BEACH ACCESS LAWS IN SEYCHELLES

THE SEYCHELLOIS MUST HOLD ON TO THEIR “COMMUNITY RIGHTS”

A great deal has been said and written over the years on the question of public access to the beach areas in Seychelles. It is now almost a “fait accompli”, that many beaches are now “considered” inaccessible, to Seychellois families, while others are soon to be made inaccessible including Grand Police, Intendance, Anse Corail, Port Launay, Cap Ternay, Petite Anse, Anse Louis amongst others. ... read more ...

Copyright: Seychelles Weekly, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles

Road at Les Canelles waiting to be  refilled with tar for a third time

Sir,

One of the areas of greatest need for improvement in Seychelles is the inadequate state of our roads. The authority “responsible”, the Ministry of Transport frequently informs us of the difficulties associated with obtaining sufficient tarmac material to cover the areas that are deficient on Mahe, due to foreign exchange constraints. Several foreign governments/organisations have from time to time come to our aid in this endeavour. Yet we see this apparently scarce material being wasted. A perfect example is a section of road at Les Canelles. ... read more ...

Letters to the editor

LTD- MONEY TO BURN

STEEL PULSE’ PERFORM LIVE IN SEYCHELLES

SPONSORED BY GUINNESS

The legendary reggae group, STEEL PULSE, performed to a capacity crowd on Wednesday at the Pepe Discotheque.  The show was the first of two live concerts planned for the group in Seychelles. The band’s first appearance at Pepe Discotheque will be followed by their mega concert at ‘Stad Lanmizik’ on Saturday 13th May. ... read more ...

WHEN WILL THEY STOP LYING TO THE PEOPLE?

The Seychellois community in the UK are furious about allegation made in ‘The People’ last week claiming that there was a fight and police was called to a meeting hosted by SNP/DP supporters abroad. ... read more ...

LIBERTE, L’EGALITE, FRATERNITE:

There are three great principles, supposedly at the centre of the SPPF ideology. The Seychelles Nation reminds us daily, except Sundays, of these ideals. It is important to evaluate at this stage how much of these ideals each and every one of us has managed to enjoy under the dictatorship. ... read more ...

RALPH VOLCERE’S WEEK

THE SPPF IS TREADING ON QUICK SAND

In the 29 years that the SPPF have been in government taxpayers have not had value for the money they have contributed towards the public purse. The standard of education, health and other services in the country does not reflect the resources invested. ... read more ...

FROM THE ARCHIVES

WHEN ALBERT RENE MET SADDAM HUSSEIN

Psychological warfare between Iraq and Iran reach a climax today when the Iranians announced the death of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq. ... read more ...

TROUKLER

MINISTER DUGASSE SHOWS LACK OF GRASP OF HIS MINISTERIAL BRIEFS

The Minister of Planning and Employment, Jacquelin Dugasse, showed either his lack of knowledge of the issues surrounding the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) being negotiated between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states or he has been grossly misled by his officials. ... read more ...

DAWN OF A NEW MOBILE ERA

C&W First To Successfully Install State-Of-The-Art Network

Cable & Wireless has announced that it has successfully completed the installation of the latest world-class mobile GSM and Prepaid system network. As of last week, nearly 30000 mobile subscribers in the Seychelles are now connected to the company’s new GSM/GPRS mobile network. ... read more ...

JAMES MICHEL: NO RELIEF FROM OIL EXPLORATION

President James Michel, the SPPF nominated candidate for the next presidential election, the first round of which must take place by 4th August, took television cameras with him when he went to visit the seismic survey vessel Geo Mariner that docked briefly in Port Victoria for bunker last week. ... read more ...

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