Seychelles’ first commercial television station, TeleSesel, celebrated its 5th anniversary on Saturday.To mark five years of existence, TeleSesel held a commemorative live event at the Camion Hall in Victoria, Seychelles’ capital.The highlight of the e…
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan pledged to use ocean resources sustainably in order to ensure the livelihoods of future generations, inaugurating a time capsule on Moyenne Island on Saturday to mark the event.Ramkalawan placed the time capsule o…
Visitors and tourism operators seeking to buy tickets for a visit to Seychelles’ Curieuse Marine Park will as of August 1 do so via digital means through a mandatory online payment system introduced by the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SPGA)….
The Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) is extending the date proposed for local fishermen to register their fish traps, an exercise aimed at understanding the current artisanal fisheries situation, said a top official.Amir Ebrahim, head of the departme…
Seychelles is seen as a model for other Indian Ocean Island states in the field of debt-for-environment swaps, the Speaker of the Parliament of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, said after he met President Wavel Ramkalawan on Tuesday. Nasheed is also the form…
The Victoria Waterfront development project aimed at making the Seychelles’ capital livelier is underway and is expected to be completed in five years, said a top government official on Tuesday.In the revised project plan which is part of the Victoria …
Two Chevening Alumni scholars are currently on a working visit to Seychelles, to learn from the island nations’ best practices in the Blue Economy sector and environmental protection.The Chevening Alumni are past foreign students with leadership qualit…
The government, public and businesses need to be clearly aware of global events and take them into consideration when making monetary decisions, advised the governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) on Thursday.Caroline Abel told a press confere…
Coral reefs of Anse Royale bay, Silhouette Island and Curieuse Island in Seychelles have been identified as sites for the REEFFISH project aimed at increasing the resilience of fishing communities that rely on coral reefs for their livelihoods.The regi…
The judiciary launched the appeal to mark the United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons, marked on 30 July.Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, is highly dependent on foreign workers, especially in construction, agricul…