L’île Longue the Gorée of the Seychelles By Julien Durup
THE RUMINATIONS OF OUR MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT
LNSW continues with the serialization of the Trial of Guy for exploding a bomb at the Reef Hotel in 1972. ... read more
More students received their French Diplomes
Renovated Beau Vallon Police Station
Beau Vallon volleyball team celebrating
The Chinese are coming!
Images Of The Week
Down Memory Lane - The Guy Pool Trial continues
Our Roving Journalist has taken up residence in The Banana Republic where he will be reporting from henceforth. This week he filed this report: ... read more
Onions! Onions! Oh, Giveth more Onions!!!!
This week SMB released a consignment of Onions to merchants around the country and all hell broke loose. This came after this paper has accused President Michel of breaking his election promises and highlighted the plight of the ordinary Seychellois families and the tourism establishments due to a persistent lack of basic foodstuff and commodities in the shops. ... read more
This week we revisit the pleadings which was filed by the late Mario Ricci against the Times Newspaper Limited in London in 1986. This case has special relevance to the history of Seychelles. read more
BANANA REPUBLIC
Herewith a brief history of l’île Longue - the Gorée of the Seychelles - which is now in the hands of foreign developers, contrary to what we have told before, "Seychelles pour Seychellois". If this sort of development was not at first offered to Seychellois entrepreneurs, one could legitimately ask why? ... read more
Sir, It is often said that inspiration for courage or bravery comes from sources one least expects and last week I drew inspiration from the courage of Mrs. Amesbury. Here was a woman who firmly believes in her right to a fair hearing and the length she is prepared to go to enforce that right. ... read more
The state controlled broadcasting media, it appears, are still living in an era of the one-party state. At that time the official line was that the Seychellois who died during World War II gave their lives working for the British Government. This line was repeated by SBC television last Sunday night in its prime time evening news broadcast in Creole. ... read more
POWERCUTS IN VICTORIA – IS THIS A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME?
On Tuesday afternoon the whole of Victoria was without electricity as unexpected power cuts hit the Capital. As well as a few computers, air conditions and other electrical equipments being damaged as a result, some people were stuck in lifts around the Capital. There was also chaos at the traffic lights as motorists lost the benefit of the lights to navigate around the streets in town. ... read more
EDITORIAL
SBC still peddling one-party state propaganda
The Almanara Ship story came to a sad and abrupt end this week when the vessel was sold to a group of Seychellois investors for the meager sum of US $330,000. The vessel has been valued at US $600,000 by Mr. Ignet Basset and the Judicial Sale was fixed for the 30th October 2006 at 9.00am. ... read more
Doctor V. Ramadoss, legend has it, came to Seychelles apparently in flip flops in the early 1980’s and got a job as the official doctor of the Seychelles People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). His rise to the top of the club of 10 wealthiest businessmen in Seychelles was rapid and meteoric. ... read more
Goodbye Almanara ‘Good Buy’
A plainclothes police officer brandishing a gun grappled with an escaped remand prisoner near the SMB supermarket last Friday afternoon in full view of shoppers and passers-by. Shoppers stood in shock and horror as the plain clothes police officer was overpowered by the culprit who grabbed the gun from him while throwing him to the ground. ... read more
INTERVIEW : MRS. NICOLE TIRANT-GHERARDI NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SEYCHELLES
“I think it is important for the smooth operation of the legal system that a climate of mutual respect and cooperation is maintained between the Bar and the Bench.” ... read more
DR. RAMADOSS- A Rags to Riches Story !!
CRIMINAL BATTLED POLICE OFFICER FOR GUN IN CROWDED STREET
One has to give it to our Minister for the Environment, Mr Ronny Jumeau. He is known to speak the obvious openly to the state media, who reports his ruminations faithfully...This time Ronny ruminated about the sea current that circles the island of La Digue. ... read more
shares. This revelation is bound to cause some controversy. ... read more
How Mauritian investors brought zero money to the venture but got 15% of the company
SACOS PRIVATISATION
It appears that in order to acquire 15% of the shares in SACL - the new entity taking over the assets of SACOS- the Seychelles Pension Fund made a loan to SWAN Insurance of Rs. 5,000,000 with which to buy the
Volume 5 . Issue No. 41 . Weekend November 17, 2006
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NEWS BRIEF
Copyright 2006: Seychelles Weekly, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles
