, the police department has started a four-day ‘training of trainers’ sessions to empower its offic…
A delegation from the National Assembly of Seychelles attended the 144th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Bali Indonesia from March 20 to 24, 2022.The delegation, comprising Hon. Waven William, Hon. Audrey Vidot and the desk o…
A voluntary project by the fishing community on Praslin aimed at protecting fish stocks has produced positive results, to the satisfaction of all involved.The Praslin Fishers Association in collaboration with the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), env…
Two Royal Navy officers from the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) headquarters in Bahrain arrived in Seychelles last week to conduct training on the legal aspects of combatting illicit maritime crime.The training was funded by the UK and is part of the C…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a three-nation tour of the Middle East and North Africa on Wednesday with appeals for Algeria to limit ties with Russia and look to improve relations with neighboring Morocco.”The countries of North Afr…
The Seychelles women’s national football team have been presented with their air tickets by Srilankan Airlines to take part in a friendly outing in Singapore.It was the airline’s regional manager for Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean, Jayantha Abeysinghe …