The Seychelles Revenue Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with three courier companies, namely FedEx, Mahe Shipping and DHL.
The signing at the trade department’s headquarters at Maison Esplanade .
Seychelles yesterday welcomed the 'Zuiderdam,' one of the longest cruise ships to berth at Port Victoria.
The vessel, measuring 285 metres in length, has a capacity to carry 2364 .
Street vendors receive keys to their kiosks in ex-Children’s Playground |22 December 2020
A group of 15 street vendors have received the keys to their new kiosks situated in the ex-Children’s Playground in Victoria.
This was during a short ceremony on Friday afternoon.
It was in February this year that Enterprise Seychelles Agency (Esa) started to build the 15 kiosks.
For many years now street vendors in Victoria have been at loggerheads with the authorities for overcrowding the already narrow Market Street. To improve this situation Esa came up with the initiative to accommodate these vendors and remove them from the centre of Victoria where they are not supposed to be.
Fashion Week 2021 in the making
A more tone-downed version of the illustrious Seychelles Fashion Week was organised yesterday afternoon at the ICCS, with the participation of six designers.
The third Seychelles Fashion Week was re-dubbed the Seychelles Night yesterday afternoon with a smaller budget and venue, but with the same enthusiasm.
Terry Carolla, the organiser, noted that the novel coronavirus had affected plans to hold the Fashion Week in mid-year, in June or July, and they were forced to scrap the event all together in March.
Attempts to organise a virtual show was unsuccessful as international designers were also under lockdown and sponsorships dried up.