Representing the SADC
De Speville said that the pledges will help with the ongoing costs of food and equipment such as quarantine facilities for puppies. (Seychelles News Agency) Photo license (Seychelles News Agency) – The Seychelles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) raised over SCR10,000 ($774) during the first two months of launching its first-ever … Read More “Seychelles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raising money through birthday pledges” »
Rescue workers recover victims’ bodies from a carriage wreckage of a three-train collision near Balasore, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, on June 3, 2023.At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 injured in a horrific three-train collision in India, officials said on June 3, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than … Read More “At least 288 dead, hundreds hurt in India triple train crash” »
The Association was launched on August 31st last year to commemorate African Traditional Medicine Day. (Salifa Karapetyan, Seychelles News Agency) Photo license The term “medical cannabis” is another misconception fed to the public as well as the plant being a gateway drug, said the chairperson of the Seychelles Kanabis Association (SKA), Nelson Esparon. Recently the association … Read More “Cannabis debate in Seychelles continues, advocates for legalisation vocally campaign” »
US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a news conference following Senate Republican policy luncheons at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 31, 2023. Congressional leaders were racing to secure backing for a cross-party deal to raise the US debt limit and avert a first-ever default as they faced a growing … Read More “US averts first-ever default with 11th-hour debt deal” »
The Electronic Monitoring System (EMS) was installed on two purse seiners in 2016 in a pilot project. (Joe Laurence, Seychelles News Agency) Photo license (Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles seeks to amend its Fisheries Act to input the need for the installation of electronic monitoring systems (EMS) onboard large-scale fishing vessels, a move that … Read More “Seychelles plans to make EMS obligatory by law on large fishing vessels” »
The Seychelles Supreme Court on Thursday declined and dismissed the application of Mukesh Valabhji and his wife Laura for the recusal of the Chief Justice, Rony Govinden, as the trial judge in the firearms and money laundering cases. The Valabhji couple based their recusal application on several allegations stating among other things, that they had … Read More “Seychelles arms and corruption cases: Request from Valabjhi’s for judge’s recusal denied” »
The Electronic Monitoring System (EMS) was installed on two purse seiners in 2016 in a pilot project. (Joe Laurence, Seychelles News Agency) Photo license (Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles seeks to amend its Fisheries Act to input the need for the installation of electronic monitoring systems (EMS) onboard large-scale fishing vessels, a move that … Read More “Seychelles plans to making EMS obligatory by law on large fishing vessels” »
The exhibition is part of the activities being organised to mark World Oceans Day on June 8. (Seychelles Nation) Photo license (Seychelles News Agency) – An Ocean Fair, organised by the Danny Faure Foundation showcasing the work that several organisations are doing to preserve the oceans, opened on Thursday. Governmental and non-governmental organisations, educational institutions, the fisheries … Read More “Ocean Fair: Danny Faure Foundation unites Seychelles’ ocean lovers for exhibition” »
US President Joe Biden greets graduating cadets during the commencement ceremony at the United States Air Force Academy, north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, on June 1, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) Photo license Purchase photo (AFP) – President Joe Biden took a face-first tumble on Thursday after tripping over … Read More “Biden trips, tumbles on Air Force stage” »
US Embassy is located in the Oliaji Trade Centre. (Seychelles Nation) Photo license (Seychelles News Agency) – Visa formalities for Seychellois citizens travelling to the United States are expected to be completed and expedited in Seychelles rather than in Mauritius with the opening of a U.S. Embassy in the capital, Victoria, on Thursday. The … Read More “US reopens embassy in Seychelles after 27-year hiatus” »
