CHRISTOPHER GILL’S COLUMNAs the State of the Nation Debates unfolded in the National Assembly, before the People of Seychelles, there was much disgrace to over-shadow the lovely words of sentiment over our suffering President Michel crowned his Year 2007 with. ….read more
Unwittingly, Mrs Potter responding to President Michel’s State of the Nation address suggested that perhaps we should resort to rationing foreign exchange to ensure that essential commodities are available at all times so that the queues would disappear ….read more
When President James Michel delivered his State of the Nation address on the 14th February 2008, he made one of the most astounding statements ever about the judiciary in Seychelles. He said that there are allegations of corruption in the judiciary and that the legal system is failing the people. ….read more
A high level delegation of international telecommunications executives visited the Seychelles a few weeks ago to impress upon the government on the need for our country to move fast if we are to take advantage of the opportunities being created by the telecommunication revolution. ….read more
Honda lovers and car enthusiasts in Seychelles will now have something new and exciting to talk about again. This is because on Monday 11th February 2008 Honda announced the launch of its 8th generation Accord which will make its debut at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. ….read more
Sir, I cannot stop laughing each time I hear or read about the ‘Police Communiques’ during SBC TV’s 8pm news as well as in the daily newspapers announcing the uprooting of cannabis plants all over the island! ….read more
The staff at Airtel has totally rebut an article published in the Seychelles Nation of Wednesday 6th February, 2008, headlined ‘AIRTEL ANNOUNCES SALARY INCREASE FOR ITS STAFF’. The Seychellois Staff working with Telecom Seychelles said that there is more to the article than meets the eye. ….read more
Many Praslinois and Diguois are perplexed about a new planning regulation forbidding housing construction beyond 50 metres from sea-level, applicable in Praslin and La Digue only. ….read more
From a well-tested history of political manoeuvres, those of the SPPF leadership have shown themselves to be particularly adept at building their party into a fortress with wide-reaching powers from which they rule uncontested over the whole nation. ….read more
The following are taken as is from a web blog ….read more
The Italian government has refused to accredit the person designated by the Seychelles to represent it in Rome. ….read more
The saga of the Plantation Club Hotel continued last week without any sign of abating any time soon. Lawyer for Ailee Company, the company which owns the Plantation Club Hotel, filed a motion and petition contesting the appointment of Ernst and Young, a Mauritian accountancy firm, as provisional liquidator to dissolve the company. ….read more
Eden Island way behind schedule Three years after the South African company took over the new man-made island off Roche Caiman, renaming it “ Eden Island” and planning some 450 luxury apartments and houses there, the project is way behind schedule. ….read more
The first General Meeting of the SHTA for 2008. Mrs. Eichler, former CEO, delivers her address ….read more
After the saturation of the airways of the state controlled broadcasting media with the innumerable replays of the President’s one and a half hour State of the Nation address for nearly a whole week, it was the turn of the members of the National Assembly to make their pitch on starting the following Friday. ….read more
The shortages, the queues and the socialist system of the SPPFDuring the debate on the State of the Nation Address, the SPPF MNA, Mrs Marie-Louise Potter, who attended further studies in Cuba during the one-party state era, tried to justify the queues and fighting seen recently at the state trading company’s (SMB) supermarket with the following logic: “The reason why people queue to buy onions today is because they have plenty of money in their pocket. In the old days, because they did not have money, therefore they did not queue”. ….read more
The cost of living in Seychelles has become untenable, with families having to make drastic sacrifices in order to be able to feed their families. ….read more
President James Michel shocked the country in his State of the Nation address when he announced that 948 million dollars was generated by the Seychelles economy in 2007 according to Central Bank estimates. Then he lamented that only 268.1 million dollars goes through the local banking institutions! ….read more
Kingdom Hotels Investments, based in Dubai, which will soon develop the “ RAFFLES RESORT & RESIDENCE” at Anse Takamaka, Praslin, is joining a growing list of foreign companies selling luxury villas to rich foreigners who may also rent them out. ….read more
In his much lauded State of the Nation Address President Michel promised to set-up the necessary institutions to deal with corruption. The problem with the current administration is its lack of capability, capacity, and political will to do away with the institutional mechanisms that give rise to conflicts of interest ….read more
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