• St Helena Conference 2019 Nature’s Benefits: Natural Capital in the South Atlantic

    Following on from the success of last year’s international environmental conference, St Helena will host its second conference – Nature’s Benefits: Natural Capital in the South Atlantic – between Monday, 11, and Friday, 15 March 2019, at Anne’s Place, Jamestown. Participants from across all UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) in the region and the world are […]

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  • WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SHG INFORMATION? – GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY TO HEAR YOUR VIEWS

    St Helena Government’s Press Office team has today launched a survey asking ‘What do you think about SHG information?’ The survey is open between 28 February and 21 March 2019. Head of News, Kerisha Yon, explains: “We’re running this Public Opinion Survey to gather people’s views on what they think about the information provided to […]

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  • ST HELENA CONFERENCE 2019 – NATURE’S BENEFITS: NATURAL CAPITAL IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC

    Following on from the success of last year’s international environmental conference, St Helena will host its second conference – Nature’s Benefits: Natural Capital in the South Atlantic – between Monday, 11, and Friday, 15 March 2019, at Anne’s Place, Jamestown. Participants from across all UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) in the region and the world are […]

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  • EMERGENCY SERVICES’ DRONE PROVES TO BE USEFUL SEARCH & RESCUE TOOL

    The Emergency Planning Department of the Police Directorate purchased an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (drone) in 2017, based on recommendations made by the Maritime Coastguard Agency in the Search & Rescue Review of St Helena (see photos attached). The drone is capable of running a standard viewing camera as well as a Thermal Imaging camera, capturing […]

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  • STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR LISA HONAN – ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

    Last week, a senior member of St Helenian society was found guilty of sexual assault and attempted rape for which he received a custodial sentence. His actions spanned a period of 18 years.  He was tried by a jury of St Helena residents. Like many others who expressed a view, I believe this is a […]

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  • A RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ST HELENA

    St Helena has long inspired and engaged the interest of scientists. From Edmond Halley who came to map the stars of the southern sky in 1677, to Nevil Maskelyne who came in 1761 to observe the transit of Venus, and Charles Darwin who visited for four days in 1836 as an amateur geologist on the […]

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  • ST HELENA POLICE FIREARMS TRAINING

    To continuously improve the service provided to the public, St Helena Police carry out firearms training from time to time to ensure Officers are competent in using them if needed. As part of this, a firearms training exercise for trainee firearms officers was recently carried out at the Police Training Room, Ladder Hill. The training […]

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  • SPEAKER POST VACANT

    The post of Speaker of the St Helena Legislative Council is vacant. Anyone interested in taking up this position must be registered as an Elector on the Register of Electors which came into effect on 1 July 2018.  Applicants must also be prepared to make a presentation to the Elected Members, demonstrating the personal attributes […]

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  • FORMAL MEETING OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

    The next formal meeting of Legislative Council, scheduled to take place this Friday, 1 March, has now been postponed until next Friday, 8 March 2019. This postponement is due to the seat of Speaker of the House presently being vacant. Expressions of Interest (EOI) are currently being invited for a new Speaker of the House […]

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  • St Helena Police Firearms Training

    To continuously improve the service provided to the public, St Helena Police carry out firearms training from time to time to ensure Officers are competent in using them if needed. As part of this, a firearms training exercise for trainee firearms officers was recently carried out at the Police Training Room, Ladder Hill. The training […]

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