Seychelles Weekly

Carol Benoiton, one of the members of the organizing committee of Miss Seychelles Island 2007, told Le Nouveau Seychelles Weekly this week that the contest to find this year’s beauty queen will be held in April, but the exact date is yet to be fixed. ... read more

Two local service clubs known for their charitable work, the Soroptimist International Club of Victoria and the Round Table, have joined forces in rendering life more comfortable and pleasant for the elderly inhabitants of the Ste Elizabeth’s Convent in Victoria. ... read more

The public was treated to the usual PR exercise by the new Commissioner of Police, Gerard Waye Hive, on the state broadcasting media last week, being filmed giving to senior police officers their identity badge. ... read more

Spotted again in the classified advert section of the Seychelles Nation, Thursday, March 8th, 2007, a vehicle with matching descriptions of the one featured in this column last week. Apparently the 110 passenger vehicle advertised in the Seychelles Nation last week does not exist, even in the islands of the big boys. ... read more

Last week Le Nouveau Seychelles Weekly broke a front page story about the fact that Secondary School students are yet to receive their allowance despite promises made in his budget speech last year by President James Michel. Nation, the daily newspaper, tried to re-assure the public that the students will be paid in two short articles in consecutive issues this week .... read more

Following our front page story last week which revealed that, two months into the academic, year the government has still not paid post secondary students their allowance, an article surreptitiously inserted in the state controlled Seychelles Nation newspaper blamed the students for the state of affairs rather than admitting that it is the government that did not have the funds available. ...read more

This is the second consecutive year that the Central Bank has failed to publish its balance sheet for the month of January, as it is obligated to do by law. Instead it has jumped to February ignoring January completely. ... read more

The Minister of Finance and President in waiting, Danny Faure, moved to new and plush office suites last week at Liberty House after millions were spent on renovation and decoration of the attractive 60 year old stone building in the centre of Victoria. ... read more

The heirs of Air Seychelles pilot Captain Colin Williamson has instructed a lawyer to file a case against Air Seychelles this week compelling the company to pay R350,000 which was awarded in favour of the pilot for unlawful dismissal. ... read more

Is it a coincidence or mere poetic justice that the state of the waiting room at the Survey Section of the Ministry of Land Use and Habitat is the way it is? Upon entering one is greeted with a couple of worn out chairs and a shoddy table laden with pamphlets, showing a triumphant President Michel hugging his Chinese counterpart. ... read more

This advert appeared in the Seychelles Nation this week inviting potential investors to submit proposals for the development of Ile Aurore. A few things about this advert give the game away. We do not need the help of a rocket scientist or that of the “Invisible Man” to figure that one out. The invitation is for the development of an 18-Hole Golf Resort on Ile Aurore Seychelles. ... read more

Sir, I wish to thank you for the interest you have shown recently in the Fishing Industry. This is the second most important industry in Seychelles yet it is very often neglected and taken for granted. I would like to bring the following to your attention. ... read more

The Convict was charged and convicted of sexual assault on a girl under the age of 16 in 2003. The facts of the case are that the convict lives in concubinage with the mother of the complainant. At the time of the incident the complainant used to go to the house of the accused accompanied by her mother every weekend. ... 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

The Auditors of Air Seychelles have replied with a letter dated 28 February 2007. A full text of the letter is reproduced here:... read more

The arrival of a peculiar looking boat in Seychelles waters last week gave rise to serious allegations of corrupt practices. The boat which is manned by Chinese crew has hundreds of blue plastic barrels onboard which has given rise to speculation that it would be engaging in the sea cucumber trade. ... read more

Russian regional elections criticized as being orchestrated by Putin --- Chirac leaves a mixed legacy in France as his popularity wanes --- US and Iran exchange harsh words during direct talks in Baghdad --- Bush courts Uruguayan President as he ignores Chavez --- Human trafficking is estimated at 800,000 a year, with the victims being women and children heading to the Middle East and Europe --- Miss Scotland, Nicola Maclean, apologizes after calling a black singer and actress a “monkey”--- Osama Bin Laden turns 50 but there was no birthday gift of a white stallion like the one he received 10 years ago ---

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