St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Press Releases

  • Minister’s Question Time – Tuesday, 30 May 2023

    25 May 2023

    The third meeting of Minister’s Question Time will take place on Tuesday 30 May 2023, at 10am in the Council Chamber.
    The topic for this meeting is “SHG’s Energy Strategy”.

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  • Health And Social Care Portfolio Staff Graduation Event

    23 May 2023

    St Helena emergency response staff (Fire and Sea Rescue, Police, and Health) recently marked another milestone in further building the capacity and capability of their respective organisational areas. This saw the graduation of 13 team members who successfully completed the Immediate Life Support (ILS) course, 19 staff for First Response Emergency Care Level 3 (FREC3), […]

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  • Turtle Nesting At Rupert’s Beach

    18 May 2023

    ENRP’s Marine and Fisheries Conservation Section, and the St Helena National Trust responded after being advised by members of the public that a green turtle attempted to nest on Rupert’s Beach.
    144 eggs were carefully moved to an artificial nest incubation chamber.
    For the next three months, the incubation chamber will be monitored. If a dip in the sand above the nest is noticed, it is a sign that the eggs have begun hatching. From this point, the nest will be monitored daily. If these turtles hatch they will be retrieved from the incubation chamber and released into the ocean.

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  • Reception Held In Palace Of Westminster To Celebrate St Helena’s Blue And Green Agendas

    18 May 2023

    On Wednesday 17 May 2023, Chief Minister Julie Thomas hosted a reception at the Palace of Westminster in London to celebrate St Helena’s Green and Blue Agenda and the ongoing Cloud Forest Project. Speaker of the UK House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, kindly allowed the reception to take place in the State Rooms of […]

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  • Legislative Council Meeting – Thursday, 25 May, 2023

    16 May 2023

    A formal meeting of Legislative Council will take place on Thursday, 25 May 2023, at 10am in the Council Chamber. This is the first sitting of the twelfth meeting of Legislative Council and will be broadcast live via SAMs Radio 1. This meeting is also open to members of the public who wish to attend. […]

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  • News, Updates And Communications Survey Reminder

    15 May 2023

    SHG is currently conducting a survey to find out what people think of the news, updates and communications provided by the government.
    The survey is available online at www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SHNews.
    The survey will close on Wednesday 31 May at 16:00, so please provide any responses before then.

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  • Mental Health Awareness Week 2023

    15 May 2023

    Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 is taking place from Monday 15 May to Sunday 21 May. The theme this year is Anxiety and what you can do to prevent it.
    Anxiety can be crippling, it can interfere with your life and lead to significant problems.  If you find you are struggling with anxiety you can contact your GP or the Community Mental Health Team directly on 22593 or via the Hospital switchboard. It is a treatable condition and more common than you might think.

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  • International Nurses Day Marked On St Helena

    12 May 2023

    Today, Friday 12 May, St Helena is celebrating International Nurses Day. Every year there is a different theme and for 2023 it is “Our Nurses. Our Future”. This year St Helena also had its own theme, of “Nursing is a work of heart”. To mark International Nurses Day, our talented nurses were recognised and celebrated during an event held at the General Hospital.

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  • International Day Of Plant Health – 12 May 2023

    11 May 2023

    Peaks National Park access is prohibited to help prevent the further spread of a range of plant pathogens within the Peaks National Park whilst authorities work to improve their understanding of the issue.
    We would like to take this opportunity to thank locals and visitors for helping to safeguard the Island’s precious habitats and endemics, and we ask that everyone continues to play their part in trying to achieve this aim.

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  • Provisional Register Of Electors Published

    10 May 2023

    The Register of Electors is used to maintain a list of persons who are eligible to vote and stand in elections in St Helena. Anyone not included in the register, will not be able to vote or stand in any election.
    Eligible persons have up until 4pm on Wednesday 24 May 2023, to submit applications to amend the Provisional Register.
    Persons eligible to be registered must:
    Have St Helenian Status as defined in the Immigration Ordinance, 2011
    Be 17 years of age or older with St Helena as their ordinary place of residence

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