Renovation work to raise Seychelles’ main water reservoir – La Gogue Dam – in order to increase its capacity is 25 percent complete, but the project is four months behind schedule because of a strike by truckers, the chief executive of the Public Utilities Corpo...
TovábbThe unemployment rate in Seychelles has dropped from 5 percent to 3.5 percent, largely due to the reintroduction of the unemployment relief scheme in 2017, officials said. “The relief scheme has played a huge role in getting people into employment. We have c...
TovábbThe Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) wants to minimize the use of cash and checks for payment of taxes and instead is encouraging the use of electronic transfers from both the government and the public, a bank official said Friday. In a press conference he...
TovábbSeychelles – a group of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean – has been voted amongst the five best islands by readers of the magazine Condé Nast Traveler. The island nation came fourth after the Maldives, Mauritius and the Galapagos Islands. Zanzib...
TovábbA new campaign is to be launched in Seychelles to better inform the public on the world’s first sovereign blue bond, a financial instrument designed to support sustainable marine and fisheries projects. The campaign will begin in April by the Blue Economy Departm...
TovábbNew tourism establishments that are to be built on the inner islands of Seychelles will consists of only 24 rooms due to a new moratorium that has been imposed, according to the tourism department. The moratorium was mantained along with approval of various amen...
TovábbSeychelles is expected to save over $1 million annually once the construction of a solar farm on Romainville Island, off the main island of Mahe, is completed later this year, said a top official. The Public Utilities Company (PUC) – responsible for the impl...
TovábbSeychelles is expected to save over $1 million annually once the construction of a solar farm on Romainville Island, off the main island of Mahe, is completed later this year, said a top official. The Public Utilities Company (PUC) – responsible for the impl...
TovábbSeychelles is home to an endemic family of frogs called Sooglossids consisting of four species found only on the granitic islands. Due to the extended isolation of the species on a few granitic islands, these amphibians are globally significant and of high conserva...
TovábbIn another step to help protect the environment of Seychelles, the island nation’s ministry of environment will ban the importation of single-use plastic straws into the country as of February 1. A total ban on straws will follow in June. The ban will i...
TovábbLooking for delightful, delicious jam? Then look no further as a new brand of jam made from the coco de mer kernel has just hit the Seychelles’ market. Processed locally by Willow Ventures, the jam is the brainchild of Seychellois business partners Wilson Nancy, ...
TovábbHundreds of revelers converged in a loud street party in Victoria on Monday night to say goodbye to 2018 and to welcome the New Year. Seychellois bands and local artists provided live entertainment for the crowd. The highlight of the evening was the countdown ...
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