The St Helena Health Services Directorate has recently procured a batch of Yellow Fever vaccines for the purpose of vaccinating persons travelling to or via Accra. The entry processing through Accra requires passengers to be vaccinated for Yellow Fever, which is prevalent in some districts of Ghana.  The Yellow Fever vaccine is not ordinarily a […]

The Social & Community Development Committee (SCDC) held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, 9 June 2021. The Committee was introduced to Team Manager of Children’s Services in the Children and Adults Social Care Directorate, Paul Brown, who had recently arrived on- Island. Paul, who replaces Adele McMahon, has 17 years of experience working in Children’s […]

Waste Management Services would like to advise the public that locally produced quality compost is now on-sale. The compost – produced using blending fish waste, piggery effluent and chipped forestry waste – is now available for sale to the public at £5.00 per 80 litre bag (restricted to four bags per customer in order to […]

SHG introduces Senior Leadership Development Programme for Senior Managers First group of managers find the training insightful and beneficial Topics for the training came from employee feedback data, as outlined in the 2020-2023 Prospectus for Change St Helena Government in partnership with the UK Civil Service College has introduced a Senior Leadership Development Programme for […]

The Titan Airways B757 had developed a minor technical fault that requires a replacement part. Titan Airways will fly this part to St Helena tomorrow on a specially arranged flight.  The Titan Airways, Ascension shuttle flight, is now scheduled to operate on Friday, 25 June 2021.  Subsequently the flight from St Helena to London Stansted […]

Executive Council has approved the application for full development permission, with Conditions, for the proposed development of the Trade Winds Ocean Village Comprehensive Development Area at Horse Pasture. In considering the Development Application at their meeting on Tuesday, 22 June 2021, Executive Council acknowledged the social and economic benefits of this proposed development and the […]

Day of the Seafarer – a day used as an opportunity for communities around the world to recognise and give thanks to seafarers on the frontline, playing an essential role in maintaining the flow of vital goods, such as food, medicines and medical supplies – will be celebrated on Friday, 25 June 2021. This year’s […]

Persons scheduled to depart on the Titan Airways flight to UK/Accra in June who require a pre-departure COVID-19 test result for their next destination, are advised that the planned COVID-19 Testing Clinic at the Flu Pod, The General Hospital, on Wednesday, 23 June at 9am has been postponed.   This postponement is due to the delay […]