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  • COVID-19 Related Activities Update – Expenditure March to September

    16 October 2020

    In April 2020, St Helena Government (SHG) received positive news of an additional £2.5 million of budgetary support from the UK Government for the Island’s preparations to mitigate COVID-19 impacts. As part of St Helena’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic a number of preventative measures have been put in place to ensure that we are […]

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  • Feedback from Governance Commission Public Engagement Sessions

    16 October 2020

    Following the report of the Governance Commission in August, Legislative Council agreed to a programme of public engagement across the Island on the two possible options of a revised Committee system or Ministerial system for the future governance of St Helena. The public engagement took place between 3 September and 28 September and included numerous […]

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  • Wheelie Bins Out of Stock

    15 October 2020

    Waste Management Services (WMS) would like to advise the public that they have distributed their entire stock of black wheelie bins to Island households and businesses. Residents and businesses without wheelie bins are therefore responsible for procuring their own waste receptacles. Preferably these should be compatible with bin lifting equipment fitted to the WMS refuse […]

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  • Formal Legislative Council Meeting

    15 October 2020

    FRIDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2020 A formal meeting of Legislative Council will take place tomorrow, Friday 16 October 2020, at 10am in the Council Chamber. This is the first sitting of the eighteenth meeting of Legislative Council and will be broadcast live via SAMS Radio 1. The meeting is also open to members of the public […]

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  • Side Path Road Closure – Wednesday, 21 October 2020

    Side Path Road © Google Maps

    14 October 2020

    The Highways Authority has given approval for Side Path Road to be closed between 9am and 3pm on Wednesday, 21 October 2020. This closure is to allow the Roads Section to carry out surface repairs. During this closure, only emergency services will be granted access and the diversion route for traffic travelling to and from […]

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  • Exercise Being Undertaken To Estimate Demand For Possible Future Travel Between St Helena And South Africa

    13 October 2020

    St Helena Government (SHG) administration is undertaking an exercise to estimate the demand for possible future travel between St Helena and South Africa. The scheduled SA Airlink service between St Helena and South Africa is currently suspended due to the restrictions in place in South Africa. South Africa moved to COVID-19 alert level 1 on […]

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  • MV Helena – Update

    12 October 2020

    Further to the press release issued on Friday afternoon concerning an individual on board the MV Helena displaying flu-like symptoms, the Health Directorate is pleased to advise that following COVID-19 testing of all on board, confirmation has been received that there were no positive COVID-19 cases on the vessel at this time. The vessel has […]

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  • Finance Committee Meeting Summary

    12 October 2020

    WEDNESDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 The Finance Committee held their monthly meeting on Wednesday, 30 September 2020 Terms of Reference for the Finance Committee were discussed Other discussions included the budget execution report for August, quarter 1 management accounts 2020/21, details of expenditure in excess for 2019/20 and an update on COVID-19 related expenditure A meeting […]

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  • Education & Employment Committee Meeting

    12 October 2020

    WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2020 The Education & Employment Committee held their monthly meeting on Wednesday, 16 September 2020 The Committee formally met the Primary SEND Lead and PAS English Advisory Teacher and heard from Scholarship Student, Kyle Francis Other discussions included the examinations reports for the 2019/20 academic year and the PAS Behaviour Policy The […]

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  • Oversize Vehicles – The Rules On St Helena

    12 October 2020

    The Infrastructure & Transport Directorate would like to remind the public that any person considering purchasing or importing large vehicles must adhere to the dimensions and weights set out in the Road Traffic Regulations CAP101, Part VI, Item 33 and Road Traffic Regulations, CAP101, Part VI, Item 42. These can be viewed on the SHG […]

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