WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY!

February 03, 2010, 07:02:53 AM by admin in .

OUR FRONT PAGE photo depicts construction activities on top of the mountain at La Misere, where Sheikh Kalifa is building his palaces our photographer could only capture three buildings,

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The Editor Says.....

February 03, 2010, 06:53:42 AM by admin in .

The Judiciary in crisis

The euphoria generated by the appointment of the new Chief Justice last year is now a distant memory.

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Dental Services Director Harold Pothin to quit?

February 03, 2010, 06:50:03 AM by admin in .

HEALTH MINISTER Marie-Pierre Lloyd started a series of visits to clinics and health centres on Mahe amid reports that several senior doctors are threatening to quit and staff morale is at an all time low.

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PUC was wrong but could not see it

February 03, 2010, 06:43:57 AM by admin in .

THE RECENT declaration by the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) about the price increases in electricity bills by the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) shows how much in control the Ministry of Finance really is.

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The Americans are here for the long haul

February 03, 2010, 06:41:50 AM by admin in .

The US Air Force unloading more military hardware last Sunday 24th at the airport

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Seychellois offshore company director angry over exposure

February 03, 2010, 06:37:38 AM by admin in Regional News.

STELLA PORT-LOUIS, the 30-year old Seychelloise, revealed to be the director of hundreds of New Zealand based companies, has reacted angrily to her exposure in the foreign press.

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Who is Melanie Berry?

February 03, 2010, 06:32:19 AM by admin in .

Melanie Berry, like her friend Simon Hannaford at Customs, is the face of failure at Air Seychelles.

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This is PURE ROBBERY by the Government

February 03, 2010, 06:29:32 AM by admin in Seychelles Politics.

Coincidently, for companies declaring dividends next year, 15% will be removed and paid to Government. But that's only the start.

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VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE FED UP!

February 03, 2010, 06:25:59 AM by admin in Seychelles Politics.

THE ANNUAL Voter Registration Exercise is over and turnout at the centres throughout the country was a record low; less than 10%.

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Cabinet will decide whether to buy Seychelles villa where Makarios spent exile

February 03, 2010, 06:22:28 AM by admin in Seychelles Politics.

By Patrick Dewhurst
FINANCE Ministry officials have confirmed reports that the government intends to purchase a USD$7 million villa in the Seychelles where Archbishop Makarios lived during his exile from Cyprus.

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British couple seized in Seychelles waters, threatened with death

February 03, 2010, 06:18:46 AM by admin in .

SOMALI pirates have threatened to fight to the death - that would certainly endanger the life of the British couple in captivity if British forces attempt to rescue the captives.

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State of the nation

February 03, 2010, 06:13:09 AM by admin in Cartoon of the week.

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South Africa is next door

February 03, 2010, 05:56:15 AM by admin in Letters.

Dear editor,

I am writting in disgust about the way this government treat the people of Seychelles

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Taxation “Conflict of Interest”

February 03, 2010, 05:54:52 AM by admin in .

THE CREATION of the Seychelles Revenue Commission opens a case of conflict of interest between the civil service and the parastatal sectors as both are part of government.

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THE NEW SPTC BROOM

February 03, 2010, 03:17:41 AM by admin in .

THE ENGLISH have a saying: “A new broom sweeps clean”. This should also hold true for a new CEO.

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The need to silence the opposition

February 03, 2010, 03:15:17 AM by admin in Seychelles Politics.

AFTER a year of promising changes for the better and hiding the truth, SPPF/Parti Lepep are turning to their old tricks.

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The aspiring dictator's guide BINYAVANGA WAINAINA: CONTINENTAL DRIFT

February 03, 2010, 03:11:29 AM by admin in Seychelles Politics.

SO MANY writers are making money writing stupid self-help books.

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Air Seychelles to resume flights to India and Maldives

February 03, 2010, 03:05:50 AM by admin in Regional News.

AIR SEYCHELLES is to resume a service to the Maldives and India.

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Jebel Ali Hotels to manage 10-villa resort in Seychelles By Rebecca Bundhun

February 03, 2010, 03:03:14 AM by admin in .

Jebel Ali International Hotels will launch an exclusive 10-villa resort on a small island in the Seychelles later this year, in its first foray overseas.

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BBC TV features ‘La Belle Creole’

February 03, 2010, 03:00:05 AM by admin in Regional News.

MANY TV viewers were surprised to see our very own “La Belle Creole” aircraft still bearing its exotic name featured in the BBC travel programmed “Fast Track' on Sunday (24/01/2010) morning.

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The Trouble With Disruptive Change By Jeffrey Pfeffer

February 03, 2010, 02:56:39 AM by admin in .

AS MY wife is fond of commenting, “Change is seldom for the better.”

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JAMES MICHEL HAS FAILED THE NATION

January 29, 2010, 12:17:29 PM by admin in Seychelles Politics.

PHILOSOPHERS often say that one never fails unless you give up. In that case James Michel has clearly failed Simon Hannaford is the face of failure at the international airport.

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BLUNT TRUTH

January 29, 2010, 12:11:26 PM by admin in Seychelles Politics.

Despite all the spins over the television and in other government controlled media Seychelles is paralysed. Not just economically, but at State House too.
We are in dire financial peril.

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SELLING LAND TO FOREIGNERS

January 29, 2010, 12:09:15 PM by admin in International News.

This year, we must continue to highlight the fact that the Michel Government is still selling our land and islands to foreigners, and we must challenge the Government to reveal all financial details of these transactions, along with documentation and monies paid to the Seychelles Government (call for transparency).

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Czech court cancels fugitive Krejcir's sentence for abduction

January 29, 2010, 12:07:02 PM by admin in Regional News.

THE Czech Supreme Court (NS) has cancelled the seven-year prison sentence that fugitive businessman Radovan Krejcir received for extortion and deprivation of personal liberty in connection with the abduction of an entrepreneur in 2002, NS spokesman has told CTK.

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SNP votes for increase in electricity rates in 2008 WHY THE FUSS NOW?

January 29, 2010, 12:00:47 PM by admin in Seychelles Politics.

THE 2010 increase in electricity and water rates is the second in two years.

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Inflation and the cost of living and lying to the people

January 29, 2010, 11:58:51 AM by admin in International News.

OUR Great Leader, President James Michel was visiting the Social Security Fund on 7th January 2010.

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Education ministry and SPTC turn pupils into scapegoats

January 29, 2010, 11:57:09 AM by admin in Seychelles Politics.

AS THE Education Ministry embarks on major reforms in all primary,

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Another shocking revelation at Air Seychelles

January 29, 2010, 11:55:45 AM by admin in Regional News.

SEYCHELLOIS pay R9, 000 for Singapore flight;

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Air Seychelles has lower fares for Mauritians than Seychellois

January 29, 2010, 11:51:25 AM by admin in Regional News.

WHY won't the Seychelles National Airline offer Seychellois flying from London to Seychelles the same fare being offered to Mauritians to fly from London to Mauritius on Air Seychelles.

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