Seychelles 

Transport Minister Derjacques yesterday visited ongoing road projects undertaken by the Seychelles Land Transport Authority, and expressed his satisfaction with the ongoing progress which he said will bring great benefits to the local population

UNESCO's IOC has named Angelique Pouponneau, an environmental lawyer from the country, among the 15 experts who will serve on the Decade Advisory Board to assist Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission in coordinating the UN Ocean Decade 2021-2030

Girls in the country will receive free sanitary products in both private and government secondary schools, relieving pressure on families who have difficulty finding money to buy hygiene products

A newly launched biometric corridor at Seychelles airport uses the face as a passport; with a matching time of less than one second per traveller, the biometric corridor checks an average of 30 travellers a minute, allowing faster, contactless screening

Works on a project to expand the sewage system will be tendered out to different contractors so that they can be done simultaneously, said an official of the Public Utilities Corporation

Absa Bank Seychelles has launched the first touch-free ATM service, where customers will be able to use their smartphones to withdraw money; this is a safer option both at a time of pandemic and to prevent fraud and card cloning

20 designers will showcase today at 4th Seychelles Fashion Week, reduced to a one-day event from the planned five days

The names of 15 streets in the capital Victoria that commemorate the 1977 coup will be changed: 5th June Avenue, which name is directly linked to the facts, will become Constitution Avenue, in an effort to remove existing political divisions

The Hindu Council of Seychelles has donated Diwali delicacies to the Health Care Agency for distribution among staff members, in recognition and appreciation of the effort and sacrifices made by health workers in the fight against Covid-19

Air Seychelles has won the title of 'Indian Ocean's Leading Airline' for the second consecutive year, along with three other titles, at this year's 28th edition of the annual World Travel Awards

For World Food Day, the 'Eat for our Health' campaign has been launched along with a donation of local fruits, vegetables and roots from students of the National Institute for Health and Social Studies to the North East Point Home for the Elderly

The new bill that will change the criteria for obtaining citizenship will be submitted to the National Assembly; amendments will make it easier for former citizens to regain citizenship but more difficult for a foreigner who married an islander

The implementation phase of Seychelles' Marine Protected Areas will officially begin in 2022; the country has reached its target of 30% ocean protection around some of their outer islands after 13 new areas were instituted in March last year