ADDRESS OF SIR JAMES R. MANCHAM PRESIDENT OF THE GLOBAL PEACE COUNCIL, FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES DELIVERED AT THE 8TH CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE IN LUCKNOW, INDIA
Mr Chairman,
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ADDRESS OF SIR JAMES R. MANCHAM DELIVERED AT THE 8TH CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE IN LUCKNOW, INDIA
30TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEYCHELLES PEOPLE’S DEFENCE FORCES
Proud, smart and disciplined - the Seychelles People’s Defence Forces (SPDF) on 25th
November 2007 celebrated its 30th Anniversary under the leadership of Brigadier Leopold
Payet. Ever committed to their motto - “Service Before Self” - the SPDF today plays an
MESSAGE TO FELLOW SEYCHELLOIS FROM PRESIDENT MICHEL
AS we enter 2008, we are aware more than ever of our position as a small island state in a globalised world. We are facing many challenges; but there are also opportunities that present themselves. We are linked to the world in ways that were unimaginable 30 years ago.
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I have just returned from India attending the 8th Chief Justices of the World Conference in Lucknow.
BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE ‘LINDBLAD EXPLORER’
By: John G. Nash
ALTHOUGH I never sailed aboard her, I felt a strange per-sonal loss upon seeing the images of the M/V Explorer lying on her side, sinking amidst ice flows in the Bransfield Strait on November 23rd, 2007. I first met the “most famous adven-ture-travel cruise ship in the world” far from the Antarctic, which was its normal cruise destina-tion.
LINDBLAD AND THE SEYCHELLES
Excerpts from ‘Passport to Anywhere’ by Lars-Eric Lindblad
I came to learn about the Seychelles in a roundabout way. In 1968, I had been invited by the government of the now independent island of Mauritius, at that time still a British colony, to assess its potential as a tourist attraction. It lies in the Indian Ocean, due east of the island of Madagascar.
