Dear Sir
There is a study that has been done in several countries whereby it has confirmed that there is direct correlation between a population’s drug abuse patterns and the economic difficulties that they are facing. More and more of these evils that are destroying the fabric of our society are perpetrated by the hardships that the population has to face. Let’s face it. Our country is bankrupt but instead of finding ways and means to curtail our spending (and hence borrowing), the SPPF government decides to embark on more ambitious projects of ‘konblaz’ etc… For the sake of more progress in indebtedness or for the further ‘kickbacks’ such projects will bring us under the table…
What does a desperate population do when they cannot make ends meet? They turn into drugs and alcohol, to help (perhaps!) drown their sorrows and troubles… this turns them into druggies and drunks to the point that they become oblivious of the car crash ahead of us, with our poor little Seselwa(s) tangled in the twisted metal, as we wait for the ambulance that never pitched.. ‘ayoyo dimoun pe mor, zot dimoun pe soufer’! - “Pou lanmour Sesel”.
A concern citizen
It really baffles me at times when announcements are made with regards to Board appointments. It’s particularly puzzling especially when it’s the same bunch of already-too committed individuals who are appointed on such Boards. The question I ask myself or rather that I’ve been asking myself over the years is that ‘Don’t we have other capable individuals here in
I don’t have anything against Mr. Maurice Laustau-Lalanne. He’s doing a good job at STB and I presume he must have a dedicated and hard-working pool of staff who ensures a smooth operation whenever he is attending his numerous Board meetings. But isn’t it time to say ‘Enough is enough for Mr. Loustau-Lalanne and the Chairmanship of Boards?’ How many Boards are to be set with him as the chairman? What is so special about Mr. Loustau- Lalanne that makes him the ‘King’ or ‘Superman’ of Board appointments in this country?
Just to refresh your mind apart from being CEO of STB, member of National Economic Planning Council( NEPC), member of Board of Directors of Air Seychelles, member of Board of Environment Trust Fund, member of the Board of Trustees of the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF), Mr. Loustau-Lalanne is presently the Chairman o the following Board; Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA), Seychelles Tourism Board (STB), Seychelles Island Foundation (SIF), Advisory Board of Seychelles Tourism Academy (STA) and the recently set-up Advisory Board of the Health Services Authority (HSA)! There may be others which I’ve lost count or track of because the way I see the trend, Board composition announcements are now synonymous with ‘Maurice Loustau-Lalanne’! I think enough is enough.
Gustave Decomarmond (Mr.)
Courtesy The Rising Sun
Dear Editor,
Please allow us space in your esteemed newspaper to voice our concerns on the important issue of the forced closure of The Plantation Club Resort at Baie Lazare.
Despite all the lies given by so-called defenders of the
Certain fat-cats in this country are being bribed to allow some rich Arab cronies to STEAL the hotel from its rightful owners. They are the same rich Arabs we have hosted at The Plantation Club for many years. These are the people we’ve always had to put up with their arrogant and decadent behaviour - they constantly wreck the hotel rooms and disturb other guests in their orgies with foreign prostitutes.
The main reason for shutting down the hotel given by Maurice Lalanne is that we are not up to standard. Thank you for insulting us, but our guests think otherwise and have appreciated our hospitality. Why is it that these rich Arabs keep coming back to our hotel several times a year for their good time – are these affluent people into sub-standard hotels?! For the public’s information, President James Michel the president of ALL Seychellois was spotted in a secret meeting with the Arab sheik at the resort only recently before the new year – What was being discussed? Were our livelihood being traded away? Mr. Michel let us remind you that you should be defending OUR cause as OUR president. Only as recently as late last year the Fire and Health departments made a routine visit and gave this hotel A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH – so give us a break Maurice Lalanne, and all your cliques...
We the staff of The Plantation Club Resort consider this hotel as OUR HOTEL because working here is a special experience – WE ARE ONE BIG FAMILY. The Davisons have been excellent people to work with, and and we consider them as part of OUR FAMILY. We have one message for Mr. Mark Davison: WE THE STAFF OF PLANTATION RESORT ARE 100% BEHIND YOU TO SAVE THE HOTEL FROM FALLING IN THE WRONG HANDS – MAY GOD BE WITH YOU IN THIS FIGHT! We are prepared to take whatever action is needed to save our hotel.
We implore on all staff of all hotels in
As to you all people of ill-will who are trying to sell out our country to rich Arabs: we know who you are, and the day will come to account…
