CHRISTOPHER GILL’S COLUMNSeychelles Weekly published an article on Air Seychelles recently that had Captain /Colonel David Savy running to SBC for a ‘tele promptu’ free for all session to cover up the mess Air Seychelles is facing. ….read more
Ramkalawan delivered his response to the State of the Nation address on Friday 15th February 2008. He was more or less reminiscent of his former self when he first became a member of the National Assembly in 1993. ….read more
The proceedings of the National Assembly are governed by a law called, The National Assembly Standing Orders 1994. Under that law, when a bill is presented to the National Assembly, it is first placed on the Order Paper by the Clerk of the Assembly. ….read more
On Thursday 21 February 2008 SBC TV, during the 8.00 pm TV news bulletin, aired with great fanfare the new committee headed by Vice President Belmont for promoting the 2008 theme “Year of Our Constitution”. ….read more
The Seychelles is renowned for its beauty that attracts a lot of foreign visitors and the accompanying foreign exchange to our shores. This cake of prosperity and investment seems to be eaten by a certain cat and its clan. ….read more
Mr. Editor, While I appreciate the coverage your newspaper has given about the Plantation Club and our battle to save our hotel from what we feel is unjustified action, I must register my protest with you that I feel it was very wrong for you to include the picture of President Michel on the front page of your February 29th Issue. ….read more
According to the Attorney General Anthony Fernando the Seychelles’ government has accepted liability for injuries caused in 2006 when police beat opposition protesters with truncheons at the National Assembly building in Victoria. ….read more
Indian Ocean islands agree a scheme to connect themselves by fibre at a meeting of the members of the Indian Ocean Commission in Addis Ababa last week. ….read more
President Robert Mugabe often blames illegal traders for Zimbabwe’s troubles, saying their frantic buying and selling have pushed up prices. ….read more
Investors in the Middle East are among the primary targets for a new ultra-luxury development under construction in the Seychelles unveiled in Dubai last week, reported Khaleej Times. ….read more
The oldest Member of Parliament in the region, Mrs Ginette Gamatis, outshone both the Leader of Government Business and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly recently. Mrs Gamatis was making her intervention to the State of the Nation address when she accused the Leader of Opposition of not addressing the State of the Nation in his intervention but rather laboured on his increasingly untenable position as Leader of Opposition in the country. ….read more
Window dressing exercise by the police)We wanted to laugh but we cried instead when we read in The Rising Sun last week, Tuesday that a workshop on Human Rights was being held by the Seychelles Police at the Seychelles Police Academy at Pointe Larue. It is like getting the wolf to watch over the lamb. ….read more
Although the government of Seychelles has publicly announced that it intends to liberalize the economy and sell its assets to private investors, the realities on the grounds could not be more different. ….read more
Ramkalawan is fast acquiring the unenviable reputation of being the rogue of Seychelles politics. His recent political maneuvers bear all the trademark of a political mercenary at play. ….read more
Am I being victimized? ….read more
During his speech to mark the traditional re-opening of the Supreme Court last year, the former Chief Justice Vivekanand Alleear made the following remarks which was faithfully reported by the State broadcasting media and press: “Journalistic integrity is the cornerstone of the media’s credibility ….read more
This is no time to stick our heads in the sand, stated an hotelier on Praslin. The Hotel Association must push for more police officers to be stationed there. ….read more
Two months after the 2008 Budget was unanimously approved by all members of the National Assembly, the Leader of Opposition, Honourable Wavel Ramkalawan, in his reply to the State of the Nation address asked the government to make a decision and improve the living condition of the people of Seychelles by taking the firm step of revising the salary of all workers. ….read more
According to Mrs Ginette Gamatis, the doyen and oldest member of the National Assembly under the Third Republic, before the coup d’etat, most people in Seychelles were suffering. Today, we are only encountering difficulties. ….read more
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