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  • World Diabetes Day 2022, Monday, 14 November 2022

    8 November 2022

    World Diabetes Day is observed on Monday, 14 November 2022 with the theme this year being the ‘access to Diabetes Care’. Organisations around the world are asking for better access to diabetes education for health professionals and people living with diabetes. One in 10 adults around the world currently live with diabetes, an estimated 537 million people. […]

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  • Chief Minister returns to St Helena

    8 November 2022

    Chief Minister Julie Thomas arrived back to the Island on Saturday 05 November, having been overseas for the last two weeks. The Chief Minister had been in the UK to attend a number of engagements, including the annual Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) of Overseas Territories, although this wasregrettably postponed the week before it was due […]

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  • St Helena represented at opening of Constituency Garden of Remembrance in London

    8 November 2022

    Yesterday, Monday 7 November 2022, Governor Nigel Phillips, Chief Secretary Susan O’Bey and St Helena Government UK Representative Kedell Worboys attended a ceremony opening the Constituency Garden of Remembrance in London. The garden is located in New Palace Yard, part of the Palace of Westminster. Members of the UK Parliament and representatives from the Commonwealth […]

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  • Island Parliamentary Workshop Concludes

    7 November 2022

    Between Monday 31 October and Friday 4 November, representatives from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association HQ (CPA) delivered training to Elected Members, Portfolio Directors, SHG officials and staff from the Legislative Council Office. The training was delivered as part of the Technical Assistance Programme between CPA and the St Helena Legislative Council, aimed at supporting, and […]

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  • Remembrance Sunday Service – Road and parking space closure

    7 November 2022

    The Highways Authority has given approval for the road from The Cenotaph to Donny’s Place at the Seafront, and five parking spaces in front of the Court House, Jamestown, to be closed on the morning of Sunday, 13 November 2022, in order for the Remembrance Sunday Service to take place. The road and area surrounding […]

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  • Young Saint Centre Stage In UK Parliament

    4 November 2022

    The UK Youth Parliament met today, Friday 4 November 2022, for a debate in the House of Commons in London. This is the eleventh time the Youth Parliament has sat in the House of Commons for a debate, with the first being in 2009. The event is organised every year by the British Youth Council. […]

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  • COVID-19 Statistics for St Helena: 28 October – 3 November 2022

    4 November 2022

    The St Helena Health Services Directorate would like to inform the public that there were no positive cases of COVID-19 reported within the community during the period Friday, 28 October, to Thursday, 3 November 2022. The total number of positive cases identified/reported since the lifting of quarantine on Monday, 8 August 2022 remains at 1800.  If you have […]

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  • Isaac Greentree And Marcella Mittens To Attend 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament

    4 November 2022

    Two St Helenians currently studying in the UK – Isaac Greentree and Marcella Mittens – have been invited to attend the 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP). The CYP will be taking place in Port of Spain, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, between 20 and 24 November 2022. The Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) is a Commonwealth […]

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  • Lost & Missing Person Search Training

    4 November 2022

    Members of the St Helena Fire & Rescue Service, Rock Guards, Emergency Planning, Marine Section and the Royal St Helena Police Service recently participated in a week-long Lost & Missing Person Search (L&MPS), Search Technician (SxTech) course. Selected personnel also attended the Search Team Leader course. Both courses were delivered by Police Search Adviser (PolSA), […]

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  • Changes to staff rota to improve outpatient clinic availability

    4 November 2022

    The Health and Social Care Portfolio received feedback regarding the Health services medical provision in 2021/22.  Highlighted was the absence of availability of clinical appointments and the continuity of doctors.  Health Services has been unable to recruit and retain sufficient medical staff to be able to cover Hospital and emergency care needs for the past […]

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