2020 in Seychelles: An anniversary party year ruined by COVID s economic hammerpunch
Victoria, Seychelles | December 31, 2020, Thursday @ 10:29 in Entertainment » SEYCHELLES BUZZ | By: Sharon Ernesta | Views: 11317
(Joe Laurence,Seychelles News Agency)
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The year 2020 was meant to be a milestone year for Seychelles. The island nation was to celebrate its 250th anniversary since the arrival of the first settlers in August 1770. A year-long slate of activities initiated in August 2019 was planned. But all those grand plans were shelved after the arrival of COVID-19.
With the global pandemic raging in the world, life on earth slowed down as people had to adapt to a new, more isolated normal. But despite this, island life continued, and SNA now shares with you six important national events that occurred in Seychelles – 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean – in 2020.
01.01 : Deux filles voient le jour en ce premier jour de l’année 2020. Le premier bébé est née à 9h06 du matin alors que le deuxième est née à 10h23 par césarienne.
02.01: Centenarian Noemie Benoit celebrates her 104th birthday among her family and friends at her residence in Cascade.
08.01: Marie Antoinette Barrack, a resident of Cascade, celebrates her 101st birthday in a small gathering among her family members.
15.01. Air Seychelles revises its fuel surcharge for travel between Mahé and Praslin. Tickets bought in advance for travel between Mahé and Praslin now cost R600, an increase of R50.
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Judge Mathilda Twomey is first Seychellois to be awarded Human Rights Prize
Victoria, Seychelles | December 11, 2020, Friday @ 23:03 in National | By: Shaorn Ernesta | Views: 6764
The French Ambassador to Seychelles, Dominique Mas, announced the award for Twomey at a reception on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day on Thursday, (French Embassy)
Mathilda Twomey is the first Seychellois to be awarded a
Human Rights Prize from the French and German governments. The French Ambassador to Seychelles, Dominique Mas, announced the award for Twomey at a reception on the occasion of the
International Human Rights Day on Thursday.
Judge Twomey was one of 15 people in the world to receive the prize for their work in the protection of minors. The Franco-German