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Gabrielle Fowler from Harford Primary School is the proud winner of the 2020 Jean Beadon Art Competition. In second place was Ana-Lucia Roberts from Harford Primary School and Sitthipon Sawangwong from St Paul’s Primary School taking third place. The following pupils’ work was Highly Commended: School Pupil St Paul’s Primary School Joey Crowie Harford Primary […]

The Public Health Committee (PHC) met on Wednesday, 5 August 2020. Staff recruited as part of the Island’s COVID-19 preparedness were welcomed to the meeting, introduced to Committee and invited to give an overview of their backgrounds and roles on St Helena. The Chairman advised that whilst the Island remained COVID free, it was reassuring […]

The Health Directorate would like to advise the public that all elective surgeries for today, Thursday 20 August 2020, have been cancelled.  This is due to an increase in demand for ICU care. So while we are COVID-19 free, it is fortunate that we are able to access the additional staff to respond to the […]

The Jamestown Streetlight Project is a two-phase Project to replace all existing high energy consumption streetlights in Jamestown with more energy efficient (solar and LED) type streetlights. Procurement of the lights was funded under the Economic Development Investment Programme (EDIP) Micro Projects and the installation phase will be funded by the savings generated. The first […]

Legislative Council will go into recess from Tuesday, 1 September, to Friday, 4 September 2020. During recess Legislative and Executive Council will not meet to conduct business unless of an urgent nature.  Normal Council business will resume from Monday, 7 September. Elected Members would like to thank all constituents in advance for their cooperation during […]

Further to the press release issued on 14 August relating to airfreight arrangements for the four upcoming charter flights between the United Kingdom (UK) and St Helena, additional information is now available regarding airfreight from St Helena to the UK. The extraordinary circumstances in the aviation industry at this time brought about by Brexit and […]

Message from the St Helena Police Service During the fifth week of our ‘Booze It, You Lose It’ drink-drive awareness campaign, Officers continued to carry out the usual proactive approach. However, due to unfavourable weather conditions there was minimal traffic in the areas that were monitored. Officers traversed through different areas of the Island but […]

In 2019, St Helena Government (SHG) commissioned the National Autistic Society (NAS) to support the development of services on-Island for children and adults on the autism spectrum and to improve professional practice. As part of this consultancy, NAS trainers delivered a five-day ‘Train the Trainer’ Autism Licensed User course to 10 SHG employees from the […]