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n News

n Sports

n Business

n Life

n Procurement: Young
Entrepreneurs to benefit
from new tender scheme
(page 3)

SR 10/-

Bel Ombre skull

DNA tests
inconclusive
Forensics experts in Mauritius say essential parts for
identification are missing.

n Boxing: National
selection prepare for Russian training camp (page 4)

orensic tests on the skull

found in Bel Ombre at the
beginning of the month
are said to be inconclusive. This
is what official sources in Mau-

ritius told this newspaper yesterday afternoon after they examined the skull. The DNA tests
on the skull were supposed to
take place yesterday but forensic

Trade Fair at Roche Caiman: Participants denounce

inadequate organisation
(page 7)

Miss Seychelles: Jewels

sponsors three stunning
(page 11)
crowns

Where is the lower jaw?

experts in Mauritius claim that

parts which are essential for the
identification are missing. They
have asked the Seychelles police
to come back with the rest of the
skull.
Information received so far
confirms that Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Reginald
Elizabeth arrived in Mauritius in
possession of the skull, the samples from the three families who
have requested that their DNA
samples be tested against it as
well as bullet casings. The skull
was taken to the laboratory on
Monday. The bullet casings were
also sent to the ballistics department on the same day. Results
are still being awaited.
The police in Seychelles gave
no indication of whether they had
recovered the lower jaw - which
is presumably what is missing found by workers on a construction site in Bel Ombre before being re-interred. It now seems that
the jaw will be vital in identifying
the person the skull belonged to.
Sources tell this newspaper
that the laboratory in Mauritius
has been asked to determine conclusively the sex, the age and the
race of the skull. It has also been
tasked with determining whether
it matches any of the DNA samples which have been provided.
The Mauritian authorities have
also been asked to determine
whether the skull presents signs
of injuries and it is yet to be determined if this can be done with
an incomplete skull.

Bone of contention: The families who lost a loved one years ago,
will be crushed by this development.
The police confirmed on Saturday May 16 that they had recovered the skull after it had
been re-interred by workers on
a construction site. A few days
later, the Commissioner of Police told TODAY that three bullet casings had been recovered
on the site but this information
was corrected by ACP Elizabeth
last Friday during a press conference when he said that five
bullet casings had actually been
retrieved.
But no information relating
to the lower jaw was given and
it is not known whether it was
recovered and, if so, whether
it was sent to Mauritius along
with the skull. As a result, forensic sources in Mauritius are
saying that nothing more can
be done as long as the missing

parts are sent to the laboratory.

This development will crush the
three families that have come
forward following the discovery
of the skull in the hope that DNA
testing could establish whether
the skull belonged to one of their
lost relatives. Samples have been
taken from the relatives by the police for tests.
The discovery of the skull and
the polices subsequent handling of
the case has also raised the question of whether all procedures have
been followed in a case such as
this one. In a Letter to the Editor
this newspaper published earlier
this week, a reader asked whether
a court order for an enquiry had
been issued by a judge for the purpose of taking the skull abroad for
forensic examinations.
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Friday 29 May 2015

Nicholes take on
Corruption? What corruption?
By N.Tirant
Psychologists and religious leaders agree on the view that admission of a
problem or a sin is half way to its resolution. Having admitted to sinning,
absolution will wipe the slate clean and allow us to start afresh with a new
state of mind determined never to sin again. The same argument could
apply to kicking an addiction to alcohol or drugs. A new start is always a
great place to be.
Thats why the presidents recent dismissal of corruption in the country
as only a perception didnt fail to raise many eyebrows all around.
Of course weve not heard of anyone being charged and convicted for
active corruption in recent years. There are certainly few, if any, convicts at
Montagne Pose serving time for active corruption. There are probably no
case dockets covering acts of corruption lying on the prosecutors desks as
I write. But does that mean that there is no corruption at all in the country? Can we really deduce that in the absence of proof, corruption lies only
in the warped eye of the beholder; that its only a perception?
If that is the current conventional wisdom, then one is almost tempted
to ask when did it all go away? Was it simply a law forcing a paper declaration that did away with what everyone had already agreed was a reality
just a short decade ago?
Seychelles signed the UN Convention against Corruption in February
2004. Five months later in July 2004 an ethics working group was set
up to develop a mechanism by which public servants would declare their
assets and interests and bring our country in line with the UN convention
and our other international commitments like the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption.
Back in 2004, the working group started work on a law that would
determine who should declare their assets, what sort of assets should be
declared and how wide the net would be cast. It was very important that
we also determine who would be the holder of this declaration and who
would have access to the information it contained. These discussions gave
birth to the Public Officers Ethics Act of August 2008 which created an
ethics commission and provided for a highly secretive declaration to be
made by senior government officials including non-civil servants sitting
on official boards. Sealed envelopes containing the top secret declarations
would be hidden away in the vaults of the Central Bank covered under the
veil of secrecy guaranteed in the law and could be opened only at the peril
of anyone seeking to challenge the source of a public officers accumulated
wealth. Hardly a good place to start checking for the fruit of acts of corruption!
The anti-corruption lobby returned to the centre stage in December
2009 when the then vice-president led a national Say No to Corruption
campaign with the countrys first ever commemoration of Anti-Corruption Day. The first boss of the newly-created Public Officers Ethics Commission admitted then that corruption existed in Seychelles even if it was
on a small scale as a result of tight rules, trade restrictions, bureaucracy,
lax spending controls and inefficiency in the public service. She blamed
corruption on the quality of remuneration of the civil service and the ineffectiveness of deterrents.
As the calendars of the national anti-corruption campaign ran out of
dates, the subject once again took a back seat to reappear in February 2012,
as the country stood at the summit of the mountain, from where the president pledged a New Seychelles spelling out what it would take to create
that intelligent, united, harmonious and prosperous nation where there
was zero tolerance for corruption, criminality and social delinquency. In his
state of the nation address in February 2012, the president explained the
restructured government that he would need to remain connected with the
people whilst the public sector increased its efficiency, discipline and transparency as it provided a better service to the Seychellois.
In the list of what he needed to achieve this new dimension, he called for
faithful, loyal and competent collaborators to assist in his task of working
for the people who had elected him. He would not tolerate the creation of
empires and, after accepting the position, the collaborators he appointed
would have to set aside their personal interests and ambitions and not
not use their positions to raise their status or for personal gain.
We will not tolerate corruption, in whatever form or from whatever
origin, he said, adding that sometimes people wrongly believed that corruption exists only in government. We will not make any distinctions
between those who have let themselves be bought and those who have
done the buying, he stressed, adding that they were both guilty and would
be severely sanctioned.
Taking stock of corruption or the lack of it perceived or real today,
citizens are left wondering at the many instances involving questionable
land deals, naturalisation of foreigners, businesses created in the peoples
name and strange tax-exemptions that need to be dispelled with much
more than just a brush of a hand!

Police brief

Two muggings and an

unfortunate accident

60 year-old resident of Port Glaud was admitted to hospital after

being hit by a bus at the Victoria bus terminal. Her condition is
described as stable. The police are requesting that anyone who
can assist them with the case, come forward.
Three residents of Mont Buxton, aged 35, 41 and 45, were arrested on
Tuesday for having stolen a signet ring and camera from a person on Bazaar Street last Sunday. They have been remanded to custody until June
2. The police were subsequently able to retrieve the camera.
On Wednesday, the police also arrested two suspects in a case involving the theft of a 72 year-old ladys engagement and wedding rings and
mobile phone at Pti Barbarons. According to the victim, the two suspects,
who were masked and dressed in black, threatened her at knifepoint before making off with her possessions. The police are requesting that anyone with any information pertaining to the case contact the CID.

Drug trafficking

NDEA requests assistance

from Interpol

eddy
Micock
and
Vivian
Domingue: remember these two names.
According to a statement
issued by the National
Drugs
Enforcement
Agency (NDEA), these
two men are wanted in
connection with the record seizure of 36kgs of
heroin in March. The consignment, which arrived
in the country on a commercial aircraft from the
Middle East, was intercepted by the NDEA but
Micock and Domingue
have yet to be arrested,
which is why the agency
has requested Interpols
assistance. It also wants
Interpols help in tracking down Colin and Gina
Forte who are wanted in
connection with the importation of a consignment of heroin in October
2014. They are believed
to have fled the country.
In particular, the NDEA
has asked that the international police organisation issue a Blue Notice
for these fugitives. The
notice is issued to the police internationally for the
purpose of tracing and locating wanted persons. In
the event that the wanted
persons are located the
NDEA will be seeking
their return to Seychelles,
the agency stated.

Neddy Micock.

Vivian Domingue.

Gina Forte.

Colin Forte.

DNA tests inconclusive

Continued from page 1

He further observed that

a missing person file should
have been opened and a
court order sought by the po-

lice for the removal of the evidence from the country for
forensic investigations. More
importantly, he asked, what
independent measures have

been put in place to protect

the authenticity of the skull
itself and to ensure that the
families DNA are not tampered with on its way over-

seas?
There has been no reaction
from the authorities following the publication of those
very valid points.

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Friday 29 May 2015

Procurement

Young Entrepreneurs
to benefit from new
tender scheme
A familiarization visit on Tuesday afternoon conducted at the Finance ministrys Procurement Oversight Unit in Victoria by the Minister for Investment, Entrepreneurship
Development and Business Innovation, Michael Benstrong, also resulted in the launch
of a newly introduced tender bid scheme which will benefit young entrepreneurs.
By A. De Giorgio

inister Benstrong, who

was accompanied by
the Principal Secretary
(PS) for Finance and Trade, Patrick Payet, and other government
officials, had the opportunity to
visit the different departments
and workforce of the Procurement Oversight Unit situated at
the Maison de Mah in Victoria.
During his familiarization visit, which took place on Tuesday

afternoon, Minister Benstrong

was brought up to speed on how
general tenders are advertised,
registered, processed, and allocated to successful bidders.
Once the short visit ended everyone gathered in the conference room to witness the launch
of a newly introduced tender bid
scheme which is part of government plans to further develop
the economy by encouraging
and supporting young businessminded individuals in their en-

Staff members of the Procurement Oversight Unit.

deavours. Minister Benstrong

announced that the Procurement and Oversight Unit is accepting bids for a government
tender which consists of servicing and maintaining all the airconditioning units within the
ministries for health and education, including the clinics and
schools located across Mah,
Praslin and La Digue.
In a short speech PS Mr Payet
explained that 21 slots have been
allocated for tender of which
25 per cent will be assigned to
young entrepreneurs. This, he
said, would not only provide opportunities for young technicians
but also send out a message to
all young entrepreneurs that the
government is seeking ways to
support young business-minded
individuals starting with the way
tenders are allocated. Mr Payet
explained that all air-conditioning technicians between the age
of 18 and 30 that possess a registered licensed business can apply for the government tender.
Furthermore, he stated that the
applicants must meet reasonable
criteria such as being the majority shareholder of the business
and possess means of equipment
as well as manpower.
For his part, the chairman of

Youth Entrepreneurship Board,

Oliver Bastienne, welcomed the
scheme and described it as a
great start and achievement for
all young entrepreneurs. Mr
Bastienne explained that the
launch was the result of a halfday seminar which took place
last March. The main objective
of that symposium was to address the issues that are affecting
many aspiring young entrepreneurs while setting up or managing their enterprise such as access of funds and qualifying for
tender jobs, said Mr Bastienne.
He stated that several entrepreneurs complained about
how both government and private tenders are being allocated
whereby established companies
are given preference thus not
allowing young businesses the
chance to prove themselves. Furthermore he stated that its now
up to the young entrepreneurs
to wake up and smell the coffee,
find innovative ways and prove
themselves worthy of a tender

Minister Benstrong enquiring about how tenders are usually

processed.
by ensuring they have the right
resources and manpower to deliver the job once rewarded with a
tender before warning that failing to do so, will jeopardise the
opportunities for other younger

India heatwave

Why India heatwave

is so deadly

Death toll passes 1 400

By Eric Holthaus, meteorologist

Extreme temperatures hitting 47C, melt roads.

ore than 1,400 people

have died in a continuing heatwave in India
that has seen extreme temperatures melt roads, dry wells and
crack parched land.
Road markings were distorted
in Delhi after days of temperatures
hitting 45C turned asphalt liquid
and the government is urging people to stay inside.
Many of the victims are believed
to be homeless people, construction workers and labourers unable
to find shelter from the conditions.
Elderly people and young children are also at a greater risk of
succumbing to dehydration or heat
stroke.

The worst-hit states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, in southeastern India, reported 1,270
deaths as temperatures hit 47C,
the Hindustan times reported.
People have also been killed by
heat-related conditions in Gujarat,
West Bengal and Orissa.
Sporadic showers and cloud
cover provided brief respite on
Wednesday but the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has
issued more warnings for the coming days.
A red alert for severe heat followed by violent thunderstorms
was issued for Telangana, Andhra
Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha,
while amber warnings were issued

Road markings appear distorted as the asphalt starts to melt due to

the high temperature in New Delhi, India.

for more of the countrys northern

and central states.
The conditions were forecast to
continue until Monday at least, although temperatures will be cooling slightly as rain returns to much
of the country.
There is little sign of respite in
Delhi, where temperatures are expected to remain at between 43C
and 45C for the next fortnight.
Indias National Disaster Management Authority classes a heatwave as a period of abnormally
high temperatures during summer, typically from March to June.
The current conditions are being caused by a lack of rain combined with hot, dry winds from
the desert state of Rajasthan and
meteorologists have warned that
the heat may not break until monsoon sets in next month, risking
drought.
A spokesperson said: Higher
daily peak temperatures and longer, more intense heatwaves are
becomingly increasingly frequent
globally due to climate change.
India too is feeling the impact
of climate change in terms of increased instances of heatwaves
which are more intense in nature
with each passing year, and have
a devastating impact on human
health thereby increasing the
number of heatwave casualties.
Hospitals are being filled with
patients suffering from dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion
and deadly heat stroke.

entrepreneurs.
Interested candidates who
would like to learn more about
the new tender scheme can contact the Procurement Oversight
Unit on 4382 038.

An Indian farmer sits in his dried up land near Karnataka.

Residents of Gurgaon a highrise satellite city home to many
of the capitals workers suffered
power cuts of up to 10 hours a day
as the grid struggled to cope with
the demand from millions of air
conditioners.
Nothing is working even after
taking half a dozen baths a day,
you cant beat the heat, 34-yearold shop owner Manish Singh
said. We try to spend more time
indoors to avoid heatstroke. Its
worse than previous years; we
hardly get any electricity and the
air conditioners become useless.
Brahma Prakash Yadav, director of the Indian meteorological
department, said: Maximum
temperatures wont fall substantially. However, major relief can be
expected from 2 June as there are
indications of good showers.
Conditions like thishorrible
heat, and the vast majority of

people without access to air conditioningwill continue until the

monsoon season arrives in early
June. The Indian monsoon is, in
my opinion, the most important
weather forecast in the world, and
the outlook for this years rains
isnt great. With so many farmers
dependent on the rainswhich
produce 70 percent of the years
total rainfall in just four months
the monsoon is sometimes called
Indias real finance minister.
Though the rains are expected to
arrive on time this year, the seasonal total could disappoint for
reasons similar to last years failure: A growing El Nio and an
unfavorable distribution of heat
in the Indian Ocean could stifle
thunderstorms. Should the monsoons northward progression stall
out like last years, India could
have several more weeks of scorching heat to come.

Next to parts of the Amazon

River basin, coastal India typically
experiences the highest heat indexes
of anywhere on the planet. And
global warming is making it worse.
A recent study in Nature Climate
Change showed that increasing heat
stress is already limiting Indias labor capacitythe ability for humans
to do work outdoorswith side effects including fainting, disorientation, and seizures. According to a
separate study, heat stress will be
increasingly deadly in the years to
come. With more than 250 million
farmers, nearly as many as the entire
population of the United States, this
is a recipe for disaster.
The combination of exceptional
heat stress and a still largely rural
economy makes India uniquely
vulnerable to heat waves. Last year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
made universal electricity access by
2019 a key part of his election platform. (Currently a quarter of the
countrys 1.25 billion people dont
have electricity.) Air conditioning use
in India is growing at a whopping
20 percent per year, putting a huge
strain on the countrys still fragile
power grid and boosting its greenhouse gas emissions. Electrifying
India is a major challenge, and arguably the single most important use
of a dwindling global carbon budget.
Beyond India, skyrocketing air conditioning demand in poor countries
poses tough ethical questionsits
hard to justify growing greenhouse
gas emissions in relatively wealthy
parts of the planet when people are
literally dying of heat in the tropics.

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Boxing

National selection prepare for Russian training camp

By RR

Russian coach Alex Paramokhin will accompany the boxers

to Russia.

he national selection is
programmed to leave the
country soon as part of
their preparations for the upcoming Island Games. Our pugilists won four gold medals at
the last games held here in 2011.
Speaking to TODAY Sports this
week, the teams head coach Jerry Legras said that the chance to
go to Russia will be very beneficial in the sense that the boxers
will not be subjected to distractions and will be able to focus
upon the coming competition.
We have been training twice
daily for the past couple of weeks
as our boxers managed to be released from work. We have worked
on our physical condition and our
technique and now we will need
plenty of sparring partners to give
our boxers the fighting experience, revealed coach Legras.
Coach Legras will be travelling with a selection comprising
the following pugilists, namely
the 2014 sportsman of the year
Andrique Allisop, Keddy Agnes,
Jovet Jean, Kevin Kilindo, Dario
Gabriel, Stan Nicette, Alva and
Alvin Botsoie, Lorenzo Bonne,
Michael Brioche, Dave Cesar,

The national boxing selection is preparing to attend training in Russia in the near future.
Ronny Legras and Nigel Benoit.
Only ten of the listed boxers
will be part of the group attending training in Russia, while the
rest will train locally under the
guidance of coach Rival Payet.
Coach Legras and Russian coach
Alexei Paramokhin will travel to
Russia for a two month period.

We are yet to announce our

final squad but when we return
from Russia, we will have an
elimination competition between those who went to Russia
and the others who trained locally to decide on the final team for
the Island Games. The selected
group of ten will have to fight to

Ten boxers will attend the Russian training camp.

earn their place for the Reunion

games, explained coach Legras.
Coach Legras is conscious that
competition in boxing will be really tough but is confident we can
retain our crown if the boxers take
their training really seriously.
We have a lot of hard work to
put in before we start to think

of medals but if we remain focussed and train seriously, I

believe we can win four gold
medals especially with young,
talented boxers such as the up
and coming Kevin Kilindo who
won a gold medal at the African Youth championship, noted
coach Legras.

Our pugilists are training intensively in preparation for the IOIG.

GW 38: WoooooooHoooooooo its over!

For the final time this season,
bonzour fantasy managers. The
38 gameweeks are over, the
games played, the results are in,
and the final team positions determined. This years champion
is WoooooooHoooooooo, the
seasons relatively late entrant
who at one point led the world
and has for more than half the
season led the TODAY league.
Despite a number of his defenders being dropped from
their teams starting line-ups and
scoring poorly it was a defender
that secured the nine points
necessary to claim the title for
WoooooooHoooooooo. Manager
Daniel Brookfield saw Arsenal
hammering West Brom at the
Emirates and Gareth McAuleys
points score, like Martin Skrtels
at Stoke, had moved into deficit at -1. However the defender
managed to score a consolation
goal for the Baggies and with
it 10 crucial points for his fantasy managers. Incredibly high
scoring earlier in the season,
particularly in segment one,
WoooooooHoooooooos has been
a dominant display.
Second placed Thats Zamora
did manage to close the gap by
a further 10 points, not least
thanks to two assists from Santi
Cazorla. However another of the
Gunners midfield was to frustrate manager stewball39. Aaron
Ramseys 22 minute cameo prevented Steven Gerard coming
off the bench to secure Thats

Zamora a share of top-spot,

while Ramsey himself hit the
woodwork twice further frustrating the second-placed manager.
Third place went to last years
winner Palmyre United FC, 52
points back, who enjoyed a frustrating final weekend with just
one clean sheet (Demichelis)
and goals for two of manager
Labwet-fantasys strikers (Aguero and Vardy) but not for the one
with the armband (Benteke). A
further 23 points back, Palmyre
Genius had an almost identical
story with similar players, albeit
manager Tina P-00 gave Aguero
the armband rather than Benteke, thereby securing a slightly
higher gameweek score. The
final prize-winning spot went
to sam4chicharito who ignored
media concern that Eden Hazard may miss the final game of
the season following dental surgery, and benefitted from his assist with the captaincy doubling
up the points.
Completing the top 10 were
longstanding high scorers LefwaFC, totpraslin, and cowboy
united together with two teams
that rose to prominence later in
the season, kandi and Reste Anba
Langar. The latter secured their
place in the top 10 on the final day
at the expense of LFC 4 LIFE, and
if the team name refers to Liverpool then the day could not have
gone much worse for the fantasy
manager given Liverpools 6-1
thrashing at Stoke.

QPR were also on the receiving end of a thumping, losing 5-1

at Leicester City. The two were
promoted together last season,
but only one will be returning
to the Championship in August,
and this result showed quite
emphatically which team would
remain in the topflight. Five different goalscorers capped off an
incredible run of form that saw
the Foxes escape from near certain relegation. Joining QPR
will be Burnley, who once again
secured a consolation away victory, this time at Aston Villa
thanks to coveted striker Danny
Ings. Completing the trio heading down the leagues, Hull knew
that victory at home to Manchester United would give them a
chance of staying up. However,
irrespective of results elsewhere,
they were unable to find the back
of the Red Devils net, let alone
secure victory, and saw out a
frustrating 0-0 draw. However,
even a win would have proved
insufficient as relegation rival
Newcastle United arrested their
long run of games without a win
with a 2-0 win at home to West
Ham. Jonas Gutirrez, recently
back in the squad following
treatment for cancer, scored the
second sparking wild celebrations.
At the Etihad, just as Steven
Gerard marked his final game in
the Premier League with a goal
at Stoke, Frank Lampard did
the same albeit in more positive

circumstances as Manchester
City secured a 2-0 win against
the Saints. Harry Kane capped a
hugely impressive breakthrough
season with another goal, securing a 1-0 win at Everton, as did
Diego Costa who grabbed one of
Chelseas three at home to Sunderland. Loic Remy scored the
other two and Steven Fletcher
got the visitors response. In a
day for strikers, Chamakh scored
the only goal as Crystal Palace
beat Swansea 1-0 to finish the
season for two teams who have
secured high league positions
and been safe from relegation for
some time.
This gameweeks top point
scorer did not come from the top
10 or even the top 100, instead
coming from a new entry to the
league that appears to have been
testing the game perhaps ahead
of a full season next year. If so,
it was a hugely impressive debut
not least thanks to Theo Walcotts impressive hat-trick which
brought in 21 points. Amazingly
even without these points manager mikleynightingale would
have had enough for this weeks
topscore having amassed 90
points against second placed randolph431s 67. Important contributions came from two Burnley
clean sheets at Aston Villa, two
more from Manchester City
players at home to Sunderland,
Steven Gerards consolation goal
and Captain Diego Costa finding
the net.

And so comes to an end another year of Premiership football,

ESPN Premier Fantasy and the
TODAY Fantasy league. Competition has been fierce, a new
champion has been crowned,

and many have enjoyed the

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Friday 29 May 2015

Fifa crisis

FIFA president Sepp Blatter calls crisis meeting,

misses third appearance following arrests
F

IFA President Sepp Blatter

chaired an emergency meeting
with continental soccer bodies
Thursday while staying out of public
view himself.
Blatter called together leaders of
FIFAs six regions as world soccer is
rocked by an American federal racketeering case.
There was a meeting today with
the president with the representatives from the confederations to
discuss the current situation, FIFA
spokeswoman Delia Fischer said in
a statement.
Blatter is resisting calls from European soccer body UEFA to postpone
Fridays FIFA presidential election
by six months.
UEFA has called dual American
and Swiss federal probes a disaster
for FIFA, and is supporting Blatters
election opponent, FIFA vice president Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of
Jordan.
The Asian Football Conference is
still backing Blatters bid for a fifth
four-year term as FIFA bos, and said
it opposes any move to delay Fridays
election. Blatters opponent is Prince
Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan.

Soccer world governing body reeling from arrests, indictments in U.S. racketeering case
Media and Sport Secretary John
Whittingdale said change in the
leadership of FIFA is very badly
needed.
This is merely the latest sorry episode which suggests that FIFA is a
deeply flawed and corrupt organization, he said.

Blatter has continued to avoid

appearing in public since Swiss
federal agencies raided FIFA headquarters and a luxury Zurich hotel
early Wednesday. He missed giving
a scheduled speech to open a session
of FIFAs medical conference in a Zurich hotel his third skipped public

appearance within 24 hours.

FIFA chief medical officer Jiri
Dvorak told delegates that Blatter
has to manage the situation.
Two FIFA vice presidents were
among seven men arrested at the
request of the U.S. Department of
Justice. In a separate investigation,

Swiss federal agencies seized evidence at FIFA headquarters for a

probe of the 2018-2022 World Cup
bidding contests.
Blatter skipped two meetings of
continental soccer organizations
from Africa and South America on
Wednesday. He typically would at-

Support from Putin

Call to resign
Britains sports minister said Blatter must resign over corruption allegations in world soccers governing
body.
Speaking in the U.K.s House of
Commons on Thursday, Culture,

tend those ahead of Fridays annual

congress of FIFAs 209 member federations.
Late Wednesday, FIFA issued a
statement on behalf of Blatter where
the president insisted he was determined to root out misconduct.
The FIFA president would also
usually follow protocol and attend
Thursdays UEFA meeting. He is
scheduled to appear later in the day.
Blatter is also expected to address
member federations the FIFA
election voters at the opening ceremony of the congress at 5 p.m. local
time (11 a.m. ET).

Blatter says he has not been charged by US authorities but concedes that former associates have been.

Meanwhile, Russian President

Vladimir Putin has accused the
United States of meddling in FIFAs affairs in an attempt to take
the 2018 World Cup away from his
country.
Putin said in televised comments
Thursday that it is odd that the
probe was launched at the request
of U.S. officials for crimes which do
not involve its citizens and did not
happen in the United States. Two of
the 14 people charged by U.S. prosecutors on have U.S. citizenship.
Putin described Wednesdays
pre-dawn arrests of seven soccer officials in Zurich as yet another evident attempt to derail Mr. Blatters
re-election as FIFA president.
Putin added he is aware of the
pressure on Blatter for his support
of Russia hosting the World Cup.

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Trade Fair at Roche Caiman

Advertorial

Participants denounce inadequate

organisation

Q range of lubricants are

ozone friendly

The international trade fair which coincided with the celebration of FetAfrik last weekend left some participants feeling frustrated. They decried the lack of marketing surrounding the event and said that they barely managed to recoup
their expenses.
N. Dennis

Customers eyeing the wares of Rajasthan Handloom House.

very year FetAfrik is organised to promote the countrys African culture. But
this year, the organisers decided
to coincide the cultural celebration with the organisation of Seychelles first International Trade
Fair.The Seychelles Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (SCCI),
one of the organisers of the Trade
Fair, explainedwhy they believed
the two events should take place
at the same time: We felt that to
do business in a particular country of the African region, it was
important to know its culture.
Without knowing the countrys
culture, one cannot trade. The
expo was an important platform
not only for Seychellois but also
for the African countries that
participated in the fair, the SCCI
chairman, Marco Francis told
TODAY.
The trade fair brought together
countries like South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, Mauritius, Ile de la
Reunion, India, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Dubai and Italy.
The event was a public private
sector partnership between the
ministry of Tourism and Culture, Small Enterprise Promotion
Agency (SEnPA), the Seychelles
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and event organiser Publi Promo, a public relations and events company based
in Mauritius.
The main sectors targeted for
the expo were agriculture, food
and beverages, domestic and industrial equipment, hotel supplies, textiles, office and telecommunications equipment, green
products and handicrafts. The
event was set to be, in the words
of Marco Francis, a bigger platform for developing trade links
with the participating international companies. There are
many businesses out there that
want to tap into our market. Most
of them want to establish a contact here so they can trade directly with the local community and

this expo will provide the ideal

setting for that.
Except that it seems the expo
did not keep its promises. TODAY spoke to several international participants on last day
of the Trade Fair (Monday) for
a stock take and the consensus
was that the event suffered from
a lack of visibility. The other complaint was that most visitors had
not been paid their salaries at the
time of the Trade Fair and could
thus not afford to make many
purchases.
The Trade Fair took place from
Friday 22 to Monday 25 May.
The first booth that TODAY
visited was the Rajasthan Handloom House, a business that is
based in Mauritius and is owned
by Narendra Kumar Jain. As well
as a businessman, Mr Jain is also
an international events organiser
in Mauritius. His first comment
was that despite his disappointment with the organisers, he had
had some positive interactions
with Seychellois people.
The biggest issue participants
seemed to have was the poor
marketing campaign of the Trade
Fair. It was not up to expectations and we had a situation
where despite the money spent in
the organisation of the fair, there
seemed to be no strategy for marketing. In fact, I was shocked to
find out that most people were
not aware of the Trade Fair and
this sends a message of poor advertisement, Mr Jain said.
The duration also seemed to be
a problem. I am not 100% happy with the international trade
fair because an international fair
should be held for one week or
more. Being an events organiser
myself, I know about international trade fairs and the fact that it
was only held over four days was
a big concern among international participants. The organisers should have understood that
we have come all the way to Seychelles to participate in the event,

we have incurred the cost of

our air tickets, paid duty on our
goods, paid for our own accommodation and other logistics, Mr
Jain complained. He added that
bringing unsold stock back to
Mauritius, will also cost money.
And the heat only served to
make matters worse. The entrepreneur added that despite the
fact that participants paid for the
venue and their stalls, the organisers did not make any provision

their salary hadnt been paid yet,

she said.
Yet another disappointed participant was Mauritian entrepreneur Jean Noel Li, the director of
Happy Wood International. He
also felt that the timing was not
good as customers complained of
the fact that their salaries hadnt
been paid yet.
Had the Trade Fair lasted until
Friday 29, business would have
been better for all of us, he said,
adding that word of mouth would
have helped in view of the lack of
publicity around the event.
Last Friday, I went around
town and guess what? There were
no banners about the trade fair. It
was only on Sunday that I saw a
red banner which was soaked in
rain. We came with high expectations thinking it would be like
other international trade fairs in
other countries but it was a huge
disappointment, added Mr. Li.
He did not manage to make any
profits, Mr Li, a teak wood furniture maker, said.
But it wasnt all bad. In fact,
even those who said they were
disappointed with the expo, say
they will come back. Mr Jain
says next time the communication campaign around the fair
should be done ten days prior to
the opening and that announcements in the press and on the radio need to follow, as well as banner in town, on public transport

This Sri Lankan booth sold pharmaceutical and beauty products.

for fan. This complaint was a recurring one. Another Mauritian

participant,a representative of
a company called Ebramjeealso
said that many of the participants
werent used to Seychelles heat
and the fact that the organisers
did not think of providing fans
was a big drawback.
Uma Gukhool, the managing
director of Uma Cozy Sleep Co.
Ltd, said she had high expectations with regards to the Trade
Fair but that the reality on the
ground was disappointing. Business was not that good and I had
many disappointed customers
who liked my products but who
could not buy anything because

etc. It is important to reach the

general public, its an essential
factor for a trade fair, he said.
The Seychelles market is one
thats full of promises, he says.
The visitors were eager very
to see our products and would
have bought more had the fair
lasted longer and had they had
the money, Mr Jain said, adding
that he did manage to recoup his
expenses.
Ebramjee will also come back,
despite the drawbacks but says
that the organisers should learn
from this years shortcomings.
On Sunday, the noise level was
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Invented in 1950, Q range products are an all-time comprehensible lubricant with an advanced technical formula. This ozone
friendly and inflammable propellant gas is now available at
Coastal Hire, located at Neverland Complex in Providence.
N. Dennis

ne of the most trusted names

in multi-purpose lubricants
in the global arena is TritonLeo Group (Pty) Ltd Q products,
a well-known and highly reputable
company from South Africa.
Coastal Hire is the authorized distributor of the Q range of products in
Seychelles. It is also one of Seychelles
leading large equipment hire businesses offering a wide range of building gear and equipment for hire and
purchase.
Triton Leo Group offers a wide
range of multi-purpose lubricants
that includes: Q20- moisture repellent; Q10- penetrating oil; Q4-45antiseptic hand cleaner; Q12- rust
remover; Q8-silicone lubricant; Q in
one multipurpose oil; Q5-graphite
penetrating fluid; and Q33-windscreen additive.
The shop manager of Coastal
Hire, Cliff Suzanne, stated that Q
products are one of the leading
multi-purpose lubricants with an advanced technical formula. Its unique
penetrating power makes it ideal as
a release agent and light duty lubricant for use in the home, garage and
workshops. It is an ideal food for all
kinds of metal.
Commenting on Q20 and Q10 lubricants, Mr. Suzanne said that the
key product in the Q range is Q20.
It leads the Q pack when it comes to
multipurpose lubricant. This product is the leading moisture repellent
for protecting and removing moisture from wet ignition systems especially sparkplugs on cars, trucks, motorbikes, marine engines and electric
motors.
He went on to say that Q20 lubricant facilitates movement and
prevents grating and rust of door
hinges at home or in the car. It is

Motorcycle chain before & after.

ozone friendly as well as silicon free.

If you spray Q20 into your electric
light sockets at home and the offices
especially damp areas lounge area,
kitchen and bathroom it extends
the life span of light bulbs by 30%.
It is also an ideal product for cleaning and lubricating firearms as it
dissolves Nitrates and gunpowder
deposits. Q20 has been the product
of choice for firearms for decades and
is highly recommended by the South
African Defence Force (SADF), stated the shop manager of Coastal Hire.
Furthermore Mr. Suzanne said
that Q10 is a quick-acting, penetrating rust solvent and release agent for
rusted or seized nuts, bolts, pipe fitting and etc. To ensure fast reaction,
just apply Q10 on the components
and leave it for few hours, wipe the
surface with a clean cloth and apply
Q20 to protect and prevent from further rusting, he added.
I recommend that [the] Q range
of products should be the choice of
every home, industrial workshop,
automotive garage, mariners, electricians, gymnasium and recreational
owners. It protects the chassis and
gets rid of corrosion. It is a necessity
and not a luxury as Seychelles is an
island with coastal weather conditions, concluded Cliff Suzanne.

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Friday 29 May, 2015

OUT & ABOUT - Your weekend guide

Deepam Cinema

This weeks feature is Run All

Night
From the director, Jaume ColletSerra comes the action-packed
thriller movie Run All Night starring Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel
Kinnaman, Vincent DOnoforio
and Genesis Rodriguez. Longtime
hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam
Neeson), best friend of mob boss
Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), has
seen better days. Hes haunted
both by the sins of his past and a
police detective whos been breathing down his neck for 30 years,
and the only comfort Jimmy has
is whiskey. However, when his
estranged son (Joel Kinnaman)
becomes a mob target, Jimmy

figures that the only way to atone

for his past mistakes is to make
sure that his son doesnt wind up
at the wrong end of a gun. Conlon
has one night to figure out where
his loyalties lie: with his son, Mike
or his long-time best friend Maguire, who wants Mike to pay for the
death of his own son. Catch it on
the big screen at Deepam Cinema
in Victoria and Deepam Pradiso in
Praslin. Call them on 432 2585 to
book your seat early or you can log
on to their Facebook page at www.
facebook.com/DeepamCinema
Takamaka Bay events
Open Daily
Every day from 11am to 6pm
the Takamaka Bay/Banyan Tree
Rum Shack is open at Intendance

Beach. On a lazy afternoon, you

can drop by to try out a Sega Sundance Sling or a Paradise Pina
Colada.

La Plaine Saint Andre

The backdrop of La Plaine Saint
Andre is without doubt one of the
most romantic spots in Seychelles.

On Saturdays from 7.30pm, join

the boys - Shamir, Brandon and
Collin - and let them soothe you
into an evening of great food, deli-

cious cocktails with chilled out live

music in a setting that is second
to none. For reservations, contact 437 2010 or reservations@
laplaine.sc

Restaurants
Bravo
With some of the best cocktails
and the tallest burger on the island, Bravo has all the right ingredients to make your dining experience even more memorable. This
includes the ambiance of a chilled
and elegant marina environment
and live entertainment throughout the weekend. Bravo also opens
for lunch and dinner on public
holidays. You can now also enjoy
Bravos Sunset sessions, a 50% discount on all starters and cocktails
from 3pm to 6pm. Check out this
weekends catch of the day if youre
the type craving for some seafood.
Contact them on 434 6020 for
further details or reservations
and book early to avoid any disappointments.
Chilli Bar
The new Chilli Bar, which spe-

cialises in traditional Creole and

Chinese cuisine, is offering a
mouth watering carnivore platter served with a promotional
Tusker beer. Also, try out Chillis
Cheese Burger which consists of
a 250g homemade patty topped
with cheese, sundried tomatoes,
gherkins, grilled onion rings, fries
and served with a pint of Grolsch
beer only for only SCR250. Dont
miss out our special offer on selective wines promotion. There is a
variety of entertainment throughout the weekend including some
deejays. For more information or
bookings contact 259 7118.
Nightlife
Katiolo Nightclub
Katiolo will be the venue of
two awesome events this weekend. Starting off tonight, some
of Seychelles hottest artists such
as Jakim, Mercenary, Champion
and Smash Kid will be performing their greatest hits live. As for
Saturday, the nightclub will be
hosting a steamy Bikini Show performed by the talented and beautiful girls from Tellys Modelling

agency. Doors open at 10.30pm

and tickets will be sold at SCR100
whereas ladies will enjoy free entry
before 12.30am on both nights.
Furthermore, Katiolo is giving
away one free drink to all the ladies before midnight on Friday
and one free drink to the first 100
guests on Saturday. Join the party
this weekend and dance all night

to the hottest clubbing anthems.

Admissions strictly 18+. For more
info www.facebook.com/katiolo
Rogans Irish Bar
Has it been a long hard week and
one type of beer just wont do the
job. Then head down to Rogans
Irish bar at Docklands mall this
weekend and try out some of their
new Irish beers which include
Dublins legendary Guinness stout
and Kilkennys Red Ale. While
youre at it, why not try a crispy
chilled Magners cider and shoot
some pool with your friends. The
bar opens daily from 4pm until
late.
Gran Kaz
Experience a weekend of fun at
the Gran Kaz on Francis Rachell
Street. Happy Hour at the Mercury bar takes place from 4.30 to
6.00pm on Saturday and features
some great discounts on selected
drinks. DJs Oscar and Josh are
guaranteed to turn on the rhythm
of the night on Friday whereas
Storm Sound Entertainment performs on Saturday from 4.30pm
till late. Make sure to try out the establishments new tapas and cocktail specials on offer throughout
the weekend. On Sunday, footie
fans can enjoy their favourite sport
on the big screen.

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so high because of the cultural
events that we were barely able
to communicate with visitors, he
added.
On a positive note, the Ebramjee
representative said he managed
to make good business contacts
with other foreign businesses.
But not everyone was as finicky. A representative of Astron
Limited, a Sri Lankan owned
company that develops, manufactures, imports and markets quality healthcare products, Anotonio
Jayamanne said he was happy
with the outcome of the trade fair
even though it had some up and
downs. The advertising was satisfactory and I did manage to get
in touch with some Seychellois
wholesalers who were interested
in our products. We were also
looking to penetrate the Mauritian market and through the
expo, weve made some contacts.

Happy Wood International Ltd are exporters of Indonesian teak products.

An Indian entrepreneur from

Patiala in Punjab,Kailash Kumar Khatri, said it was the companys first participation in this
kind of expo and we brought

The Indian entrepreneurs from Patiala in Punjab displayed handloom

footwear.

only footwear as we are new to

the scene. Business, he said,
was good and he managed to
get in touch with some wholesalers, but we need to wait and
see how it will all pan out, Mr
Khatri added.
The Seychelles Tourism Ambassador in Zanzibar, Jimmy
Butt said that the Trade Fair
had achieved its intended objectives by celebrating FetAFrik
at the same time, especially as
25 May is celebrated as Africa
Freedom Day in many African
countries. Zambias participation is a recognition of our African heritage and I think as Ambassador to Zambia, the trade
fair has helped harmonize cultural relations between Zambia
and Seychelles.
Zambia, he adds, will be back
on June to take part in the National Day Celebrations expo.
We have managed to make

good contacts with the African Axiom Bank as well as

the Pan African Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, he
added.
The organisation of the
Trade Fair was privately funded, SCCI chairman, Marco
Francis confirmed. We had 22
booths out of which ten were
given free of cost to the ministry of Culture and SEnPa while
two booths were given to the
Association of Young Entrepreneurs. The rest were rented
out to International entrepreneurs so the trade expo was
fully self-financed and it was a
great success, he added.

Uma Gukhool, the managing director of Cozy Sleep

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Friday 29 May, 2015

Miss SeychellesAnother World 2015

Jewels sponsors three stunning crowns

The 12 contestants of the Miss Seychelles...Another World beauty pageant were on hand at the Espace conference hall on Tuesday afternoon to catch their first glimpse of the contests jewelled crown.
N. Dennis

he Miss Seychelles...Another
World 2015 crown which will
be taken home by the winner
of this years beauty contest boasts a
new design. The crown bears a great
similarity to the one worn by Miss
World 1994, Aishwarya Rai, with its
silver-mounted ocean blue and turquoise gemstones.
For their part, the crowns for the
first and second princesses bear
white precious stones mounted in
silver. Jewels, a local jewellery outlet
formerly known as African Jewels
located on Albert Street in Victoria, is the main sponsor of the three
crowns..
The managing director of Jewels,
Mary Geers said that Jewels is proud
to be associated with the Miss Seychelles beauty pageant. We have
brought a difference to the event in
sponsoring a crown with a new design and concept that brings a wow
factor to the eye, she remarked.
Mrs. Geers has been a committed
sponsor to past pageants through
her fashion outlets such as Trendys
Boutique. She also admitted to having been thrilled by the crown that

Who will take home this elegant gem-studded crown?

Aishwarya Rai won ahead of 90

other contestants at the Miss World
beauty pageant in 1994 at Sun City in
South Africa. .
On Tuesday afternoon, the managing director of Jewels officially handed over the three crowns to the CEO
of the Seychelles Tourism Board
(STB), Sherin Naiken. Jewels sponsorship of the three crowns which
bear a new design concept similar to

the one worn by Aishwarya Rai when

crowned Miss World in 1994 adds to
the glamour previously brought by
Jouel, stated Ms. Naiken.
She also echoed words of thanks to
the previous crown sponsor, namely
Jouel which had the crowns won
by Miss Seychelles 2012, Sherlyn
Furneau, Miss Seychelles 2013, Agnes Gerry, and the reigning beauty
queen, Camila Estico.

It was noted that the new Miss Seychelles crown is the first of its kind.
The 12 contestants grabbed their
first glimpse of the stunning crown.
For her part, contestant number 14,
Marina Appasamy, was not present
at the event and the STB has not yet
confirmed officially whether she will
participate in this years beauty pageant.
After the jewelled crown was unveiled, each of the 12 contestants
had the opportunity to wear it during a photo op. In 2012, the stunning Miss Seychelles...Another
World tiara was made of 14-carat
white gold, inserted with 2.50 carats of white diamonds. 2.50 carats
of blue sapphire, 5 carats of tourmaline and 1 carat of pink sapphire
sponsored by Jouel.
In line with exhibiting the crowns,
the Seychelles Trading Corporation
(STC) handed over Black Up makeup accessories worth SCR150 000
to the STB and Sonia Richard, the
regional manager of the Black Up
makeup brand, will be present in
the green room on Saturday 30 May
at Constance Ephelia Resort.

The one and only Aishwarya Rai, Miss World 1994.

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Friday 29 May, 2015

Lifeline

Celebrity Profile:

Lena Headey (1973)

Broadway enjoys record

season

British actress Lena Headey earned widespread acclaim for her portrayal of the ambitious and conniving Cersei Lannister on the HBO hit series
Game of Thrones.

Source: Bio.com

New Yorks theatreland has

enjoyed its best ever season,
breaking box office and attendance records.
The Broadway League said
takings in 2014-2015 were up
7.6% to $1.36bn (883m).
Attendance also climbed with
13.1 million theatregoers watching a show - a rise of 7.3% on the
previous season.
The bumper figures were
helped by musicals such as The
Lion King - which set a sales
record for a show over one season - Wicked and The Book of
Mormon. The Lion King took
$101.9m (66.1m), with sales
for Wicked reaching $91.7m
(59.5m) and The Book of Mormon, $84.2m (54.6m).

Eurovision winner Mans

Zelmerlow climbs UK
chart

Synopsis
Born in Bermuda in 1973, British actress Lena Headey was
discovered as a teenager during
a production at Londons Royal
National Theatre. Following
years of mostly supporting parts,
she drew attention for her leading performances in the film 300
and the TV series Terminator:
The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Her star turn came when she
was tapped for the role of Cersei
Lannister in the HBO hit series
Game of Thrones.
Early Years
Lena Headey was born on October 3, 1973, in Hamilton, Bermuda, to parents John and Sue.
When Johns job as a police cadet
in Bermuda finished, Headey
moved with her family at age 5
to Somerset, England, and across
the country at 11 to West Yorkshire.
Describing herself as rebellious
in her youth, Headey intended
to become a hairdresser. However, she also developed a love for
movies and musicals, and became
involved in acting as a student at
Shelley College. At 17, she caught
the attention of a casting agent
during a school performance at
the Royal National Theatre in

London, which led to a supporting role in the 1992 movie Waterland.

Acting Career
Headey enjoyed more early success with parts in The Remains of
the Day and The Summer House,
both released in 1993. The following year, she starred as the
romantic lead in the live-action
version of Disneys The Jungle
Book.
Although more headlining
parts proved difficult to obtain,
Headey earned steady work and
quietly distinguished herself
through a variety of roles. She
played a character swept up by
an Ecstasy-fueled nightlife in the
1995 TV movie Loved Up, followed by a recurring role as an
S&M prostitute in the miniseries
Band of Gold. Headey also delivered notable appearances alongside Vanessa Redgrave in Mrs.
Dalloway (1997), and Penelope
Cruz in The Man with Rain in
His Shoes (1998). Her performance as Kaisa, a lawyer who
reconnects with her estranged
father, in the film Aberdeen, garnered the Silver Iris award for
best actress at the 2001 Brussels
European Film Festival.
Following her role of the hunt-

Westeros, the British actress inhabited a complicated character

torn by issues of power, adultery
and incest, with Dinklage starring as her cunning brother. The
show became a massive hit after
first airing in 2011, and Headey
earned recognition for her work
by scoring an Emmy nomination
in 2014.
Following her star turn on
Thrones, Headey portrayed a
violent drug lord in the 2012 scifi movie Dredd, and the female
lead in the 2013 horror flick The
Purge. In 2014, she reprised her
role as Queen Gorgo for 300:
Rise of an Empire.

ress Angelika in Terry Gilliams

The Brothers Grimm (2005),
Headey found a groove with her
portrayal of strong female characters on both the big and small
screens. She was cast as Spartas Queen Gorgo in the action
blockbuster 300 (2006), and
starred as the lead character of

TODAY in History
Eurovision winner Mans Zelmerlow has soared to number
five in the mid-week music chart
with his song Heroes.
The Swedish musician is the
highest placed out of all of the
contenders, said the Official
Charts Company.
His success lies in contrast to
British entry Electro Velvets entry Still In Love With You, which
is in the low 50s of the top 100.
The UKs 1920s-influenced
swing act finished 24th in the
contest, out of 27 participants,
with five points.

Ewan McGregors Jesus

features at Edinburgh film
festival

Scottish actor Ewan McGregors portrayal of Jesus during his 40-day fast in the desert
will be screened at this years
Edinburgh International Film
Festival.
McGregor will talk about the
Last Days in the Desert during
the festival, where his Trainspotting co-star Robert Carlyle
makes a debut as a director.
Carlyles film, The Legend of
Barney Thomson, sees a barber
with a dull life from Glasgow
turn into a serial killer.
The festival runs from 17 to 28
June.

Literature

James Bond: Pussy Galore

returns in new novel

May 29th is the 149th day of the year

1914: The sinking of

the Empress of Ireland

Terminator: The Sarah Connor

Chronicles for its television run
from 2008-09.
Tipped off to the TV adaptation
of a fantasy novel series by fellow
actor Peter Dinklage, Headey
landed a career-defining role on
HBOs Game of Thrones. As Cersei Lannister, Queen Regent of

Personal Life
Formerly engaged to actor
Johnny Cicco, Headey was married from 2007-13 to musician
Peter Loughran, with whom she
had a son. She has since been
linked to fellow Thrones actor
Pedro Pascal.
Since her divorce, Headey has
opened up about her longtime
struggles with clinical depression. She also admits to an obsession with tattoos, sporting several delicate ink depictions across
her arms, shoulders and back. A
vegetarian, she has campaigned
against animal abuse for PETA.

1953: Hillary and

Tenzing reach Everest
summit

Pussy Galore is to be reunited with James Bond in the superspys latest literary outing.
Source: BBC

In one of the worst ship disasters in history, the British liner

Empress of Ireland, carrying
1,477 passengers and crew, collides with the Norwegian freighter Storstad in the gulf of Canadas
St. Lawrence River. The Storstad
penetrated 15 feet into the Empress of Irelands starboard side,
and the vessel sunk within 14
minutes, drowning 1,012 of its
passengers and crew.
The tragedy came two years
after the Titanic sank, leaving
more than 1,500 people dead but
galvanizing public demands for
maritime safety standards. With
structural precautions superior
to those on the Titanic, crews
trained extensively in emergency
procedures, and with more than
enough lifejackets and lifeboats,
the Empress was designed for optimum safety.
However, on the morning of
May 29, 1914, a heavy fog blanketed the St. Lawrence as the
Empress set out from Quebec
Harbor on its transatlantic journey to Liverpool, England. The
Empress and the Storstad spotted
each other several minutes before
the collision, but altered courses
and confused signals brought
them into their fateful embrace.
Only seven lifeboats escaped the
rapidly sinking vessel, but thanks
to the efforts of the crew of the
Storstad, scores of survivors were
pulled out of the icy waters.

I
At 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953,
Edmund Hillary of New Zealand
and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa
of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of
Mount Everest, which at 29,035
feet above sea level is the highest
point on earth. The two, part of
a British expedition, made their
final assault on the summit after
spending a fitful night at 27,900
feet. News of their achievement
broke around the world on June
2, the day of Queen Elizabeth IIs
coronation, and Britons hailed it
as a good omen for their countrys future.
Mount Everest sits on the crest
of the Great Himalayas in Asia,
lying on the border between Nepal and Tibet. Called ChomoLungma, or Mother Goddess
of the Land, by the Tibetans,
the English named the mountain after Sir George Everest, a
19th-century British surveyor
of South Asia. The summit of
Everest reaches two-thirds of the
way through the air of the earths
atmosphere--at about the cruising altitude of jet airliners--and
oxygen levels there are very low,
temperatures are extremely cold,
and weather is unpredictable
and dangerous.

an Flemings famous leading lady is back in Anthony

Horowitzs new official Bond
novel, Trigger Mortis.
The bestselling author has revealed his new 007 adventure
begins in 1957, two weeks after
the end of Flemings original
novel Goldfinger.
The book, out on 8 September,
is set against the backdrop of the
Soviet-American space race.
As well as Pussy Galore - played
by Honor Blackman in 1964s
Goldfinger film - the new book
features a new Bond girl called
Jeopardy Lane and Jai Seung
Sin, a sadistic, scheming Korean adversary. Trigger Mortis will
begin with an original Fleming
idea - a motor racing scene written for an unmade TV series.
Horowitz said: It was always
my intention to go back to the
true Bond, which is to say, the
Bond that Fleming created and
it was a fantastic bonus having
some original, unseen material
from the master to launch my
story.
He went on: I was so glad that
I was allowed to set the book two
weeks after my favourite Bond
novel, Goldfinger, and Im delighted that Pussy Galore is back!
It was great fun revisiting the
most famous Bond girl of all although she is by no means the
only dangerous lady in Trigger
Mortis.
I hope fans enjoy it. My aim

Honor Blackman, who played Pussy Galore, with Goldfinger co-producer Harry Saltzman at the Venice Film Festival in 1965.

was to make this the most authentic James Bond novel anyone could have written. William
Boyd, Jeffery Deaver and Sebastian Faulks are among the authors in recent years to have written officially-sanctioned books
since Flemings death in 1964.
Flemings niece, Lucy, said:
Anthony has written a James
Bond book with a nail-biting adventure that could have come
from Ians own typewriter.
Ajay Chowdhury, from the
James Bond International Fan
Club, said news of the new
book was a gift for fans of
007.
Bond fans will be excited for
a number of reasons, he said.

Firstly, the title is evocative

of the clever yet deadly Fleming play on words. Secondly,
with its use of previous Fleming notes and Pussy Galore...
the novel promises to be rich
in period detail and action
and stay true to the original
spirit of the classic novels.
Horowitzs prolific output
includes the teen spy series,
Alex Rider, which has sold
more than 19 million copies.
He has written two official
Sherlock Holmes novels - The
House of Silk and Moriarty and as a TV screenwriter he
created Midsomer Murders,
Foyles War and Crime Traveller.

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Friday 29 May, 2015

International Day of Yoga 2015

Seychelles all set for yoga power

The High Commission of India and the ministry of Tourism and Culture will be jointly celebrating the International
Day of Yoga on Sunday 21 June at the Stad Popiler. Seychelles will join other countries in the common Yoga protocol
on the same time and day, setting a Guinness world record session across the globe.

N. Dennis

Mr. Panda and Mr. St. Ange signing the MoU on Wednesday.

ndia has been entrusted

with the responsibility of
coordinating the global
activities for the first International Day of Yoga (IDY) on
Sunday 21 June.
To mark the momentous
event, the Indian High Commission in Seychelles and
the ministry of Tourism and
Culture came up with an action plan via a Memorandum
of Understanding which was
signed by the Minister of Tourism and Culture, Alain St.
Ange, and the Indian High
Commissioner, Sanjay Panda,
on Wednesday morning at the
Espace buildings conference
room.
In line with the IDY, Minister
Alain St. Ange announced the
event particulars. On Sunday
21 June, there will be an open
air yoga session at 8.00am at
the Stad Popilar. The event
will bring together around 1
000 participants including
men, women and children. The
yoga session will last 33 min-

utes during which simple yoga

exercises will be performed. A
yoga expert from India will anchor the session in cooperation
with local instructors, added
Mr. St. Ange.

For his part, the Indian High

Commissioner, Sanjay Panda,
stated that the objective of this
global session is to encourage
people to imbibe yoga as an
answer to modern day stress

Yoga is believed to have dated back to pre-Vedic India.

The logo of the International Day of Yoga.

through this ancient yet quintessential heritage of India.

The same set of exercises according to a common yoga protocol will be performed all over
the world on the same day and
time, setting a Guinness world
record for such a coordinated
yoga session across the globe,
he said.
Furthermore, Mr. Panda announced that, on the occasion of IDY 2015, a plaque will
be unveiled at a ceremony on
the Indian High Commission
premises dedicating the Vivekananda Yoga Club to the people of Seychelles. This event
will be followed by the inauguration of an exhibition of photographs and books on yoga at
the Vivekananda Yoga Club.
Celebrating the IDY 2015
with other countries, a logo
has been designed under the
theme of Yoga for Harmony
and Peace. On this note, the
logo was officially unveiled by
Mr. St. Ange and Mr. Panda
during the press conference on
Wednesday 27 May.
On June 21, several yogapracticing
institutions
in

Seychelles such as Nature

Seychelles, Seychelles Yoga Association, The Station, Brahma
Kumaris International, National Sports Council, Lions
Club and the Indian Association of Seychelles will join
hands to ensure the celebration of the IDY takes place in
a manner befitting this global
event. Later that day, the final
event will be a seminar-cumyoga demonstration at the International Conference Centre
of Seychelles (ICCS) that will
take place from 5.00pm to 6.30
pm. The yoga experts from India and Seychelles will expound
the advantages of yoga with a
demonstration.
The IDY exhibition will remain open to the public including the youth and school
children from Monday 22 June
to Sunday 28 June between
10.00am and 3.00pm at the Vivekananda Yoga Club, located
behind the Indian High Commission in Victoria. According
to the press statement of the
Indian High Commission, participants are advised to come
in comfortable, loose-fitting
clothes, bring their yoga mats
or plain cotton sheets to put

on the floor. Participants are

requested to ensure a gap of
half-hour between meals and
exercises.
In December 2014, the United Nations (UN) passed an
Indian-sponsored
resolution
declaring June 21 as International Day of Yoga. There was

overwhelming support for the

resolution, with 177 out of 193
UN member States co-sponsoring the resolution, which was
unprecedented in the UNs history. Interestingly, Seychelles
was among the first five nations
to come forward in support for
the Indian initiative.

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Dont try to hide your feelings today because others
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A change in your social or
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You may be tempted to
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21 April 21 May
You can turn a minor success
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you complete what you started. Dont let pride of creation
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A colleague may tell you
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then trust yourself and do
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22 May 21 June
Dont waste time worrying
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Look at, and learn from, the
bigger picture.

23Nov21Dec
Dont commit yourself to
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Save your energy physical,
mental and emotional for
tomorrow and over the
weekend when difficult tasks
will be easier to handle. After
all, Sags are supposed to be
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22 June 22 July

22 Dec 20 Jan
You may have to do something you dont particularly enjoy today but if you
knuckle down and get on
with it you should finish in
good time. More importantly, of course, you must make
a good job of it then you
wont have to do it again.

Try not to criticize a colleague

for what goes wrong today,
even if it is clearly their fault.
Most likely they will feel even
worse about it than you do,
so let them know you dont
blame them and look for
ways to resolve the situation
together.

Down
1. An inclined surface
2. At a distance
3. An extinct bird
4. A Semitic people
5. Incarcerate
6. Tartan
7. Linoleum (abbrev.)
8. An Egyptian deity
9. Leavening agents
10. Bagpipe
11. Maxim
12. Taut
13. Finished
21. Lobbed

25. Not the west

26. Leaves
27. Green seaweed
28. Oh my!
29. Weather balloon
30. They form a skeleton
31. A vaulted recess on a building
34. German for Mister
36. Winged
37. Action word
38. Current
40. Stops 45. Be aware of a fact
48. A marine mollusk
50. Exit

51. An African country

52. Recluse
53. Woodwind instruments
54. Expend
57. ____ and hearty
58. Modern day Persia
59. Within
60. Chew
61. Very large
62. Fastened

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10. Satisfy
14. Previous
15. A tart fruit
16. Beasts of burden
17. Refined woman
18. Dwarf buffalo
19. Hard outer covering on fruit
20. Liberations
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23. A gesture of assent
24. Swarmed

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32. Leaf of the talipot palm
33. Store
35. Thrall
39. Avoid
41. N N N N
42. Hardwood, carpeted or _____
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43. Indian antelope
44. Stink
46. An aromatic ointment
47. Smells
49. Close

51. Shiny
54. Marsh (archaic)
55. Vagabond
56. A builder of wooden boats
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64. Vetch
65. Boredom
66. Require
67. Panache
68. A horse-drawn coach
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70. Rip
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