More lies from Chang Leng puts President Michel in quandary

The Governor of the Central Bank chose Friday, the day this newspaper goes on sale, to appear on the State broadcasting media to announce that he had abandon his policy of manipulating the exchange rates of the rupee against the three major currencies which formed the so-called trade weighted basket. ….read more

James Michel and Paul Verges – birds of old feathers?

The level of protocol given to Paul Vergès this week makes one wonder what is left for President Nicholas Sarkosy of France as and when he decides to make a state visit. ….read more

History revisited – the premature birth of one-party state

The letter that got Paulette Gamble the sack ….read more

The Seychelles drugs and alcohol quagmire

The Pakistani mule intercepted at the airport. The drugs and alcohol problem has been rearing its ugly head for the last ten years in our society. How did we get into this situation? SPPF has been in control for the last 30 years. ….read more

False accusations against the Church - Bishop Denis Wiehe hits at Isola Bella

Bishop Wiehe We reproduce a letter from the Bishop of Port Victoria, Denis Wiehe, which appeared in the September issue of L’ECHO DES ILES, in which Bishop Denis Wiehe refuted allegations levied towards the Catholic Church through the pages of Isola Bella. ….read more

Chang Leng praises black market

In desperation, Chang Leng is now resorting to giving credit to the black market which it sought to criminalise in the vain attempt at stamping it out nearly ten years ago. …. read more

The Forbidden Word: “DEVALUATION!”

“Devaluation” it seems is now the forbidden word or indeed completely absent from the vocabulary of President Michel, Minister of Finance Danny Faure, Chang-Leng and all those who are choosing to lie to the population in keeping their well paid jobs. ….read more

Christopher Gill's Column

We Pay For SPPF Sins - Broke, Bankrupt and Collapsed (BBC)

You can dub this past week as “Broke October” as well, because at the end of the week, the SPPF, through this and that skit on SBC, basically told us we were in fact Broke, Bankrupt, and Collapsed …..read more

Editorial

Justice under the law

Each week brings new revelations about the skewed view of democracy and freedom of the press held by a small isolated group of people who occupy many of the top positions in the government of our country. ….read more

Chief Justice Sir France Bonnetard would have made us all proud today

Dear editor, I refer to the article entitle “celebrating 44 years” (of the Seychelles weekly) which appeared in the last week edition in this paper. ….read more

All Seychelles should be proud, say President Michel

Well - to tell the truth on this matter, the only people who are proud of this situation must be the few that still support mediocrity in the form of this SPPF Administration. ….read more

Is the Chief Justice serious about putting the judiciary's house in order?

After persistent complaints about dysfunctional judiciary, including criticisms for the first time from President Michel in his last National Day address, a special meeting was called on Tuesday afternoon by Chief Justice Vivekenan Alleear between the Judiciary, the police and the bar association presumably to thrash out any misunderstanding. ….read more

Is Danny misleading the business community or the National Assembly?

Faure could conceivably be in hot water for giving the false impression that the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) is colluding with him to impose new price control measures starting January 2008. ….read more

In Court this Week

Police office gets 12 year prison sentence for sexual assault!

In one of the most bizarre cases to happen in Seychelles, this week Judge Karunakran convicted and then sentenced a man to undergo 12 years imprisonment for two counts of sexual assaults. ….read more