The Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) recorded an increase in the poaching of the endemic coco de mer in the Vallee de Mai special reserve on Praslin for the year 2020 during restrictions on movement to curb the increase of COVID-19 infections. The Foundation which manages the site recorded 50 poaching incidents between April and August […]
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The Seychelles’ Island Development Company (IDC) has announced that construction work has re-started on Seychelles’ first six-star tourism — a $100 million development — and that the Waldorf Astoria Platte Island resort is now expected to open in 2023. The Hilton group has signed the management agreement for the new resort under the luxury brand […]
New research conducted on Seychelles’ warblers has shown that the bird’s offspring fare better if elderly parents have helped to raise them. According to the research paper — ‘Helpers compensate for age-related declines in parental care and offspring survival in a cooperatively breeding bird’ — this collaboration within the colony can compensate for a decline […]
The displaced people of the Chagos islands living in Seychelles say that the United Nations Maritime Law Tribunal has backed their aspirations for resettlement now that the tribunal has said that Britain has no sovereignty over the islands. Seychelles-based Chagossians say that the tribunal’s ruling last week gives recognition to the Chagossians as a people. […]
President Wavel Ramkalawan’s suggestion to restructure Air Seychelles in his State of the Nation Address is an opportunity to analyse and review what the options are for the national carrier, said the airline’s chief executive. During his State of the Nation Address last Friday, Ramkalawan said the government cannot sustain Air Seychelles and perhaps it […]
A private island luxury resort in Seychelles – North Island – is listed amongst the Top 5 beaches in the world by Condé Nast Traveler readers for 2020. North Island is ranked third in the magazine’s annual readers choice awards. The results were published on New Year’s in the survey’s 33rd edition. “With travel largely […]
Seychelles’ longest-serving woman parliamentarian – Joevana Charles – died at her home on Sunday. She was 66. Her funeral was held on Friday at the St Therese church at Plaisance.. The retired member of the National Assembly served in the legistlative body from the return of the multiparty system in 1993 until 2016. Charles was […]
Students in Seychelles this week began a new school year at home for the first time due to the COVID-19 measures the island nation are observing, as the Ministry of Education adapts to faciliate remote learning. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday detailing the approach, the Principal Secretary for Education, Odile Decomarmond, said the […]
Most frontline medical and essential workers in Seychelles have received the COVID-19 vaccine and efforts will now move to tourism employees, said a top official. Two new vaccination centres opened on the main island of Mahe on Tuesday to allow people from the tourism industry to get their jabs. By next week the vaccination campaign […]
The newly announced measures to re-open Seychelles to tourists who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine will not help the tourism industry immediately, the chairperson of the Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association (SHTA) told SNA on Monday. On January 14, the tourism minister, Sylvestre Radegonde, announced that the island nation has re-opened its doors to visitors […]
‘Cook & Share,’ a new gastronomy book by a Seychellois living in Silvaplana, Switzerland is inspired by recipes shared on a Facebook page with the same name. Pierre Savy – a home chef, as he refers to himself — is a foodie who hopes that the collection of Seychellois and international dishes will inspire more […]
Seychelles’ government is looking to raise $212 million (SCR4.5 billion) through the issuing of treasury bills and treasury bonds, as the country finds itself in a dire financial state due to COVID-19 and the downturn in travel, the finance minister said. “We are in a very critical situation when it comes to the government’s finances. […]
After providing months of care for COVID-19 patients, the association of nurses in Seychelles says its members are exhausted from long, intense hours, and that their physical and mental wellbeing must be made a priority. Rosie Bistoquet, the chair of the Nurses Association of the Republic of Seychelles (NARS), told SNA this week that the […]
The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) is closing some of its overseas offices as a means to cope with the ongoing pandemic and its economic impact on the country, the board announced over the weekend. STB’s chief executive, Sherin Francis, said that the decisions are purely based on cost reduction and at the same time retention […]
Two international airlines are reducing the number of flights to Seychelles in January, part of the reason the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) is likely to continue to see losses in revenue in early 2021 following a loss of over $3 million last year, an Authority official said Monday. Due to a drop in demand, […]
Seychelles is expected to roll out its COVID-19 vaccination plan this week, a health official said, even as cases of the virus continue to increase and spread to other islands of the archipelago. The second-and third-most populated islands of Praslin and La Digue recorded their first cases of infections and suspected cases in the local […]
A musician in Seychelles is covering an exterior wall at his home with a seascape mural made out of bottle caps, cleaning the environment of discarded waste and adding a touch of island beauty to his neighbourhood. Gilles Lionnet, who is also known by his stage name of El Manager, said he found a new […]
Beekeepers in Seychelles and those wishing to join the field can now receive proper training through a new agreement signed with the Beekeepers Association of Seychelles and the Ministry of Agriculture. Under the new agreement, the Association is leasing a small building from the National Biosecurity Agency to use as a training ground for beekeepers. […]