13 year old stabs mother

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13 year old stabs mother
A teenager hailing from Carana, Glacis was on Monday remanded in police custody after she
allegedly stabbed her mother over the weekend. The girl who initially had tried to poison her
mother before stabbing her multiple times, is being investigated for attempted murder.
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he teenager was detained
after the alleged incident on Friday and was
brought before the Magistrates
Court on Monday where she
was remanded to allow the police to carry out their investigation. She is being investigated
for the offence of attempted
murder.
According to an affidavit read
out in court on Monday, the
girl confessed to the incident in
which she allegedly tried to poison her mother by adding sulfuric acid to her food. This was
after she and her mother had
prepared the dish of ‘carbonara’
together. The affidavit averred
that her mother, upon tasting
the food, noticed the taste was
off and decided not to consume
it. She allegedly threatened to
call the police to report the incident at which point her daughter took a knife and allegedly
stabbed her multiple times.
The affidavit averred that
the teenager only stopped after her mother promised not to
contact the police. The mother,
who sought medical assistance
Police are still investigating the incident
following the incident was accompanied to the hospital by the
daughter.
The police arrested her at the
hospital, after neighbours who
had heard the commotion reported the incident to the police.
It is also averred in the affidavit
that it was a family feud that degenerated after the mother had
objected to the girl having a boyfriend.
The 13 year old is being held at
the Perseverance police station
until 4 May.
Politics
Broken promises
Wavel Ramkalawan says the national broadcaster is not living up
to its promises.
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he leader of the council
of Linyon Demokratik
Seselwa (LDS), Wavel
Ramkalawan has rebuked the
Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) for not honouring
its promises to be fair and to give
divergent views on issues of national importance.
LDS protest against SBC earlier in the year.
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Drug Use
Nichole’s take on …
The hot spots
A bigger, better and
brighter Carnival
N. Tirant
S
ix years after it kicked off to a promising start in 2011, the ‘Carnaval
International de Victoria’s’ 2016 edition came and went leaving everyone asking the same questions: Just how much is this tourism
marketing bash costing our country and just how much does it bring in
return?
But whilst the annual ‘carnival of carnivals’ delivered another dose of
street partying in the world’s tiniest capital of Victoria for the sixth consecutive year, one would be forgiven for thinking that its promise of worldwide publicity for the tourism destination is hardly the stuff for rejoicing.
A ‘Google’ search of the Carnaval with many names, six years into its
existence still brings up mostly local references to the event with very little
feedback from the international press that has reportedly turned up for
every event since its start. Of course we’ve seen French television highlights on occasion and even a CNN report, but what of those journalists
who travel all the way here to cover the event? When and where do they
write about it and the wonderful experience they’ve had?
Other than the odd article in Afrotourism.com, a British magazine
‘Edge’ and a great blog under the ‘Epicurious Diaries’ of a“Ugandan girl
living the expat life in the Seychelles,” there is little written on the international news circuit in mainstream media about the event that is the talk
of Victoria town. And much of what is out there, like the Edge’s undated
article published on the magazine’s website, speaks of the 2016 edition of
the carnival in the future tense or covers editions gone by.
“The carnival attracts a truly international crowd, with over 30,000
tourists and 1,500 participants from far and wide visiting the ‘tiniest capital of the world with the largest heart’,” the article says, before recounting
how our tourism minister prides over the country’s status as “a melting pot
of people from the four corners of the earth.”
Since 2011, one can hardly argue against the success of the annual carnival that has endeavoured to bring global cultures together in a procession
of floats that parade through the streets bringing music, laughter and tradition to everyone. And from the size of the throngs that descend on Victoria on the Saturday, almost everyone in Seychelles certainly does seem to
be there. But whilst officialdom is claiming that the carnival is getting bigger, better and brighter over the years, the figures seemingly say otherwise.
There were 26 foreign delegations attending the 2014 ‘Carnaval’ and 29,
including royals from Ghana and Swaziland, in 2015. But in 2016, there
were only 23.
As for the journalists and media houses charged with giving our Carnival and the tourism destination free publicity, the lack of visibility on the
world’s media stage seems to speak volumes. Whilst we boasted “a record
number of 151 journalists from 84 global media houses,” in 2014, we seem
to have taken a fall in this sixth edition where only some 100 journalists
were in town.
The annual culture show was also guaranteed to pull in tourism officials and travellers from the world over. People would come here to forget politics, religion and even the colour of our skin, the tourism minister
promised.
But even the wonderful idea of having the opening ceremony officiated
by top names and faces from other participating countries seems to have
lost its lustre. With American planetary star Dionne Warwick featuring in
the first edition in 2011, followed by a three-country team officiating in our
country’s three national languages alongside South African actress and
television presenter Angelique Gerberat the opening ceremony in 2014
and the UK-based media specialist Sofia Panayiotaki doing the honours in
2015, this year’s opening ceremony was a low-key officiated home-grown
affair by complete unknowns.
Then there is the excellent initiative to take the Carnival concept further and offer it as a regional tourism experience to the world. The idea
was pushed through efforts to increase the number of co-hosts to partly
help keep down the cost, but more importantly, to offer wider and greater
visibility to our region. In 2013, the French Indian Ocean Department of
Reunion Island, Madagascar and Zimbabwe joined in as sponsors of the
event. In 2014, the event was co-hosted by the Vanilla Islands of Reunion,
Madagascar and Mayotte along with South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal. But
this year saw only Reunion Island and South Africa co-hosting the sixth
edition.
Before we shelve the sixth edition to History, perhaps it’s time to start
working on a plan for the future to help bring the seventh edition back
on track to deliver its longer term promise. With more research needed
before we can determine the outcome on tourism arrivals, we had better remain focused on how to make the Carnival International de Victoria
that ‘once in a lifetime celebration not to be missed’! Unless all we care
about is enjoying our own carnival for our own pleasure.
TODAY received reports from several eyewitnesses stating that drug users have been spotted injecting in public areas of Les Mamelles and Bel Ombre in broad daylight. This can
have detrimental consequences to the environment and passers-by because of the way users
dispose of their needles and other paraphernalia.
S. Marivel
T
he eyewitnesses, who either live or work in the
areas of Les Mamelles and
Bel Ombre, have complained not
only about the fact that drug users are injecting in public areas
but also about the frequency
with which this happens.
“Sometimes the police come,
but they cannot always be there,”
one young man who works in Bel
Ombre told TODAY.
According to reliable sources,
drug users convene at the Bel
Ombre jetty to inject together.
This usually happens during the
day, and sometimes it goes on
well into the night.
Likewise in Les Mamelles,
users convene by the riverside,
seated on the rocks bordering
the water to inject. One former
inhabitant of the area told this
newspaper that “they sit there
to mix their heroine with water
from the river, because they have
to dilute it. So they just sit there,
and share their spoons sometimes to heat it up too.”
While some may consider this
a common occurrence in a population that has such a high drug
use, this kind of practice can
have detrimental consequences
not only on the environment but
also on those in the surrounding
neighborhood.
“Imagine you’re a tourist, and
you finally get to your hotel after
long hours of travel and there
are people injecting by the jetty,”
one habitant of Bel Ombre said.
“What kind of image does this
give?”
Children are also known to run
around in the area of Les Mamelles by the riverside, and there
are members of the community
who wash their clothes in the
river. Having people using drugs
in the same area can be harmful
and disadvantageous.
Seychelles has been under
international pressure since
December 2015 to initiate a
needle exchange program – a
solution that may not solve the
entire drug problem overnight,
but may give users a viable option to dispose of their dirty
needles in a clean and sanitary
manner.
The project, which was first
mentioned during an HIV conference at the Savoy hotel in
December last year, outlined
the many ways this can be done.
Having disposable bins and con-
Broken promises
Continued from page 1
Speaking to TODAY, Mr Ramkalawan recalled that after the
protests against the SBC in mid
January, the opposition parties
met with the SBC board to discuss
their grievances. It was agreed at
the time that the SBC would adopt
clearer editorial policies that would
reflect the agreement with opposition parties. However, Mr Ramkalawan said up to now nothing has
happened. “This is not the SBC
keeping to its promises to present
divergent views,” Mr Ramkalawan
said, adding that "it’s the same old
thing we’ve always heard.”
The LDS council leader noted
that they were not given any opportunity to respond to the State
of the Nation Address (SONA)
by the President. “We gave a press
conference. An SBC crew was
there to film it and we never heard
anything about it again. They simply refused to broadcast anything
we said,” noted Mr Ramkalawan.
He also pointed out other major
issues where the SBC showed partiality in its coverage such as the
redevelopment of Pirates Arms
and the extent of the damage on
Farquhar following the passage of
cyclone Fantala.
Mr Ramkalawan said the SBC
board of directors was to have met
to put forward proposals on the
way forward. “We are pessimistic
now and we are on the verge of saying ‘thanks’ and look for other ways
to continue our fight,” added Mr
Rankalawan.
TODAY has tried to get the views
of the board of directors of the SBC
without success at this point.
Drug users have been spotted shooting up by the water in Les Mammelles.
tainers with disinfectant is only
one of the many ways to ensure
that dirty needles which are
disposed in public areas do not
harm members of the community.
Additionally, it will prevent
further HIV/AIDS contractions
through the sharing of dirty
needles. Currently, up to 47 percent of new HIV infections occur
amongst drug users each year.
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Wednesday 27 April, 2016
Letter to the Editor
Arabian tourism fair
Tapping the Arabian Market
necessarily those of this newspaper
What to do with Farquhar
A delegation comprising
of both the public and
private sectors led by the
Minister for Tourism is
taking part in the annual
fair in Dubai.
Dear Editor
T
he Minister for Tourism,
Alain St Ange who is leading the Seychelles delegation says the country needs to be
visible at the Arabian Tourism
Fair (ATM) in Dubai. He spoke of
the need to support airlines such
as Emirates, Etihad and Air Seychelles "which are providing great
air lift to the islands from the Middle East and countries of the Gulf
Cooperation Council (CCG).”
Minister St Ange noted that
there were now “more planes
from that part of the world than
from any other tourism source
market and later this year Qatar
Airways will be adding another
seven flights every week.”
He said it was therefore important for Seychelles to be present alongside the private sector
partners who believe in that
tourism market and who are
working alongside the Tourism
Board to “not only consolidate it,
but also to ensure we get our fair
share of this big market."
Minister St Ange is being
accompanied by Sherin Naiken, the Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of the Seychelles Tourism
Board (STB) and other senior
tourism officials.
Disclaimer: The views and comments expressed are those of the writer and not
Minister St Ange and STB's chief executive officer, Sherin Naiken at the Arabian Tourism Fair.
The private sector is being
represented by a number of
businesses including Eden Bleu
hotel, Kempinski Seychelles
Resort, Mason’s Travel, Savoy
Resort and Spa, the H-Resort
and Pure Seychelles Hotels. Air
Seychelles is also participating
in the fair.
By now the ministry of Agriculture must be pondering what to do
with Farquhar after seeing first hand what a strong cyclone can do to
a palm tree – to any tree for that matter.
The solution is not far away. Some two hundred miles south-west
actually, in the form of zebu cattle. A hardy breed proved and tested.
How many could 800 hectars Farquhar hold and what are the logistics?
This is what I know:
1. A young zebu at Majuna costs about SCR700.
2. They are regularly transported by landing crafts to the Comoros
which are about the same distance from Madagascar as Farquhar. I
saw about 300 being loaded onto a large landing craft at Mahakanga
for Moroni. How much the trip costs I don’t know.
3. Such an operation would have to wait for the south-east wind to
calm down at Cap D’Ambre. Late October should be ok.
4. Water and ‘mineral licks’ would have to be available on the island.
5. One could either breed the zebu on Farquhar or buy them yearly
from Madagascar and fatten them from October to April when they
would be ready for slaughter.
6. The animals would obviously be disinfected before being landed
on the island. This could be risky if done regularly. So it may be better
to breed them on the island. Mickey Mason who has practical experience in breeding cattle on coral islands – Denis – could advise the
Ministry.
7. The Farquhar airstrip would obviously have to be fenced.
8. Initially there would be no need for clearing land. The zebu will
cope with the existing vegetation. In fact one should be careful clearing land during the dry season and exposing the existing humus to
the sun.
This exercise is feasible now that we are accustomed to employing
foreign workers. It certainly goes hand in hand with the principle of
self sufficiency in food which we so often talk and write about. The
same thing could be done on 200 hectare Providence which is 50 odd
miles north of Farquhar.
Guy Savy
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Football: Northern Dynamo
Has Nolin and Dynamo
parted company?
There has been widespread speculation that first division club Northern
Dynamo and their long time coach, Cliff Nolin have parted company.
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Coach Nolin (right) had done a lot for the Northern side.
olin has been involved
with the Glacis district’s
football teams for the
past 25 years. In fact, he started
as a player before taking up the
role of coach-player at the tender
age of 21.
However, the former national
team assistant coach was overseas for the start of the 2016
season and as the team made a
good start, there was a bit of reluctance by certain groups to allow him to return as head coach
as they wanted a fresh start.
Nonetheless TODAY Sports
sought the views of coach Nolin on his position with his club
which he has served loyally for
two decades and he was very
willing to explain what the situation was.
“For some time now I have
contemplated taking a back seat
after spending so much time
with this team and as I was not
there at the start of the season.
I decided to watch from a distance when I returned, as they
were doing a good job,” explained
coach Nolin.
Nevertheless, Nolin added that
he was still helping as an advisor
to the team and especially the
manager, Clive Delorie even if
he is not directly involved with
training.
“I will not just walk away from
this team that I have worked my
socks off to keep afloat in difficult times, especially when we
did not have funds,” revealed
coach Nolin.
Coach Nolin is, however, disappointed with certain young
Northern Dynamo under new coach for 2016 season.
Nolin (left) has been critical of management.
players who are not grateful for
what he has done to shape their
career from a young age.
“I feel certain players are not
honest and I’m disappointed
with their attitude, but I can deal
with that as I have been in sports
for so long and expect such behavior. However this will not
dampen my devotion and enthusiasm though I feel saturated and
need to take a break to renew my
energy,” coach Nolin said.
Coach Nolin admits that the
team have been on the decline
for the last two years and blames
people who make big promises to
the players but then leave, affecting players’ morale.
“I have had to lift the team after their hopes had been dashed
by sponsors on many occasions
and I have kept this team going on a shoe string budget. I’m
ready to accept criticisms as it is
part and parcel of the game but
as a coach, I play for good results
as we are judged by results in this
sport,” claimed coach Nolin.
At the moment, Dynamo is being coached by Brian Ravinia, assisted by Clive Delorie and there
are rumours that certain players
will leave the team if Nolin returns as coach - as they disagree
with his defensive tactics. However coach Nolin says such criticisms do not bother him as he
still feels part of this team, which
he helped to create and has been
part of his life for half a century as
he holds the record for the longest
serving football coach locally.
Boxing
Andrique Allisop
loses in quarterfinals
Next is a competition in Spain
A. Henriette
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lympic bound pugilist Andrique Allisop lost his quarter final
bout against Zaurbek Sultan from Kazakhstan at the 54th
Belgrade Winner tournament. Allisop lost the fight 3-0 after
all three judges gave Sultan victory by three points. Allisop, accompanied by Coach Jerry Legras, has been participating in the tournament
as a preparation for the Olympic Games. Some twelve countries took
part in the competition.
Allisop will be coming back to Seychelles for some additional training and after that he will be going to Spain for another top European
boxing competition. This time coaches Rival Payet and Jerry Legras
are expected to accompany him.
The federation is also trying to get Allisop to attend a training camp
in Bulgaria before the Olympic Games.
Andrique Allisop lost in the quaterfinal at the Belgrade Winner
Championship.
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Courtside with Edmond Follet
“We need a proper boxing gymnasium for the sport to move forward.”
The boxing federation secretary general (SG) and treasurer talks about the need for the authorities to give the sport a proper facility away from the NSC Hall.
He talks about Andrique Allisop’s preparations for the Rio Olympics, his experience in the sport and what should be done to bring boxing back to its glory days.
is talented and at 19 years old he is still
young and we should get him back in the
ring.
A. Henriette
Mr Follet, Seychelles has only one
boxer who has qualified for the Olympic Games and that is Andrique Allissop, what plans does the boxing federation have for him to prepare for the
Games in August?
Andrique Allisop accompanied by
coach Jerry Legras, left Seychelles last
Tuesday for Serbia to take part in a top
European boxing tournament as his
preparations for the Olympic Games intensify. Allisop is taking part in the 5th
Belgrade Winner International Boxing
Tournament. The competition ended on
Monday and he lost his quarter final bout.
After that, on 2 May, Allisop will be
heading to Spain to take part in the International Boxing Tournament BOXAM
2016. This competition will take place in
Tenerife in the Canary Islands. This time
he will be accompanied by Jerry Legras
and Rival Payet, the two coaches who
are most likely to accompany him in Rio.
These two competitions will serve as good
preparations and match practice for Allisop. All the top boxers from around the
world who have qualified for the Olympics will be taking part in these competitions so we are satisfied that Allisop
will gain a lot by taking part in them and
he will also be able to assess the level of
some of the boxers in his weight category
- which is 60kg - for the Olympics.
We have already mapped out Allisop’s
preparation schedules until the Olympic
Games and it also includes a training
camp in Sofia Bulgaria. Allisop knows
the facilities there well as he has been
there just before going to Cameroon for
the Olympics qualifying championship.
The feedback we got after their first training camp in Sofia was very good and so
we have applied once more for him to go
there as we know that he will gain a lot
from this facility.
The federation will also try and get Allisop to take part in the last world qualifying championship in Baku Azerbaijan,
in June as again some top pugilists from
around the world will be there. However
it is not clear if boxers who have already
qualified for Rio will be eligible to take
part.
What is clear is that as much as possible, the federation wants Allisop to get
as many bouts and competitions as possible as well as training. We are trying to
give him as much exposure and high level training as possible because we, in the
boxing federation, strongly believe that
Allisop will make history for Seychelles
by winning a maiden Olympic medal, but
he needs top training and total focus on
what’s ahead of him. We will support him
as much as we can all the way.
Who is funding Allisop’s training
program?
His preparations is being funded by the
National Sports Council under the funds
earmarked for Olympic preparations. His
grant from the Olympic Committee has
mostly run out. We used the funds for
his overseas trainings and competitions
so we used most of the funds so that we
could get Alissop to qualify for Europe.
And now it is the NSC which has taken
over the funding for athletes who have
already qualified and it is a pity we have
only one boxer who has qualified.
What about Keddy Agnes’ Chances?
Is he still going for the world Championships?
For Keddy it is still doubtful if he will
go for the last world qualifying Championship in Baku Azerbaijan in June. His
foot injury is not completely healed. This
is the second time he injured his foot so
it is doubtful if he will recover completely and in time to be ready for the Baku
Championship.
And what about the boxing Gym at
the NSC Hall. I have heard some complaints recently about the facility?
The National Sports Council has helped
the boxing federation a lot especially in
funding our boxers to try and qualify for
the Olympics and even now it is helping
Andrique Alissop to get ready for Rio, and
we in the boxing federation really appreciate that. But we have a major problem
in Seychelles boxing and that is a lack of
young boxers joining the sport to reokace
the existing ones once they retire. This
is because the sports authorities are not
giving Seychelles boxing an appropriate
facility to train and develop young boxers.
We do not have a young boxer who
for example can replace Alissop once he
hangs up his gloves. The thing is that parents do not want to bring their kids to the
NSC Hall for boxing trainings for various
reasons.
So what is the problem with the
venue?
I have been in boxing since I was a kid.
I started in the sport at the Vitoria Gymnasium . It was my friend Brian Esparon
who opened the Gymnasium door for me
and once I was in I stayed in. It was in
the 70s and so I learned how to box. We
did it at the gymnasium and the facility
attracted many people to the sport. The
place was packed all the time with young
boxers.
I remember going to the Athens Olympics in 2000, and I did all my trainings
and preparations in the Victoria Gymnasium with the boxers. Every Friday was
sparring time and I got my trainings by
officiating these bouts. And today we face
a dilemma because we do not have boxers. Parents are reluctant to bring their
kids to the NSC Hall. They won’t take a
bus all the way to town then take another
one to Plaisance and then walk all the way
to the Gym. And by the time they reach
Roche Caiman its already half past five
and by that time the NSC bus is already
picking athletes to take them home. So
I can say that we do not have a proper
training facility. I see that Seychelles has
a nice swimming pool facility thus encouraging our youths to take swimming
as a sport. Same for some other sports,
but what about us in boxing. We do have
many young athletes who may have the
same talent as Andrique Alissop. He has
shown Seychelles twice that he can qualify for the Olympics. I believe we have other such talents out there. But we need to
groom them and to give them an appropriate training facility.
What was so good about the former
Gymnasium in town?
Apart from its location, in the old gym
had tartan on the floor, installed after the
Indian Ocean Games here in 1993. We
used this as a protection. In boxing we
do sparring and it’s not always done in
the ring. We do them on the floor. There
is also shadow boxing training which is
done on the floor. At that time there was
also badminton being played in the Victoria Gymnasium plus boxing and parents
were not afraid that if their kids fell they
would get a head injury. But at the current
gym parents are conscious that if their
kids fall something bad could happened
to them, even death. So they won’t send
their kids to a facility which they know is
not safe and secure. So the authority has
failed us on this issue. We are asking for a
proper gym and not a super building. We
want a gym where we can take about 30
kids at one time and it should be accessible to all. I still do not understand why
they took the Victoria Gymnasium from
us in 2011.
And what is wrong with the NSC
Hall?
We have tried to fix the gym at the NSC
Hall but it is impossible to do so. Well before June the whole facility is taken over
by the National Day Celebrations committee and so we cannot train. The place
is infested with rodents, there is the problem of dust, and our equipments are vandalized. If we want boxing to get back to
its glory days we need to have an appropriate venue that is centralised so that we
can then tell the parents that we do have
a proper gymnasium where their kids will
train well and safe.
I gave the authorities a plan on how a
proper Gymnasium should be - a modern one where kids and their parents can
come. For example as a parent if you find
that your kid is aggressive you can bring
him to the gym where we can control his
aggressiveness and put it to good use.
Something that we should take note of
is that there are so many aggressive children in schools, sometimes we call them
bullies. We in boxing can take in these
types of kids if we have a proper venue.
For instance, I was an aggressive kid and
I joined boxing and it helped to calm me a
lot so we can do the same for other kids. I
am now a happy person and at peace with
myself.
So how can boxing be spread across
the country?
The idea is to take boxing to schools
where young talents and aggressive students can be targeted to join the sport. For
example there is one school at Takamaka
and I am happy to help the head of the
club in any way. I told him I will support
him even in drafting his constitution. On
Praslin I am trying to get them to move
forward. Instead of just having a small
group I would like them to start a proper
club. By doing so they will become legal
and they will be able to go to schools to
recruit students. Plus they will be able to
have their own fundraising activities and
seek sponsorship as there are many businesses, especially in tourism on Praslin.
Do you have enough coaches then?
We have Jerry Legras and Rival Payet
as the two qualified coaches, but I would
like them to have boxers to train. We are
encouraging them to go out and recruit
new boxers, but what will happen when
they get new recruits and they do not have
a proper gym in which to train them? So
we do have a major problem in boxing in
that we do not have an appropriate facility to train our boxers and to encourage others to join the sport. It’s not only
recruiting young boxers but we can also
get their parents to join as referees or officials, but again they do not want to join
because we do not have an appropriate
venue. The same way we have lost many
boxers because the venue is not good and
central. At 23, Andrique is still young but
by now we should be training a kid who
someday will emulate or replace him. The
kids must be training with Andrique now
and look upon him as a role model.
Yes we have qualified for the Olympic
Games, but with only one athlete and
this is not good enough, we want more
athletes to qualify for high level competitions. We should be able to afford to have
a minimum of two boxers to qualify for
the Olympics.
For instance apart from Allisop we
have Keven Kilindo who for a while now
has not been training and we have asked
Coach Jerry to track him down as he
Can we win an Olympic medal?
Yes Seychelles has what it takes to win
an Olympic medal. Mauritius won its
maiden Olympic medal in boxing, and
last year Allisop beat the same boxer
who gave Mauritius the bronze medal.
So the belief is yes if we invest and the
boxers’ work hard and get the necessary
encouragement they can give Seychelles
an Olympic medal. I once told the sport
minister that in order to win an Olympic
medal we must prepare well in advance
and not when it’s close to the games. We
cannot tell an athlete to go and qualify for
the Olympics and then we will take care
of him and get him ready for the games,
it does not work that way, we have to gear
the athlete towards an Olympic medal
way before, invest in him and then we will
reap the reward.
For instance I remember when Andrique came to the Gym. At that time
Keneth Nalletamby was the Chairman
and we had many young boxers training
at the Victoria Gym. On Fridays I used to
officiate their sparring bouts and one day
I saw him and asked Coach Rival about
him and he told me that he came from
Silhouette. Straight away I knew he was
talented and told Rival to make sure he
stays. And today we are depending in
him. So his preparations did not start yesterday but many years back. He used to
train at the Victoria Gymnasium, and so
all of our successful boxers came from the
same place and this is something the authorities should take note of. Whereas we
have not produced any successful boxer
since we moved at the NSC Hall.
So we are afraid that next Olympics
we won’t get an athlete to qualify and
we will still depend on Andrique. And
we still won’t produce good boxers if we
do not get an appropriate facility. With a
good venue we can detect young talent
and start nurturing them train them and
send them to some youth tournaments
as there are many that takes place every
year. And once they start getting international bouts and start winning then they
will want to continue winning thus they
will want to work harder and continue in
the sport.
Is there any location that you have
suggested to the authorities?
The NSC CEO Giovanna Rousseau had
talked about a new building at the Freedom Square but this is still in its infancy
stage and will take years to spring up, and
we cannot wait that long. Our problem is
immediate. The coaches are complaining
that they had over ten youths but most
of them are not turning up for training.
Again it comes down to the location of the
boxing gym. If we have a proper facility
the kids will come for training.
You are currently running the boxing
federation alone, how is it going?
It’s going fine as I have so many years
of experience in sport administration. I
have been in boxing since I was 16 years
old. I was in the group that went to the
first Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980.
At that time we picked some top boxers
like Micheal Pillay, Remy Zialor to go
and represent Seychelles. It was later that
the Olympic qualification competitions
started. I remember going with Rival
to Casablanca for the Barcelona Games
qualification championship in 1992. On
top of that I have been an international
referee for ages and have travelled the
world officiating in big tournaments. So I
know the laws and rules of the sport plus
I have been in boxing administration for
years now. So I am ready to help whoever
becomes Chairman of the boxing federation. I do not want to be chairman as I
am comfortable as secretary general or
treasurer. I like to be the watchdog of the
federation and help whoever gets the top
post in the federation.
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Wednesday 27 April, 2016
Tottenham title hopes
in tatters following
West Brom draw
Leicester City are close to
being crowned champions
T
ottenham
Hotspur’s
hopes of catching Premier League leaders
Leicester City were dealt a
crushing blow as they were
held to a 1-1 draw at home
by West Bromwich Albion on
Monday.
Needing a victory to cut the
gap to five points with three
games left, the hosts dominated the first half and took
the lead when West Brom defender Craig Dawson bundled
Christian Eriksen’s free kick
into his own net.
Tottenham also hit the
woodwork three times but became increasingly edgy as the
second half wore on and Dawson headed the visitors level
after 72 minutes.
West Brom grew in confidence and Tottenham failed to
threaten in the closing stages,
meaning Leicester can win the
title if they beat Manchester
United on Sunday.
Serie A
Juventus win fifth
successive Serie A title
after Napoli loss
J
Napoli were sunk by a late goal at AS Roma
uventus won Serie A for the
fifth season in a row without
kicking a ball on Monday after Napoli, the only team who could
have caught them, were sunk 1-0 by
a late Radja Nainggolan goal at AS
Roma.
Juventus, who have led the table
since beating Napoli 1-0 in February, were left with an unassailable
12-point lead with three games each
left to play as they clinched a record
31st league title.
The match, played at a half-empty Stadio Olimpico on a sunny bank
holiday afternoon, was an anti-climatic end to a season which had at
one stage promised to be one of the
most exciting Italian title races for
years.
The game between Serie A’s two
highest-scoring sides was threatening to peter out into a tame goalless
draw until Nainggolan slotted the
ball home in the 89th minute following a move started with a delicate
pass from Roma substitute Francesco Totti.
During the first half of the season,
the lead had changed almost weekly
with AS Roma, Napoli, Inter Milan
and Fiorentina all taking turns at
the top.
But, as their rivals faltered, Juventus, who beat Fiorentina 2-1 on
Sunday, put together an astonishing
run in which they took 73 points out
a possible 75 to win the title with
games to spare.
Roma had more possession but
Napoli, whose top-scorer Gonzalo Higuain returned after a threematch ban, carved out the better
chances and Jose Callejon had a
first-half goal ruled out by a hairline
offside decision.
The victorious Juventus squad pose for a celebratory team photo after
they were confirmed champions.
NBA roundup
Chris Paul out with broken hand
T
Thunder advance after downing Mavericks
he Los Angeles Clippers
didn’t just lose Game 4 of
their first-round playoff series with the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night at the Moda
Center. They lost their point
guard, leader and best player, too.
Chris Paul left the game in the
third quarter of the Trail Blazers’
98-84 victory with a right hand
injury and did not return. X-rays
showed a fractured third metacarpal. He might be sidelined for
the remainder of the playoffs.
Al-Farouq Aminu scored 30
points -- a career high for both the
regular season and the playoffs -as the Blazers evened the best-ofseven series at two games apiece.
Aminu made 11 of 20 shots from
the field, including six of 10 from
3-point range. The 6-foot-9 forward also had 10 rebounds and
three blocked shots.
11-of-24 shooting to go along with
seven rebounds. Steven Adams
added 15 points and 10 boards.
Dirk Nowitzki paced Dallas
with 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting. Dwight Powell came off the
bench to score 16 points and grab
nine rebounds. Justin Anderson
added 14 points in the loss.
Hornets 89, Heat 85
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kemba Walker erupted for 34 points,
including 11 straight in a decisive
fourth-quarter spurt, and Charlotte beat Miami to even their
Eastern Conference first-round
playoff series at 2-2.
Walker bounced back from a
4-of-19 shooting performance in
a Game 3 win on Saturday by hitting 13-of-28 from the field and
6-of-7 from the free-throw line.
It was a game of wild momentum swings as the Hornets trailed
by 11 early but took control by
outscoring the Heat 29-13 in the
second quarter. They led by as
many as 18 in the third quarter
before the Heat answered with a
17-1 run, and the game was destined to go to the final seconds
from there.
The teams will head back to
Miami for Game 5 on Wednesday
night, with a Game 6 now assured
for Friday night in Charlotte. The
home team has won every game
so far in the best-of-seven series.
Thunder 118, Mavericks 104
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Russell
Westbrook and Kevin Durant
combined to score 69 points,
leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to an 118-104 victory over the
Dallas Mavericks on Monday and
a five-game series win in the first
round of the Western Conference
playoffs.
Oklahoma City advances to a
Western Conference semifinal series against the Spurs. Game 1 will
be Saturday at San Antonio.
Westbrook racked up 36 points,
12 rebounds and nine assists Monday, shooting 13-for-23 from the
floor. Durant scored 33 points on
Clippers guard Chris Paul (3) dribbles around a pick as Trail Blazers
guard Allen Crabbe (23) gives chase in the first quarter of Game 4.
Wednesday 27 April, 2016
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Consumer Price Index
Price of goods steadying up
Measures announced by the Central Bank in early March immediately reflected in last month’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) bulletin.
G. Jean
T
he twelve-monthly inflation rate went down by
-2.6 percent during the
month of March, but figures for
the month show that price of
goods is slowly stabilising compared to the previous month.
In March 2016, the all items
annual inflation rate stood at
-3.2 percent compared to -0.6
percent recorded in February of
the same year.
Month on month inflation
stood at -0.2 percent in March
2016 compared to 0.0 percent in
February, representing a slight
reduction from one month to the
next.
The twelve-monthly average
inflation stood at 2.6 percent towards the end of March, whilst
the rate for fish, other food and
on food items stood at -4.7 percent, 1.9 percent and 2.8 percent
respectively.
These figures suggest an overall increase in the price of “Other
Food” and “Non-Food” items
over the last year, while the price
of fish had gone down.
This is according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) published by the National Bureau
of Statistics (NBS) on a monthly basis, from observing price
change in about 3,000 items
monthly across Mahe, Praslin
and La Digue.
The CPI measures the rate of
price change of a fixed basket of
goods and services purchased by
the Seychelles households.
It is a tool which measures
This may well have to do with
recent measures put in place by
the Central Bank to halt inflation
in its track after the banks regulator had, in the few months before that, loosened its monetary
policies.
It announced in March that it
was tightening up fiscal policies
in an attempt to mop up a substantial amount of liquidation
put in circulation during the
es is changing over time.
This is usually measured as a
ratio of the average index over a
twelve month period to the average index of the preceding twelve
month period.
Price collection is done during the week of the 15th of every
month. Any change in price of
commodities that occurs after
the price collection week is reflected in the computations of
price changes in goods and services with reference to a base period for which the index is set to
equal 100.
Any increase or decrease in this
index reflects an increase or decrease in the price of the good or
service compared to the price in
the base period. Rapid increases
in the index imply that the market structure is changing.
The slight decrease in price of
goods as observed during the
month of March suggests prices
are stabilizing after a period during which they were on a hike.
months leading up to March.
The bank stepped up after inflation had risen to 3.2 percent
in March, a few digits away from
a ceiling of 5 percent whereby
increase in prices is considered
alarming.
It was hoped that mopping up
the extra liquidation in circulation would balance supply and
demand, hence stabilising prices
of goods, which appears to be
happening.
The rate of inflation measures
the rate at which the cost of a
fixed basket of goods and servic-
the following month, according
to the NBS.
Data released by NBS in the
March bulletin continues with
the changes introduced in January 2015. These changes include
revisions made to the weights,
the basket of goods and services
and a new index reference period.
The index reference period is
now 2014 compared to July 2007
in releases prior to January 2015.
The weights are taken from the
Household Budget Survey of
2013.
Wednesday 27 April, 2016
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Entrepreneurship
A stationery solution
Clip’s Deepa Jivan is convinced that she has what it takes to compete and thrive amongst her business peers.
D. Laurence
T
he shop CLIPS was named
by Deepa Jivan’s mother,
and it is currently located
in the Jivan’s Complex building,
sandwiched between Dr. Jivan’s
pharmacy and clinic. The emerging stationery shop has made a
splash on the local market – as it
caters for a range of clients with
over a hundred different products.
Coming up with the name of
the shop, Mrs. Jivan explains
that she wanted something
unique, yet relevant to the business. She stated that the name
encompasses all that she was
aiming for a shop that would be
accessible to her clients because
happy clients are more likely to
give positive testimonials.
According to the young entrepreneur, the idea to open a stationery shop came about through
a desire to meet the need in the
market, and to provide affordable stationery items to offices,
businesses, but most important
of all – to support education by
extending its services to schools.
CLIPS, according to Mrs. Jivan,
is ideally located, as it is in an
An array of erasable pen.
uncongested area and customers will no longer worry about
squeezing through heavy traffic.
“I came shopping for stationery
in Victoria out of necessity, but
I would get stuck in traffic” she
pointed out before adding that
she would “encounter major issues when it came to parking
and then only to find out that the
shop I went to didn’t have what I
needed, or even worse – whatever I bought was of poor quality.”
If brands are what you are looking for, then CLIPS is exactly
where you need to go. Mrs. Jivan explained that she wanted to
provide her clients with the best
option when it came to stationery and so, some of the brands
on offer are only sold at CLIPS,
and this will help to retain the
brand’s exclusivity.
CLIPS attempts to stay ahead
of the competition in every way.
To that end, the stationery store
has introduced Paperone; a new
brand of multi-purpose premium A4 paper (80 GSM). Mrs.
Jivan draws attention to the fact
that it is whiter than other papers currently sold on the market. “In addition, it is of better
quality when it comes to printing” she said. Different brands
are sourced from different countries; Paperone is imported from
Indonesia, Bantex from South
Colouring books.
Africa and Kangaroo Staplers is
shipped from India.
Mrs. Jivan highlighted that her
new collection of goods – such as
erasable pens and writing pads,
also means that CLIPS will be invading the turf of stationeries in
the country. “Our range and vari-
ety of stationery are large and designed to meet the requirements
of both corporate and individuals alike. For big organisations,
CLIPS goes a step further to offer credit on LPO’s and delivery
service” Mrs. Jivan told TODAY.
Listing her products, Mrs. Ji-
van stated that they also stock
flip chart stands, cork boards,
felt boards and white boards.
Furthermore, they also sell registers, box files between SCR35
– SCR60. Some of the other pen
brands on sale at the store includes Pilot, Parker, Staedtler,
Maped and Fevicol.
Mrs. Jivan asserts that the
store will moreover continue to
seek a new profit stream to add
to its mature business. “We will
continue our market survey,
study customers’ requirements
and source standard quality
stationery for them”’ she said,
claiming; “we have a simple
marketing philosophy to offer good quality stationery at
reasonable prices, and to keep
it that way. This is what I also
look for as a customer, so this is
what I should in turn offer to my
faithful clients”.
The world is very big and the
long term plan is very big for
CLIPS. The store ensures its
clients get an attentive service.
CLIPS is also planning to bring
new customised services such as
stamp making, laminating, and
binding to complement business.
Alongside the new stationery,
Jivan’s lineage is well-established, owning several businesses including a retail pharmacy.
Wednesday 27 April, 2016
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Climate change
Seychelles signs landmark Paris Agreement
United Nations (UN) calls on other countries to make steps towards comprehensive climate change mitigation by ratifying the Paris deal which comes into effect in 2020.
ing in the year 2020.
In signing the landmark agreement Seychelles has joined the
majority of the States Parties to
the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC).
Individual countries must now
complete internal procedures of
ratification before the agreement
can come into force.
To cement the Paris agreement
international policy on climate
A
total of 176 countries
including
Seychelles
have heeded the call of
the UN Secretary-General, Ban
Ki-moon, and signed the Paris
agreement which reaffirms the
strong commitment of governments of the world to deliver on
the promises made to mitigate
climate change.
Brokered in Paris last December, the agreement was signed by
Ambassador Marie-Louise Potter, Permanent Representative of
the Republic of Seychelles to the
United Nations, on behalf of Sey-
chelles’ head of State, Mr. James
A. Michel.
Mrs. Potter has been based in
New York for the last half decade.
Signing the agreement is but a
first step towards the implementation of policies meant to ease
greenhouse gas emissions start-
change, a minimum of 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of the world’s greenhouse
gas emissions must ratify the
Paris Agreement. Only then will
the agreement be legally binding
to all its signatories.
Seychelles is imploring the rapid ratification by other countries
to ensure implementation of this
agreement commence swiftly. It
is also calling on all the governments to take the challenge and
to show continued political will,
and fulfill the commitments to
achieve the future that we want.
So far 15 countries have ratified this agreement, most of
them Small Island Developing
States (SIDS) with low carbon
footprint, including Barbados,
Belize, Fiji, Grenada, Maldives,
Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nauru, Palau, Palestine, Saint Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa,
Somalia and Tuvalu.
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“WiseOceans is a marine
education and conservation organisation, passionate about spreading
awareness of our seas and
celebrating the wonderful
marine life found here in
Seychelles.
WiseOceans
Marine Educators at Four
Seasons Resort Seychelles
teach guests and staff
about coral reefs, helping
everyone to love and look
after the ocean. www.wiseoceans.com”.
Starfish
• There are around 2,000
species of sea star (also known
as starfish)
• Despite their name, starfishes are not fishes but invertebrates in the taxonomic category echinoderms, along with
urchins and sea cucumbers.
• Blue sea stars can also be
found in a variety of other
colours – orange, yellow, red,
peach, brown etc.
• They can regenerate an arm
if lost due to predation. The
lost arm can also regrow
into an identical sea star.
• Sea stars do not have
any blood, instead they have
a water vascular system (a
network of internal channels through which filtered
sea water flows. In a sea
star, this system allows it to
move, feed and breathe)
• They have two stomachs. To eat, they push one
Cushion sea star, Seychelles ©
WiseOceans.
Blue sea star, Seychelles © WiseOceans.
out of their body, digest
their food (still outside of
their body) and then swallow the stomach again. This
tactic means they can eat
food larger than their own
mouths.
• They have a light sensor,
like a basic eye, on the end
of each arm
Sea star regenration, Seychelles
© WiseOceans
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Wednesday 27 April, 2016
Lifeline
Celebrity Profile
Priyanka Chopra (1982–)
All-Prince top five in
midweek chart
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress known for her work in nearly 50 films and for her break-through role on the American TV drama ‘Quantico.’
Pop star Prince is on course
to dominate the UK charts this
week, as mourning fans rush to
buy his music.
The musician holds every spot
in the top five in the midweek
chart update, with 16 albums set
to enter the top 100, the Official
Chart Company says.
His 2001 retrospective The
Very Best Of is at number one,
followed by the 2006 collection
Ultimate.
Purple Rain is at three, followed by The Hits / The B-Sides
and 1987’s double album Sign O’
The Times.
Six of Prince’s hits are also
due to re-enter the singles chart,
led by Purple Rain which is currently at number two. The song
reached Number eight upon its
original release in 1984, meaning the song could hit a new
peak on Friday’s Official Chart.
Romania expelled from
Eurovision Song Contest
The European Broadcasting
Union (EBU) claimed the Romanian public service broadcaster Televiziunea Romana
(TVR) owes 16 million Swiss
francs.
The EBU described the action
to exclude Romania from next
month’s contest in Sweden as
“regrettable”.
Romania has never won the
contest, but came third in 2005
and 2010.
The EBU had called on the
Romanian government to make
satisfactory arrangements to
repay the debt by Wednesday
(20 April). The organisation
regards the Romanian State as
legally obliged to underwrite
TVR’s debt.
Nikki Sixx to YouTube: ‘Do
the right thing’
Motley Crue co-founder Nikki
Sixx has launched a campaign asking Google to pay musicians more
money when their videos appear
on YouTube.
The bass player is urging Google
to remember its former slogan “Don’t be evil” - in its dealings with
artists.
“The idea behind that was to
always compensate everybody,” he
said.
“That motto has since changed
to ‘Do the right thing’. It’s time to
live up to your corporate mottos,
Google... and invest in the future
of music.”
The comments represent the
start of a campaign by artists to
challenge YouTube’s system of royalty payments.
They come as the video streaming site’s contracts with the world’s
three biggest record labels come
up for negotiation this summer.
Source: Biography.com
Early Years
Priyanka Chopra was born on
July 18, 1982, in Jamshedpur,
India. Both her parents are doctors, and her father was in the
army, so Chopra’s family moved
quite a bit as she grew up. She
studied at the La Martiniere
Girl’s School in Lucknow before
relocating to the United States
for three years. She started high
school in Massachusetts before
moving to British Columbia,
Canada. From there it was back
to India, and Chopra then attended the Army Public School
at Bareilly. It was during this
period that Chopra’s life would
begin to switch gears, as she entered and won the May Queen
contest at the Bareilly Club.
Soon another beauty pageant
was on her radar: the prestigious Miss India.
“I was studying for my 12th
boards, when my mother sent
my pictures for the Miss India
contest,” Chopra recounted.
“When I got the call, I didn’t
know how to respond! My dad
told me to give it a try. And I
did…. I didn’t think I would
win. I just went to take a break.”
But she did win, and although
she was enrolled at Jai Hind
College in Mumbai, she quickly
dropped out of college to explore her more glamorous op-
tions. She soon took her Miss
India crown to the 2000 Miss
World pageant and won that as
well, becoming one of five Indian women to take the title.
With that win came instant
fame, and Chopra soon took
the logical next step: the world
of film.
Bollywood Success
At the age of 20, Chopra made
her debut in the 2002 film
Thamizhan and followed it that
same year with Jeet: Born to
Win. Of her debut, Chopra was
clear: “I hated it!” she has said.
“I wanted to leave the industry
once I did it! I didn’t know what
TODAY in History
Movies
Jungle Book holds off
Huntsman challenge
April 27th is the 117th day of the year
1967: Expo 67
opens
I was saying or doing.”
In 2003, she appeared in her
first Bollywood film, The Hero:
Love Story of a Spy. That same
year she appeared in Andaaz,
and this kicked off a long string
of films, including Plan, Kismat, Asambhav, Mujhse Shaadi
Karogi and Aitrazz—incredibly,
all released in 2004. While most
of these films underperformed at
the box office, Chopra found success with the romantic comedy,
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi.
Not content with making five
films in a single year, in 2005,
Chopra starred in six, including Blackmail, Karam, Yakeen
and Barsaat, none of which were
box-office performers. She followed these in 2006 with two of
the year’s most successful films,
Krrish and Don, but she was also
in four other films that year that
came and went unnoticed. In
2007, Chopra found little success
at the box office, and in 2008 she
returned with another six more.
One of her 2008 films, Fashion, struck a chord with critics,
and in 2009 Chopra stretched
her abilities playing 12 different
roles in What’s Your Raashee? In
all, over the course of her short
career, Chopra has appeared in
nearly 50 films, with more recent titles including Agneepath,
Barfi! and Bajirao Mastani.
In 2015, Chopra signed on to
the cast of Quantico, an American TV show about FBI recruits.
With the role, Chopra becomes
the first Indian woman to star in
a leading American TV network
drama and marks her most visible crossover to date from Bollywood to Hollywood.
2006: Construction
begins on the Freedom
Tower
Disney’s new film version of The Jungle Book made more than three times as much as
its nearest rival in North American cinemas over the weekend, taking $60.8m (£42.1m)
between Friday and Sunday.
Source: BBC.com
hat compared with
the $20.1m (£13.9m)
The Huntsman: Winter’s War made in the US
and Canada over the same
period.
Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt
appear in the follow-up to
2012’s Snow White and the
Huntsman.
Original star Kristen Stewart did not return for the sequel.
This, according to one pundit, partially explains why
the film did not open as well
as its predecessor, which
earned $56.2m (£38.9m)
on its debut and went on to
gross $396.6m (£274.7m)
worldwide.
“[Stewart] was a key reason
for the opening of that first
film,” said Paul Dergarabedian of box office analysts com-
T
On this day in 1967, Expo
67 opened to much acclaim in
Montreal, Canada. It is now
considered to be the most successful world exhibition of the
20th century, with the most
attendees and over 62 nations
participating.
The theme of the exhibition
was “Man and His World”,
which was based on the 1939
book Terre des Hommes, written by the famous French pilot
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
The exposition displayed
many nations, corporations,
industries, technologies, social themes, religions and designs, including the US pavilion, a geodesic dome designed
by Buckminster Fuller. Expo
67 also featured Habitat 67,
an urban modular housing
complex designed by architect Moshe Safdie, whose units
were purchased by private
Montrealers after the fair was
concluded, and is still occupied today. The most popular
display of the exposition was
the soaring Soviet Union pavilion which attracted about
13 million visitors.
On this day in 2006, construction
began
on
the
104-story super-tall Freedom
Tower in New York City.
Following the destruction
of the original World Trade
Center on September 11 2001,
there was much debate regarding the future of the
World Trade Center site. Proposals began almost immediately, and a design by Daniel
Libeskind was selected.
Criticism was levelled at
the limited number of floors
that were designated for office
space, as only 82 floors would
be habitable (a reduction of
280,000 m2 in comparison
with the original complex.)
The floor limit was imposed
by Silverstein, who owns the
lease on the site and had expressed concern that higher
floors would be a liability in
the event of a future terrorist
attack.
In August 2012, the skyscraper’s steel officially topped
out at the nominal 105th floor,
at a total height of 1,368 feet.
Its glass panels are now being
installed.
Neel Sethi plays Mowgli in The Jungle Book while Emily Blunt (right)
plays an evil queen in The Huntsman: Winter’s War.
Score. “That was going to be
a tough act to follow.”
Comedy sequel Barbershop:
The Next Cut fell one place
to three, with Zootopia - re-
leased as Zootropolis in the
UK - rising one place to four,
Melissa McCarthy comedy
The Boss rounds out this
week’s top five.
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Afro Asian International Expo
Cultures converge
The countdown has begun for the event which will be launched this Friday and will include a magic show and delicious food from different world regions.
D.Laurence
T
rade shows are an opportunity for businesses to
create awareness for their
brands. Getting your product out
in front of a target audience and
meeting with current or potential
prospects - this is why the Rajasthan Company is bringing the Afro
Asian International Expos (AAIE)
in Seychelles.
A total of 20 participants rang-
ing from different local businesses
in Seychelles has confirmed their
participation for the show.
While it is nice to have a large
footprint on a trade show floor,
those who cannot afford it should
not worry about it - the participants
should instead focus on connecting
consumers to their services, Managing Director, Narendra Jain said.
“People need to know why they
are signing up for these kinds of
shows; it can serve as a platform
to showcase new products and
concepts, a way to build up your
brand, a way to share cultures and
a means of nurturing relationships
or even position your company in a
good place for sale” he points out.
He believes that to understand
the concept of culture we have to
bring people of different nation-
alities under one roof. “It is important that people are made aware
of the dynamics resulting from
cultural differences,” he said. “To
ensure cultural expansion, people
need to be brought together - this
show provides the perfect opportunity to share cultural knowledge” added Mr Jain.
It is important as part of a marketing strategy not to put a small
booth next to an extravagant presentation, or two booths advertising the same consumer goods
- Mr Jain cautioned. “This kind of
miscalculated display can distract
customers from your message and
products” he said.
Sometimes it takes a lot of mon-
ey to plan and exhibit at a show
and Mr Jain has little a kernel of
advice for local participants. “Do
not let all your efforts go to waste
by not being active after the event
is over. Participants should remain
active with their consumers” Stated Mr Jain. He recommends that
a sound continuous plan is created
with people after the show is over.
Mr Jain stressed that participants should know who they are
targeting in the show. He said that
a lot of people might come, but
participants need to know who
they are targeting specifically and
how to draw them in.
“At the end of the show we expect that all the goods will be sold
and we hope that each participant
gains extensive publicity”, continued Mr Jain.
The five day show, which is being
organised in close collaboration
with the Seychelles Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (SCCI), is
expected to bring different traders
from different countries together.
According to Mr Jain, the show
will bring another aspect in Seychelles, as it will encourage people
to set up similar businesses. “When
people see that certain products
are selling well at the, they will
know which kind of products are
in demand - and this will push
people to set up similar businesses
in Seychelles” concluded Mr Jain.
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21 Jan – 19 Feb
What happens over the next
two or three days may come
as a bit of a shock but it will
also be quite exciting. Someone new who comes into
your life will in some way
or other turn your world
upside down – and you will
love it!
23 July – 22 Aug
A change of perspective is
needed in your life and today’s cosmic influences will
encourage you to upgrade
your viewpoint. It may be
a big step but if you don’t
take it you will always regret it. Life is supposed to
be an adventure!
20 Feb – 20 March
The old way of doing things
may be the safe way but it is
not necessarily the best way
and with the planets urging
you to use your imagination you should be trying
things you never attempted
before. It will be fun and it
could make you money.
23 Aug – 23 Sept
Cosmic activity in one of
the more adventurous areas of your chart urges you
to be original, to follow a
path that marks you out as
different. You are not now,
nor will you ever be, one of
the herd. You’re more than
special – you’re unique.
21 March – 20 April
You are determined to put
into action some of the big –
some might say outrageous
– ideas you’ve come up with
in recent weeks. Certain
people may not approve
of your aims but annoying
them is of course half the
fun – and you do it so well!
24 Sept – 23 Oct
Your problems are nowhere
near as bad as you seem to
believe, so stop worrying
and start enjoying life again.
Certain sensitive matters
will be brought into the
open over the next few days
but there is no need to panic
– you can handle them.
21 April – 21 May
The only way you are going
to resolve a personal issue
of some sort is to confront it
head-on. The more you try
to pretend that it does not
exist the deeper it will bury
itself in your subconscious,
so be brave and face up to
your demons.
24 Oct – 22 Nov
No matter how desperate
you may be to change
things you would be wise
not to throw out what has
worked well for you in the
past. The best changes are
those that build on what
went before, and you have
achieved so much already.
22 May – 21 June
Friends and relatives can see
your problems better than
you can see them yourself,
so don’t be annoyed if they
try to give you advice. If
you do as they suggest you
might even save yourself a
lot of trouble – or is trouble
something you enjoy?
23 Nov – 21 Dec
If you play to your
strengths today there is
precious little you won’t be
able to do, either at home
or at work. By all means try
a new approach, but make
sure it is within the framework of what you already
know and do so well.
2. What is the most widely eaten fish in the world?
22 June – 22 July
Your passionate approach
to life could leave someone
feeling defensive. While
you like to tackle problems
with gusto, others might
prefer a more even keel
plan. Be open to new methods and ideas.
22Dec–20Jan
Your gift, today, is the great
ability to accept the things
you cannot change in your
life,whichwillcomeinhandy.
There is a lot going on that
is beyond your control right
now, and there is no point in
getting frustrated about it.
8. What star sign is Gladys Knight?
Down
1. Social rendezvous
2. Ancient Biblical kingdom
3. Young sheep
4. Go on board
5. Former Italian currency
6. Completes
7. T T T T
8. Sash
9. Urge to travel
10. A city in France
11. Stick around
13. Front limb of a horse
14. Fantasy
20. Regretted
21. Depressions
25. No longer alive
26. Not the victor
27. Instilling a favorable emotional
impact
28. Fermenting agent
29. Analyze chemical substances
30. S S S S
31. Maximum (abbrev.)
33. Mother
35. Estimated Time of Arrival
37. Stiff hair or bristle
39. Precipitated rain and snow
42. Withered
44. Magma
47. Better than seventh
49. Small sofa
52. Marquis de ____
53. Frozen
55. Agony
56. A river in Spain
57. Ball of yarn
58. A midwestern state
59. Mineral-bearing rocks
60. Where birds live
62. Coloring agent
Yesterday’s solution
Across
1. Expunge
5. Permit
8. Possesses
12. Biblical first man
13. Assessed a monetary penalty
15. Entice
16. Grave
17. Command
18. Native of South America
19. Humiliated
22. Ruler under the Ottoman
Empire
23. French for “Street”
24. Assistant
26. Probable
29. Unit of electrical current
31. Mother
32. Views as
34. Volcano
36. Vipers
38. Unit of magnetic flux density
40. Microscopic particles
41. Sherry
43. Not big
45. Ocean
46. Take an exam again
48. Leavening agents
50. Indian dress
51. Biblical first woman
52. Female sibling
54. Belief about the future
61. Corrosive
63. Dining, coffee or end
64. Ripped
65. Declare untrue
66. Employed
67. Sheep
68. The boundary of a surface
69. At this instant
70. Not the west
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