Beneficial Ownership Act to boost transparency and accountability
The Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade is urging all domestic businesses and associations to register and declare their beneficial owners, in line with the requirements of the Beneficial Ownership Act 2020.The Beneficial Ownership Act 202…
National Assembly pays tribute to teachers
The National Assembly of Seychelles yesterday recognised all teachers and educators across Seychelles, with a special message to mark Teachers’ Week.Speaker Roger Mancienne acknowledged teachers as a special group of people, who act as second parents t…
Teachers Awards Presentation Ceremony
Investing in sustainable practices and adaptive approaches to teaching and learning is the way forward in putting all our learners at the centre of empowerment and educational growth for the economic prosperity of our country.The Minister for Education…
Women’s sailing festival ‘Steering the Course’ ‘Women and girls, believe in yourselves and start sailing today’
As part of the Women’s sailing festival ‘Steering the Course’ which is being organised by the Seychelles Yachting Association in collaboration with World Sailing on October 19, 2021, we meet Lucy Athanasius to find out why she took up sailing and why s…
Women’s parliamentary caucus condemns gender-based violence seen on social media shared video
The Women’s Parliamentary Caucus of the National Assembly has expressed its sincerest support and sympathy for all persons impacted by the video that has been circulating on numerous media platforms over this previous weekend showing a man publicly com…
Former President Michel shares Seychelles’ experience in Blue Economy at Asian Development Bank’s Webinar
Seychelles’ experience of the Blue Economy from concept to roadmap and beyond was central to a webinar under the theme ‘Revealing what works for Investment Decisions in the Blue Economy: Experience from Island States’.Former President James Michel, who…
President Wavel Ramkalawan’s message on the occasion of Teachers’ Day
“We, the citizens of Seychelles who are leading and serving our country in various capacities in the government, private sector, NGOs, international organisations, to name just a few, are the products of the efforts of our teachers.”President Wavel Ram…
Women’s sailing festival ‘Steering the Course’
Van Goulding has been instrumental in teaching generations of Seychellois children to swim and sail safely.Back home in England, Miss Goulding recounts to Sports NATION how the Sail Training Scheme (STS) was born in Seychelles and who were the people b…
Women and girls ‘steering the course’ in Seychelles
Seychellois girls and women will be introduced to watersports on Sunday October 10 during the ‘Steering the Course’ women festival.The event is free and will take place at the Seychelles Training Scheme at Roche Caïman., starting at 9am.An initiative o…
Teachers donate blood
As is customary during Teachers’ Week, a group of teachers donated blood to the blood bank at the Seychelles Hospital, in an organised drive held yesterday.The activity last year pulled in 19 teachers, although a few more were expected this year.Accord…