Seychelles Weekly

Although Ibrahim Afif, the Managing Director of SBC, has more or less admitted before the ongoing Public Enquiry that SBC is not entirely above board in its reporting, the only broadcasting media, which is state controlled, continues to behave in an extraordinary manner. ... read more

Any I0U (I owe You – get it?) that is accepted in payment for services rendered can be regarded as money. There is a legendary exam question about a traveller who paid for a meal on a remote island by cheque. The natives were so impressed by this strange piece of paper that they passed it from hand to hand without anyone attempting to cash it. Who then paid for the traveller’s meal? .... read more

President James Michel won his first presidential contest in a national election in July 2006, but he was confronted by a strong challenge from the opposition candidate, Wavel Ramkalawan. Michel was the choosen successor of former president France Albert René, who retired in 2004 and a key member of the latter’s regime for more than two decades. .... read more

Sir, The islands Conservation Society, founded by Glenny Savy and his pals, including the Principal Secretary of Environment, is doing the Environment Impact assessment of a hotel (probably owned by Mr. Glenny Savy) on Desroches island ..... read more

The Ministry of Education in Seychelles is responsible for the development of syllabuses, external examinations such as the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), and ensuring that all schools follow approved syllabuses. Criticism has, rightly or wrongly, been levelled at the ministry on the practice of streaming. ... read more

If proof is needed that under President Michel, the ordinary citizen of Seychelles has lost all sovereignty, it is found in the demarche of the Electoral Commissioner Mr Hendrix to organise the snap election for the National Assembly. It is also proof, if proof is needed, that Mr Gappy does not possess common sense or would like to take us for fools. ... read more

It is now common knowledge that the cause for the scarcity of basic foodstuff in the shops is due to the fact that there is a foreign exchange shortage in the country which has persisted unabated despite the introduction of several measures over the past few years by the government to curtail the problem. ... read more

Rumours are rife that President Michel is anxious to win an absolute majority in the forthcoming parliamentary elections because he wants to change the Constitution in order that he can stand for office for a fourth term, reached fever pitch this week after the National Assembly was unceremoniously and surreptitiously dissolved and the Electoral Commissioner “ordered” to organize parliamentary elections in May. ... read more

Last week we were treated to another cynical propaganda emanating from State House in support of the ruling party, this time with the apparent connivance of the French Embassy in Seychelles and the French Foreign Ministry. ... read more

This year the world marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition on slavery. This momentous occasion in the life of humanity had great implications for our little community, for our society to evolve from slavery. This article, which tells the story of

Seychelles

at that time, is taken from the book “Hard Time In Pardise” by former journalist William McAteer, published by Pristine. ... read more

This week the Constitutional Court gave its ruling in a case of national interest brought by Mr. Paul Chow. In essence, in his petition, Mr. Chow alleged that a General Election should only be called during the period starting at the beginning of the fifty-seventh month and ending at the end of the fifty-ninth month of a session of the National Assembly- under Article 79 (1) of the constitution. ... read more

LNSW continues with the serialization of the trial of Guy Pool who was accused of exploding a bomb at the Reef Hotel in 1972. ... read more

Pope Benedict XVI, in his Palm Sunday Mass, opened the Roman Catholic Church’s most solemn week by urging young people to live pure, innocent lives. ... read more

U.S. denies claim by freed Iranian diplomat that he was tortured by the C.I.A. ---- U.S. software billionaire getting ready to blast-off into space aboard a Russian spaceship ---- The captain of cruise ship that sank in the Aegean Sea has been charged with negligence --- U.S. Ambassador to Kenya makes surprise visit to Somalia ---- 3 London bombing suspects appears in court --- A jeep carrying explosives for a highway construction project blew up in south India killing 16 ---- China unhappy with U.S. State Department report criticizing Beijing’s human rights record ---- British hostages held by Iran tell of psychological torture ---

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