• STATISTICS UPDATE: ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES AND POPULATION

    Statistical updates for Arrivals and Departures and Population have been released on March 12, 2021 as follows: Arrivals and Departures, up to February 2021           Population, up to January 2021 Please note that Population updates for February 2021 will be postponed until after the 2021 Census data has been processed, expected May 2021. Additional statistical series […]

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  • Badge of St Helena Design Competition

    The Public is reminded that SHG are currently running a design competition for a new Badge of St Helena, with the prospect of winning £100. The competition is open to all persons residing on-Island and will close on Friday, 26 March 2021. Designs can either be submitted electronically or in hard copy and should preferably […]

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  • Consultative Poll on Governance Reform – How to Vote on Polling Day

    St Helena will go to the poll on Wednesday, 17 March 2021, after Legislative Council unanimously agreed that a Consultative Poll on Governance Reform be held on St Helena. The Poll will ask the public if the current Governance System should be changed, and if so, whether it should be changed to a Revised Committee […]

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  • Consultative Poll on Governance Reform – Polling Day This Week

    St Helena will go to the poll this week on Wednesday, 17 March 2021, after Legislative Council unanimously agreed that a Consultative Poll on Governance Reform be held on St Helena. The Poll will ask the public if the current Governance System should be changed, and if so, whether it should be changed to a […]

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  • ExCo Meeting – Tuesday, 16 March 2021

    Executive Council will meet on Tuesday, 16 March 2021, at 9.30am, in the Council Chamber, to discuss the following item on the Open Agenda: Development Application – Proposed construction of Pet Care Centre, Merrimens Forest Development Application – Saint Helena Yacht Club, James Bay Development Application – Proposed Stevedores Building and Public Facilities in Lower […]

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  • Restricted Access To Jamestown Wharf

    The following is a Public Announcement from Port Control: The public is advised that the Jamestown Wharf will be closed to all members of the public on Tuesday, 16, Wednesday, 17, and Thursday, 18 March 2021, due to the arrival of the MV Helena and subsequent cargo operations. Access to the Jamestown Wharf will be […]

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  • Change To Levelwood Polling Station Venue

    Persons registered to vote in the Levelwood Electoral District are advised that the Polling Station for the Consultative Poll on 17 March 2021 is Levelwood Clinic and not Levelwood Community Centre as published in this week’s newspapers. SHG12 March 2021

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  • Drive Through Testing

    Drive-through testing for persons currently in home quarantine will take place on Thursday, 11 March, and Friday, 12 March 2021. On Thursday morning, drive-through testing will be carried out for arrivals from the UK and Accra, currently in home quarantine and on Friday morning for Ascension Island arrivals currently in home quarantine. The individuals in […]

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  • Public Consultation Meetings – Trade Wind Ocean Village Development

    Following receipt of revised Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Programme documentation to support the development application for the Trade Wind Ocean Village Development, Horse Pasture, Thompsons Hill, the Planning Department is now seeking the views of the public through a consultation on the proposed development with the revised supporting documents. The proposal is to […]

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  • Two Staff Nurses Studies To Administer Chemotherapy

    Two Staff Nurses – Cherilee Thomas-Yon and Anna Thomas – have recently commenced studies to be able to administer chemotherapy at the General Hospital. The course – Chemotherapy Enhancing Practice in Cancer Care – will be done online through Teeside University and is expected to take eight months to complete. The course will allow Cherilee […]

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