CHRISTOPHER GILL’S COLUMNRecently the Farmers Association led by Mr. Serge Ben strong, a highly qualified and accomplished farmer in his own right, has been going back and forth to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance sounding the alarm bells on behalf of farmers ….read more
Car owners and the business community at large are complaining bitterly about the erratic behaviour of the Traffic Wardens roaming the streets of the capital. ….read more
For the first time in fifteen years of existence, the opposition has voted for the 2008 budget put before Parliament by the finance Minister Danny Faure. ….read more
One of the basic tenets of the SPUP/SPPF socialist revolution has been abused by the party heavy weights: This is that of the ownership of state-land. ….read more
Anyone young enough to remember the 1974 election campaign, the last pre-independence poll, in which the Seychelles Democratic Party trounced SPUP by 13 seats to two, cannot forget that Mr. Albert Rene focused it on outer island development ….read more
Seychellois workers employed at the IOT Cannery are likely to benefit from monthly salary increases ranging from R 100 to R 400 announced in the 2008 budget. ….read more
Dear Sir/Madam
We would like to draw your attention that one of the Landscaping Management staff is indirectly associated with Nature Landscaping and he is occupying a high position in that department. ….read more
Some years ago, on a hot summer day in South Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. ….read more
There is a popular African saying which states that ‘it takes a whole village to raise a single child”. In our case here in Seychelles being a very small country ….read more
The “Le Nouveau Seychelles Weekly” is waiting patiently for the next installment of the “Emperor’s New Clothes” by non-other than the best story-teller we have had since Gilbert Confait, our very own President James Alix Michel. ….read more
The current drug epidemic in Seychelles is slowly moving to another uglier dimension: that of human trafficking. ….read more
Nearly 40% of the world will live in water scarce regions by 2025. Many say there will be wars over water. How can we resolve this serious challenge? ….read more
Politics is not a game; it is the serious business of the people. Nor is Politics a business where unscrupulous politicians can employ it as a get rich quick scheme at the expense of the people. However, President James Michel and Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan have single handedly managed to turn local politics into a lucrative business overnight. ….read more
The Public Utilities Corporation (PUC), the State monopoly provider of electricity, chose a Friday afternoon to summarily disconnect power to the modest home of a family in dire strait living in government provided flat. ….read more
The Plantation Club hotel finds itself at the centre of a plot which is threatening, in comparison, to eclipse all previous schemes of mugging, treachery, corruption and fraud in Seychelles. ….read more
The Independent School has once again managed to excel in the International Certificate of Education (ICE) and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) of the University of Cambridge International Examinations. ….read more
Sri Navasakthi Vinayagar Temple consecratedTwo weeks ago on Sunday 20th January, hundreds of people, mostly Hindus, came to Victoria to witness the consecration of the Navasakthi Temple. ….read more
The government has finally admitted in public what everyone has been saying in private over recent months that the economy is in more serious trouble than our political leaders are prepared to admit. ….read more
Le Nouveau Seychelles Weekly has received unconfirmed information that the services of foreigners are being sought to act as hit-man to eliminate political dissent and criminal recidivists in society at large. ….read more
Skippers on inter-island yachts cruising the inner islands and Amirantes claim they are being paid peanuts. ….read more
Shortly after the New Year, Captain David Savy appeared on SBC television to give an account of the troubles the national carrier faced during the peak Christmas and New Year season. In the process he misled the public about the true state of affairs of the airline. ….read more
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