Museum Car Park and West Rocks area closure

The public is advised that the car park, located behind the Museum, and the area between Donny’s Bar and West Rocks, Jamestown, will be closed between 9am and 12 noon on Wednesday, 27 April 2022. This closure is to enable the Rock Guards to remove rock and debris which have accumulated on the hillside above […]

Airmail Service Update

The Post & Customer Services Centre would like to inform the public of the following updates regarding the airmail service: Via South Africa to the UK The airmail service via South Africa to the UK has now been established.  However, due to Customs restrictions in South Africa, the Post & Customer Services Centre is only […]

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

21 April 2022

April is ‘Bowel Cancer Awareness’ Month. The Health Services Directorate’s Health Promotion and Oncology teams are working together to raise awareness of Bowel Cancer and to encourage its prevention, early detection and treatment. This year’s campaign theme is ‘Never Too Young’. The ‘Never Too Young’ campaign was launched in the UK in 2013 and is […]

Quarantine Exemption for engineer to complete commissioning of Oxygen Generation Plant

In March 2022, engineers from Schneider Electric, providers of energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability, arrived on St Helena to commission critical backup battery solutions at three sites on-Island, which accommodates equipment that delivers essential services. Due to technical issues encountered during this previous visit, only one of the three sites were […]

Annual Price Inflation Rate at 3.3%

For the first quarter of 2022 the Retail Price Index (RPI) has been measured at 109.9 (Chart 1). This is an increase of 1.4% from three months ago. It is also an increase of 3.3% from a year ago, when the RPI was 106.3. This means that the annual inflation rate is 3.3%, comparing prices […]

Flood Mitigation At Ruperts Power Station

Heavy rain over the Easter weekend resulted in excessive water flowing down the water course and into the Power Station at Ruperts on Monday, 18 April 2022, which almost caused the site to be fully shut down.    The area has since been cleared and sandbags used to mitigate further flooding. However, due to no […]

COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic, Monday, 25 April 2022

A COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic will be held at the Flu Pod, The General Hospital, Jamestown, between 9am and 11am on Monday, 25 April 2022.      Persons planning to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at this clinic are asked to call the Hospital on tel no. 22500 by Friday, 22 April 2022, and leave your name and […]

St Helena COVID-19 Status Update – 20 April 2022

Following routine testing on Monday, 18 April 2022, positive COVID-19 case(s) were identified in Home Quarantine. Positive results were also received from the re-testing of person(s) testing positive for COVID-19 in Home Quarantine on Saturday, 9 April 2022. All person(s) who have tested positive, will remain in quarantine in compliance with St Helena’s COVID-19 protocols.  […]

Waste Management Services – Operations Over Easter

Waste Management Services will continue their operations over the Easter weekend. All domestic and commercial waste collection services will remain unchanged. Customers are asked to ensure their bins are ready for emptying by 6am on their collection day. This includes Good Friday and Easter Monday for those residents who ordinarily have their waste collected on […]

Live Shooting Session at Francis Plain

A live shooting session will be undertaken at Francis Plain on Saturday, 16April, and Monday, 18 April 2022, from 6.30am to 8am. The purpose of this live shooting session is to try and cull some of the rabbit activity on Francis Plain playing field which greatly impacts the surface of the field, and any remedial work […]