Further proof emerged this week giving credence to the belief that well connected people high up in society and in government are determined on squeezing out the taxi operators. Especially from key areas of operations where the possibility exists to earn foreign exchange. .... read more
Editorial
PRESIDENT JAMES MICHEL IS A BUNDLE OF CONTRADICTION
Some hotels in Seychelles have taken the unprecedented steps of refusing entrance to their hotels to Seychellois patrons. This is clearly a display of overt racism and people have complained that this problem is more prevalent than was formerly thought. .... read more
RACISM REARS ITS UGLY HEAD
Sir, I am a young police officer who has just joined the force and you will understand why I cannot reveal my identity. .... read more
Seychelles Police turned Whisky into Tea
The Electoral Commissioner went on SBC TV last Sunday and gave the impression that the National Assembly election will be held in mid-October. He sounded convincing but Mr Gappy also hinted that should the President decide to dissolve the National Assembly he will have no difficulty in organising elections in the districts. .... read more
President James Michel was responsible for a few sarcastic chuckles in his State of the Nation address this week when he embarassingly appeal to Seychellois entrepreneur to join the construction industry to speed up development in the country. The obvious contradiction is apparently the clear lack of foreign exchange in Seychelles .... read more
Money can have a corrupting influence in politics by drowning out the voices of the poor and not protecting the interests of the most vulnerable in society. .... read more
Credible information received by this paper suggests that the Mont Fleuri Secondary School has began experimenting with a novel education break-through whereby “streaming” has been abandoned in favour of putting all students together in the same class irrespective of their grades and academic performance. .... read more
Money in politics
IS MONT FLEURI SCHOOL REVOLUTIONARY OR IS THIS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER?
Following the recent arrest of the Editor of Le Nouveau Weekly, Mr. Ralph Volcere, by the police acting on the authority of the Executive, it is important to reflect upon the state of Journalism internationally. An investigation into the international press by the Committee to protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York, has found that in 2006 the number of killed and imprisoned journalists rose. .... read more
The Media: Deaths, Threats and Intimidation in 2006
Gambling in the Seychelles used to be what a few unscrupulous people did in the back streets and dark alleys of the areas they inhabited. Today gambling fever now seems to affect nearly everyone as the SPPF-led government has officially taken over the activity, legalizing various forms of it as a political financing vehicle. .... read more
The Costs Of Gambling To The Local Economy
TAXI DRIVERS BEING SQUEEZED OUT AND STATE HOUSE LOOKS AWAY!
Percy Ah-Mane again lied in a front page article about the Editor of this newspaper. When confronted at his office at Poster Plus at the Pirates Arms Building, this week, with proof that his article about Sun & Sea Travel Limited, on Volcere, was a complete lie, Ah-Mane face glowed like a fire-fly in the dark. .... read more
TV viewers were shocked on Sunday to hear the Electoral Commissioner saying on SBC that it is the responsibility of political parties to ensure that the electoral roll is “credible”. .... read more
Percy Ah-Mane: Eating Cow Pat Pie!
Who is Gappy Fooling?
National Assembly elections set for May 10-12, 2007.
SNP and DP to contest the seats as an alliance.
In an unprecedented move unseen before in Seychelles politics President James Michel unexpectedly dissolved the National Assembly and announced parliamentary elections on Tuesday the 20th March in the State of the Nation address, stating that he has ordered the Electoral Commissioner to organize parliamentary elections soon. Political observers have suggested that this may be the last trump card of Michel as he is clearly caught between a rock and a hard place. .... read more
PRESIDENT JAMES MICHEL COMMITS POLITICAL SUICIDE!
LNSW continues with the serialization of the trial of Guy Pool who was accused of exploding a bomb at the Reef Hotel in 1972. ...
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The Guy Pool Trial continues ....
DOWN MEMORY LANE
PRESIDENT MICHEL DISSOLVES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Volume 6 . Issue No. 10 . Weekend March 23, 2007
NEWS BRIEF
Copyright 2007: Seychelles Weekly, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles
