L'ECHO des ILES replies
CAN HERMINIE SURVIVE THE PRESENT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY?
Patrick Herminie, the current Speaker of the National Assembly, finally got his warped wish last week by getting a white man to apologise to him in the National Assembly. However, what is troubling many people is the fact that Herminie, not a lawyer by profession, is clearly struggling in his new role as Speaker of the National Assembly. .... read more
Has Glenny Savy lost his ability to talk?
This week we received an anonymous call informing us that the hotel operation on Farquhar has been closed down temporarily and the workers sent home until further notice. The caller informed us that in the meantime papers are being shredded to erase any paper trail that might incriminate the people behind the illegal hotel operation on Farquhar. .... read more
Someone once said that a picture speaks a thousand words! Le Nouveau
Political stability means that politicians in
WILL RAMADOSS SUCCEED WHERE OTHERS HAVE FAILED?
Doctor V. Ramadoss, the naturalized Seychellois who arrived in Seychelles a decade ago and was promptly appointed army doctor, has continued to expand his business empire relentlessly even though many entrepreneurs have complained that the lack of foreign exchange is making life practically impossible for private businesses. .... read more
An outsider’s view of Seychelles written a few years back by Louis de Lamare
Some twenty three years after my first visit to the Seychelles, I was surprised to see that not much had changed. .... read more
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
The on the right picture shows the car of the Chief Justice with a NOTICE NOT TO USE sticker splashed across its windscreen. .... read more
If it is good for Botswana, it should be good for us too
The editorial article published in the 15th July, 2007 Issue of L’ECHO DES ILES is in reference to an article ‘Le Nouveau
THE THIRTEEN RUPEE POUND IS BACK!!!
Barely a year after President Michel made his solemn promise that he will never allow the Seychelles Rupee to lose its value against major currencies like the US dollar, Euro and the Pound Sterling during his campaign for State House, the Seychelles Rupee is at its lowest ever against the British Pound. .... read more
No sooner has he been appointed the new man responsible to clean up the country little Joe, our new bin boy, is hard at it again. This week we saw our bin man collecting bins from Eden Island Resort. He collected all fifteen bins in one go albeit with the assistance of his Principal Secretary. .... read more
Joel Morgan taking his job very seriously!
Recent debate in the National Assembly has seen the opposition and party in power debate on changes to Commissioner of Elections Office. Up to this day, the SPPF majority in the National Assembly skirt around the pressing need to have an independent Electoral Commission in place to supervise National Elections in the Seychelles. .... read more
MINISTER MERITON ADMITS D.A. MUST BE SPPF!
Minister Meriton, the Minister for Community Development shocked the National Assembly last week when he candidly admitted that in order to qualify for the job of District Administrator, the applicant must be SPPF! .... read more
The Need for an Electoral Commission
Ah-Mane’S Antics
SIR, Percy Ah- Mane is plying his trade of wiping the piles “ta- ta “ of his paymasters in exchange for his monthly ‘lollipop’ in the Independent. .... read more
IS THE RUPEE IN FREEFALL?
After vowing to keep the rupee stable and not to succumb to the temptation to devalue, all signs are that the value of the rupee is now being intentionally allowed to plummet against all major currencies. .... read more
Last Sunday mid-morning, the Seychellois public was treated to a comedy of errors on SBC am radio. Troukler listened to the talks given by Mr. Maurice Lousteau-Lalanne Chairman of the Seychelles Tourism Board followed by that of Dr. Rolph Payet. These interviews provided firm conclusion of the fact that in the new manner of doing things the left hand does not know, and does not want to know what the right hand is doing! .... read more
Editorial
Customs and Immigration OFFICERS racially prejudiced?
This week we have received many complaints from people who go through Customs at the
Christopher Gill's Column
Forcing MNA’s Into Communist Mold
In spite of being rebuffed in the Polls, Mr. President has kept his word to the People of Seychelles in the last National Assembly Elections and has drafted a National Assembly Members Emoluments (Amendment Bill 2007) hereinafter referred to as the Bill that will require MNA’s to attend National Assembly Sessions and behave according to the whims of the Speaker of the National Assembly. .... read more
The Saga of desperation among the top-brass
