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SEYCHELLES NEWS
<strong>News</strong> No. 18
Rijeka, July 12 th 2010.
New patrol boat to help counter maritime threats
Seychellescapacity in the fight against piracy and other maritime threats got an added boost
over the weekend when the Coast Guard received a short range patrol boat from the United
Kingdom. It was British High Commissioner Matthew Forbes who handed over this boat named
Fortune in the presence of the Minister for Home Affairs, Environment and Transport Joel Morgan
and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Paul Adam. Also present at the handover ceremony at the
coastguard base on Bois de Rose Avenue were the Secretary of State Barry Faure, Foreign Affairs
principal secretary Maurice Loustau-Lalanne, and the Chief of Defence Forces Brigadier Leopold
Payet. The heads of the European Union diplomatic missions, members of the high level
committee on piracy, Seychelles Coast Guard commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Michael
Rosette and Police Commissioner Ernest Quatre were also there. The vessel, formerly owned by
the UK Royal National Lifeboat Institute, was bought by the UK Foreign Affairs and
Commonwealth Office. It was transported here by the UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, RFA
Diligence from Devonport. It was named Fortune after the Fortune Bank near Coetivy. In his
address Mr Forbes said the 14.3-metre long boat will 田 ontinue to be an important guardian of
our seas involved in search and rescue, fisheries enforcement operations and anti-piracy patrols
of Seychelles inner islands The seven crew vessel weighs 27 tons and travels at 16 knots. It is
an all weather, self-righting boat with a range of 240 nautical miles. 田 riginally known as the
Baltic Exchange 2, she has been launched 436 times in the 60-mile radius she covered off South
England 田 coast and has recorded as having saved the lives of 133 people,he said. Mr Forbes
added that the Fortune signals his government 田 commitment to the Seychelles government and
its Coast Guard to help combat piracy. Accepting the vessel, Colonel Rosette thanked the UK
government for its support. He said that the boat will be used around the Mahe plateau for antipiracy
patrols and other such activities. The Seychelles Coast Guard already has two larger patrol
vessels -- Andromache and Topaz -- which carry out extended anti-piracy patrols. Colonel
Rosette said they need more patrol vessels as our exclusive economic zone is vast and also
called on young people to join the Coast Guard. The addresses were followed by hoisting of the
Seychelles national colours onboard the Fortune and its blessing by Deacon Louis Agathine.
Portuguese minister hails Seychellesanti-piracy efforts
Regional commitment in the fight against piracy is important and the efforts by the Seychelles
government are vital, Portuguese Defence Minister Professor Dr Augusto Ernesto Santos Silva
has said. This was during his one-day visit here last Friday where he got the opportunity to
meet President James Michel at State House. He also had a meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister
Jean-Paul Adam and the Minister for Home Affairs, Environment and Transport Joel Morgan at the
Maison Queau de Quinssy, Mont Fleuri. Dr Silva said he came to Seychelles to visit the
Portuguese armed forces detachment which is based at the Seychelles International Airport. He
said the relationship between Portugal and Seychelles is good and they can enhance this

cooperation. He added that when he met Mr Michel, he thanked him for the support that
Seychelles has given to the Portuguese troops that are stationed here. They also exchanged
views on the regional and international agenda, but their main focus was on piracy and the effort
of the European Union as well as the African Union in this mission. He also added that Portugal 田
policy is to take part in the fight against piracy at different levels and is not only restricted to the
Atalanta Operation. His country formed part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation operation
Ocean Shield in 2009 and currently it is involved the Atalanta Operation with a maritime
surveillance aircraft and its mission will end next August. Dr Silva added that since last week
Portugal is also taking part in the context of the European Union training mission of Somali
forces in Uganda.
Seychelles and Mauritius prepare for the sharing of seabed zone
Members of a joint management committee from Seychelles and Mauritius met yesterday to
discuss the administrative aspects of the eventual sharing of an extended seabed which forms
part of the Mascarene Plateau. This meeting, the second of its kind, took place at the Maison
Queau de Quinssy at Mont Fleuri. The two countries prepared their defence to be presented next
month to the United Nations (UN) Commission for the joint management of this 400,000 km
squares extended continental shelf (ECS). It was attended by the head of the Seychelles
delegation Dr Rolph Payet and that of the Mauritian delegation Suresh Seeballuck. Also present
were the joint management committee members including the chairman for technical
commission for the delimitation of the Seychelles maritime boundaries Raymond Chang-Tave. In
his opening address Dr Payet said the two countriespresent position on the delimitation of this
ECS area is at an advanced stage. 田 ollowing the formal presentation of the joint submission to
the UN Commission on the limits of the continental shelf in March last year, the two countries
have continued with the task of preparing and defending for the joint submission for an extended
ECS,he said. This is scheduled to take place in August this year before the UN Commission on
the ECS at its headquarters in New York. Dr Payet said the defence is a complex multidisciplinary
scientific undertaking falling in the realm of geology, geophysics, hydrography and international
law and needs thorough preparation. He said their defence will focus on two fronts -- the legal
aspects and the scientific components of the joint submission. During their one-day meeting
they addressed various issues such as finalising an agreement which will cover resources
exploration and exploitation, research, taxation, investment and revenue in this joint zone. Mr
Seeballuck said this is a crucial project as it will allow both countries to exploit resources in this
area and it is a new pillar in their economic development.
Seychellesprosperity 租 epends on strength of workforce’
Workers in all sectors of society have been called on to be role models as the prosperity of
Seychelles depends on the strength of its workforce. This was said by principal secretary for
education Merida Delcy during the closing ceremony of the 17th Careers Week, held at the Exiles
Club, Cable & Wireless, on Friday. Present were Minister for Education, Employment and Human
Resources Macsuzy Mondon, principal secretary for employment Marina Confait and Cable &
Wireless chief executive Charles Hammond. Others there included teachers, students, sponsors,
Careers Week organising committee members and C&W staff. Mrs Delcy said the theme Together
for quality work ethics fits well with the aim of Careers Week at a time when the values of all
jobs and the importance of working together for our country 田 development are promoted. She
said new initiatives are being put in place this year to provide better career services to students,
parents and schools. Various activities were organised throughout the week to promote positive
attitudes and work ethics. These included talks, visits to workplaces and other activities at
national, school and post-secondary level. Mrs Delcy thanked the Careers Week organising
committee, all workplaces, institutions, sponsors and individuals who took part. She also thanked
Cable & Wireless for hosting the closing ceremony. She called on those present to continue to
work together to mould the young people of Seychelles into a responsible, committed future
workforce. Students who took part in a public speaking competition organised as part of Careers
Week were also awarded their prizes during the ceremony. A special prize was given to the
Seychelles Polytechnic as the team whose treatment of the theme was highly commended by

members of the Leve Debrouye taskforce. The official launch of this year 田 Careers Week was
held in the STA 田 auditorium on July 5.
Climate change hopes renewed but action still urgent
Climate talks in Bonn last month healed some of the wounds left by the great disappointment of
the Copenhagen Climate Change summit last December. There is now renewed hope from talks
taking place under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that the
building blocks for a global deal can be adopted at the next summit in Cancun, Mexico, in
December this year. Governments have shown a renewed spirit of cooperation and have resumed
efforts for a new climate regime. The damaged confidence over the COP15 meeting 田 failure to
adopt a legally binding agreement has caused a lot of global upset among all parties, including
young Seychellois who voiced their disappointment in the recent public speaking competition at
the Ministry of Education. However, while a global climate change deal is not yet in sight, climate
action cannot wait. April 2010 was recorded as the warmest month for land and sea temperature
combined, and both people and the ecosystem felt the result of this temperature increase.
Mangroves for the Future (MFF), which is a partnership of the United Nations Development
Programme and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is founded on a
vision of a healthier, more prosperous and secure future for coastal populations in the Indian
Ocean. As the IUCN 田 climate change coordinator Ninna Ikkala emphasises, 田 ction on the
ground in communities and by stakeholders can and must be taken now, without waiting for
international negotiations to reach a conclusion Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change is
an integral part of broader adaptation and mitigation strategies, and healthy and well-managed
ecosystems can build resilience and reduce the vulnerability of people to the impact of climate
change. In Seychelles, steps are already being taken through the MFF programme by its
members and partners. The government, which hosts the initiative, and national stakeholders
are already going ahead with several mitigation measures such as tree-planting campaigns,
rainwater harvesting models and other sustainable coastal initiatives.
Seychelles Islands Foundation
The various shapes, sizes and weights of the mysterious coco de mer intrigued visitors to
Seychelles as well as many Seychellois during the recent National Show. A total of 113 people
guessed the weight of the nut, with one tagged coco de mer as a very attractive prize. Stephanie
Volcy, aged 10 from Belonie, was the winner with her guess of 8.89kg being closest to the actual
weight of 8.78kg. She took home one perfectly shaped coco de mer, which has a market value of
R2,800. Visitors to the SIF stand also had the chance to learn about the research work being
done at the two Unesco World Heritage Sites in Seychelles Aldabra and the Vall 田 de Mai.
Information was given to jobseekers who were interested in taking up positions at the two sites.
The SIF wishes to thank the organisers of the National Show and members of the public for this
chance to showcase the two renowned heritage sites and to make known the efforts to safeguard
them. If the show takes place again next year, the SIF will be there to take visitors on virtual
journeys to discover the curiosities of both sites. The Seychelles Islands Foundation manages
Aldabra and the Vallee de Mai, two Unesco World Heritage Sites in Seychelles.
Airtel Cup - La Passe sneak through, St Michel, Anse Reunion, LightStars winners
Defending Barclays league division one champions La Passe sneaked into the semifinal of the
Airtel Cup with a 4-1 home victory over Northern Dynamo as St Louis Suns lost to St Michel at
Stad Linite on Saturday. La Passe needed a win in their last group A match and at the same time
hoped St Louis Suns lose to St Michel for them to go through. It all happened as they easily won
4-1 against Northern Dynamo. Both La Passe and St Louis Suns have finished the group stage on
10 points, but the La Digue-based team finished second to group winners St Michel on goal
difference. La Passe have +4 and St Louis Suns +2. Marcus Labiche gave La Passe the lead, but
Dynamo 田 Malagasy captain Asman Todisoa levelled matters at 1-1. However, Labiche restored
his team 田 advantage for a 2-1 half-time score. Achille Henriette scored twice from the penalty
spot in the second half for an emphatic 4-1 victory. In the 34th minute, St Louis Suns gifted St

Michel the lead as Roddy Melanie played a back pass into Wilnes Brutuspath and he raced clear
to beat goalie Elvis Leopold with a low shot (1-0). After Anacoura narrowly missed Brutus53rd
minute assist, Gino Agathine burst into the St Louis Suns penalty area two minutes later and
was brought down by James David for a penalty which Anacoura converted (2-0). St Michel
scored a cracking third goal in the 64th minute as Henny Dufresne let fly with a thumping shot
from 40 metres which crashed under the crossbar and over the goal-line with Leopold rooted to
his spot (3-0). However, Henriette was unlucky in the 88th minute as his attempted clearance at
the other end from Jonathan Bibi 田 centre sailed over Melanie for a spectacular own goal (3-2).
In group B, LightStars came from behind to earn a 3-1 win over LightStars to confirm them as
group winners.
Darrel Forte gave visitors St Roch the lead in the second half, but LightStars hit back with two
goals from Malagasy Mario Ravo and one from Ernesto Doway for a 3-1 win.
LightStars will now play La Passe in Wednesday 田 second semifinal.
Bodybuilding: SBBA Junior Championship
Emmanuel Pierre flexed at 20 in the Seychelles Bodybuilding Association-organised Junior
Championship and racked up his first win on Saturday night at the Lovenut Night Club. A
neophyte of this competitive muscled world, Pierre took his first bodybuilding event in his stride,
turning on the power in the performance and pose-down rounds to muscle out a victory. Pierre,
who trains at the Animal Kingdom Gym under the watchful eyes of former Mr Seychelles Regis
Delori went home with R1,500 and a cup. From what we saw on Saturday, Pierre seems to be
one of the young bodybuilders of the new generation of flex posers who are ready to first take on
and conquer the local bodybuilding scene before moving to the regional and international stage.
Asked if he expected a win tonight (Saturday night) after just 10 months training, Pierre replied:
田 expected to feature among the top three, but to get a win in my first contest is very good. It 田
a very nice feeling. He said that he started doing fitness in the gym before his friends Eric Kallee
and Allan Rosalie encouraged him to take part in the contest. 田 thank God, my coach Regis
Deloriand all the contestants for making it very competitive tonight,Pierre told Sports Nation.
Pierre finished ahead of last year 田 Mr Seychelles junior winner Mathew Suzette of Praslin who
won R1,000 and a cup, while Ricky Larue was ranked third and as prize he got R500 and a
cup.Three other competitors Eric Kallee, Kevin Laurette and Fernando Jeannevol were ranked
fourth, fifth and sixth. They were judged by the jury panel of Golbert Nicette, Joe Gabriel and
Mike Etienne. Streets and Telcy also performed on the night.
Weather forecast
Rain
Min. temp. 24 田 C
Max. temp. 29 田 C
Humidity: 71%
Wind: ESE
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