Campaigner for victims: Barry Laine
18th February 2025
By Lewis BetsyThe Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity process is concluded. The outcome is abundantly clear and endorsed by the final determinations of the process. There is however a daily sourc... more...
Contenders: Presidential candidate Alain St.Ange, right, with Vice-Presidential candidate Daniella Payet
14th February 2025
By Lewis Betsy With the Presidential elections not due for eight months, the political scene in Seychelles is already hotting up.Former Tourism Minister Alain St.Ange has announced his independen... more...
Giving evidence: Lewis Betsy at the TRNUC hearing in 2019. Picture courtesy of Today in Seychelles
24th January 2025
By Lewis BetsyThe Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) completed its hearings in 2022. We are now in 2025, almost three years on, and nothing has happened.Why?The victims of the... more...
Time for unity: Lewis Betsy
23rd December 2024
By Lewis BetsyGreetings of the season to you all.So many things are said at this time of year that are meant to be joyful, but are just empty words. I too have a message this Christmas and I will get ... more...
Seychelles National Football team in 1970: Lewis Betsy is on the back row, fourth from right
2nd December 2024
By Lewis BetsySeychelles football is in a terrible state and it is time for a change.The election for a new committee of the Seychelles Football Federation is on the 7th December and I urge the repres... more...
Inspirational: Gerard Hoarau
22nd November 2024
By Lewis BetsyThe anniversary of the murder of my friend the freedom fighter Gerard Hoarau will fall on 29th November. It is said that time can heal a hurt, but after 39 years I still feel a terr... more...
Lewis Betsy at graveside
9th September 2024
By Lewis BetsyI hold very dear the memory of my close friend Gerard Hoarau, who was assassinated outside his London home in 1985.Gerard was a proud fighter for a democratic Seychelles and paid the ult... more...
Westminster Abbey National Day of Seychelles Evensong
3rd July 2024
A Special Mass (Evensong) was held at Westminster Abbey to commemorate the National Day of Seychelles.I was privileged to be among the guests from the Seychellois Diaspora who were invited.It was an e... more...

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The party people who braved the weather to make get-together a success 29 November 2016
Revellers defied the wet and windy weather to enjoy a get-together in West London for the Seychellois and Mauritian comm......
Tourism officers in global showcase for Seychelles growing industry 29 November 2016
Seychelles tourism officers turned out in force for one of the biggest showcases in the globe, the World Travel Market (......
Want something sent to Mauritius or Seychelles? Then Ken Ip is your man 29 November 2016
If you've ever had your broken-down car fixed with a new spare part then its quite likely that one of the people to than......
Why National Reconciliation is a must for a better Seychelles 29 November 2016
 By Lewis Betsy I have long campaigned for Seychelles to launch a Commission for National Reconciliation and U......
Who's Who in the new political landscape of Seychelles 02 November 2016
Everything has changed since the NA elections in September. Here are some of the key personalities who figure in the new......
The new political situation in Seychelles reinforces the view that it is a ‘small country that thinks big' 01 November 2016
Sir James Mancham, Seychelles Founding President, writes a reassuring letter to Seychelles LifeI am writing to you as a ......
Our new President Faure has said the right words, but will he be able to deliver? 01 November 2016
 By Lewis Betsy It was a day to remember in Seychelles history when on Sunday 16th October, Danny Faure spoke ......
Let me inspire people, says Miss Regatta 2016 01 November 2016
The new Miss Regatta says she will do her best to be “an inspiration to everyone”.Felicita Filippin, 21, fro......
Author has 'enriched Seychelles history' says Sir James 01 November 2016
Sir James R. Mancham has praised the author of a new book on Muslims in Seychelles.He said of Abul Fadl Mohsin Ebrahim: ......
The grim picture behind the bitter battle to stop drug abuse in Seychelles 01 November 2016
This is part of the repulsive batch of drugs that dealers have been selling on to addicts in Seychelles.It was seized by......
I want to promote our culture, says Miss Creole 01 November 2016
The winner of the Miss Creole Des Iles International 2016 believes in bringing back the true cultural values of Seychell......

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24th January 2025
Giving evidence: Lewis Betsy at the TRNUC hearing in 2019. Picture courtesy of Today in Seychelles
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Let us have love, peace and unity this Christmas
23rd December 2024
Time for unity: Lewis Betsy
By Lewis BetsyGreetings of the season to you all.So many things are said at this time of year that… more...
We need to change the Seychelles Football Federation committee… they are ruining the game for us
2nd December 2024
Seychelles National Football team in 1970: Lewis Betsy is on the back row, fourth from right
By Lewis BetsySeychelles football is in a terrible state and it is time for a change.The election… more...
We remember with pride the heroism and sacrifice of Gerard Hoarau
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We pay our respects to the memory of my brave friend Gerard Hoarau
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Lewis Betsy at graveside
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