St Helena Government

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Press Release Archive

  • EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2014

    28 October 2014

    Executive Council met today, Tuesday 28 October 2014, to discuss five items on the Open Agenda. The first item was the appointment of a Secretary to the Electronic Communications Consultative Committee (ECCC). This paper discussed the appointment of the Socio-Economist as Secretary to the ECCC in replacement of the Government Economist. This was seen as […]

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  • GOVERNOR TO DEPART ON OVERSEAS BUSINESS AND LEAVE

    28 October 2014

    HE Governor Capes will depart the Island on Thursday 6 November 2014 to attend the annual Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in London from 1- 4 December.  The JMC is attended by elected leaders from the Overseas Territories, Governors and UK Ministers and officials. Councillor Lawson Henry will attend the JMC as St Helena’s elected representative […]

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  • NEWCASTLE DISEASE UPDATE

    27 October 2014

    FIRST PHASE OF VACCINATION PROGRAMME COMPLETE SHG is pleased to advise that the first phase of the vaccination programme for Newcastle Disease, in Chickens on St Helena, has been completed ahead of schedule. The programme, to prevent further infection of poultry on the Island, commenced on Thursday, 16 October 2014, and has seen 848 chickens […]

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  • EXCO MEETING – Tuesday 28 October 2014

    27 October 2014

    Open to the Public from 9.30 am Executive Council will meet tomorrow morning, Tuesday 28 October 2014, in the Council Chamber. The meeting will be open to the public from 9.30am for the following Open Agenda items: Appointment of a Secretary to the Electronic Communications Consultative Committee Amendment to the Eliza Mary Lloyd Trust Ordinance […]

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  • RECEPTION CONGRATULATING ACHIEVEMENTS IN HOSPITALITY SECTOR

    27 October 2014

    A reception, hosted by HE Governor and Mrs Capes, was recently held at Plantation House to recognise the hard work of individuals in the Island’s hospitality industry. HE Governor Capes said: “Upgrading skills in the hospitality sector is very important to the development of our tourism product. “Many thanks for the excellent work by Susan […]

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  • NEW MIDWIFE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

    24 October 2014

    Midwife, Joanne Rawlings (photo attached) has recently started her new role within the Health Directorate, (arriving on Island on 23 September 2014) where she will input into antenatal (before birth), intrapartum (onset of labour) and post-natal (after birth) services provided by the Hospital. Joanne’s contract is for two years, and she predicts a busy time […]

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  • LEMP COMMUNITY COMPOST SCHEME

    24 October 2014

    The Landscape & Ecology Mitigation Programme (LEMP) part of the St Helena Airport Project, initiated a Community Compost Scheme in May this year to reduce organic waste going to Horse Point Landfill, and to assist with the production of compost to be able to grow endemic plants for habitat restoration works around the Airport construction. […]

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  • BUDGETARY AID MISSION

    22 October 2014

    The Budgetary Aid Mission team (BAM – formally called the Development Assistance Planning Mission) from the Department for International Development (DFID) will be on St Helena from Wednesday 29 October – Thursday 6 November 2014 to lay the foundations for agreeing a budget by early 2015. The team members are Douglas Winslow, Mary Thompson and […]

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  • BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2015 – OVERSEAS LIST

    22 October 2014

    The Governor’s Office has once again been invited by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to submit recommendations for HM the Queen’s Birthday Honours for St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Persons wishing to submit nominations for the 2015 Birthday Honours are reminded that the overriding principle is that honours are awarded on merit for […]

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  • POPPY APPEAL 2014

    21 October 2014

    Each year St Helena supports the Royal British Legion’s work through the Poppy Appeal.  The Poppy Appeal is the Legion’s largest fundraising campaign and each year has a different focus. The Remembrance Poppy has been used since 1920 to commemorate soldiers who have died at war.  Inspired by the World War Poem “In Flanders Fields”, […]

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