Seychelles Weekly

A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!!!

The National Assembly this week voted unanimously in favour of a bill presented by Health Minister Vincent Meriton to set up a Health Professionals Council. The primary aim and objectives of this Council is to monitor competence and regulate performances within the health service of public and private practitioners operating in the country. ... read more ...

Indaba fair caps busy week for travel delegates

Delegates from Seychelles’ tourism sector returned recently from South Africa’s INDABA travel fair, capping a busy week that saw Seychelles represented in both Dubai and Durban in little more than a week. ... read more ...

NEW “YOUTH CENTRE” OPENS WITHIN A MILE OF ANOTHER

Every nook cranny that James Michel can find should contain an edifice dedicated to the youth and paid for by the government, it appears. This time it is a new youth centre in Victoria, barely a mile away from another youth centre at Mont Fleuri, which it appears the youngsters are not overtly frequenting. Once again SBC afforded Mr Michel prime time to make political statements in an attempt to enhance his image for election purposes.... read more ...

MORE HI-TECH EQUIPMENT TO SPY ON THE PEOPLE WITH

It is a known fact that a leopard never changes its spots or so they say. This belief is particularly true in the case of the SPPF, during the dictatorial rule of the one-party state they were obsessed with spying on the people. They bugged telephone lines and followed people suspected of having a different political ideology to theirs. These activities continued to a lesser extent into the Third Republic. ... read more ...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

CELEBRATE EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

Sir,

As an educationalist I wish to express my concern and that of many of my peers regarding the lack of adequate facilities within our schools to enable us to effectively educate the students under our charge.

This expression of frustration is exemplified by the fact that the Ministry of Education has only now been able to provide the school text books needed, five months into the academic year. . read more .

FEATURE

MANAGING OUR MONEY WISELY?

“The People”, (the organ of the SPPF) of the 4 May 2006, under the title “Managing how we spend - wisely” made a number of unsubstantiated claims about the conduct of economic policy under Mr. Michel. Reading them one is left wondering as to who exactly is the target audience of the article, given the economic drivel emanating from it. ... read more ...

THE SPPF IN OPEN SUPPORT OF A SEX OFFENDER

The SPPF has turned a convicted paedophile into a political star and hero in their attempt at gaining support to retain power. The length at which the SPPF is prepared to go in order to safeguard their political hold on this nation is truly beyond reasonable limits exceeding all manner of morality... read more ...

RALPH VOLCERE’S WEEK

MICHEL PROMISED ACCOUNTABILITY AND OPEN GOVERNMENT

The population’s appetite for information is growing by the day especially now that the presidential election due for the end of July 2006 is approaching. The SPPF through its mouthpiece, ‘The People’, has in its issues of the last three weeks been making claims that first President James Mancham, the man they betrayed once before and stole power from, has received money from this Government to the tune of 28 million rupees thus far as some sort of compensation. ... read more ...

LAST OF FOREIGN AIRLINE DITCHES THE RUPEE

Qatar Airways, which started flying into Seychelles just over a year ago - amid fanfare and claim by the Government led by James Michel that this was evidence of economic progress under his presidency - has finally succumbed to the inevitable reality of doing cross border business in a country with a failed currency. As from the 1^st of May, Qatar Airways has stopped accepting payment for airline tickets in Seychelles rupees. ... read more ...

SBC GIVES SUPPORT TO SPPF ELECTION CAMPAIGN

The long presidential election campaign of James Michel, which according to most knowledgeable observers is going rather badly, got a boost last Sunday from the state owned SBC. During their prime time news broadcast the state owned television station, the only one that exists in the Seychelles, while reporting a government statement, the news reader was made to read as well, a very overt political statement in support of the SPPF. ... read more ...

TROUKLER

“OUR BOGUS CONGRESS (by a disgruntled SPPF supporter)

This weekend the ruling SPPF will hold it’s Congress. It will be another bogus affair - another attempt by F.A. René in association with James A. Michel to appear as democratic leaders by utilizing a collection of Yes men and women to “rubber stamp” their deeds and misdeeds of the last twelve months. But every participant in that Congress knows that this is a René’s Congress and not really one for the party’s grassroots. ... read more ...