Executive Council will meet on Tuesday, 19 January 2021, at 9.30am, in the Council Chamber, to discuss the following item on the Open Agenda: SHG Archives Lending Policy These papers (ExCo Memos) are available online at the following link: http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/councils/executive-council/. Members of the public who would like to view hard copies of ExCo Memos should […]

During the week Monday, 4 January to Sunday, 10 January 2021, Police dealt with a total of 47 reports, resulting in three arrests. Three domestic incidents were reported to Police, all of which resulted in three persons being arrested and bailed to return to Police pending further investigations. A report of a theft was made. […]

The Programme Management Unit would like to advise the public that the construction of the Hospital emergency entrance covered way has now been completed. This work, undertaken by Fowlers Construction, involved constructing a timber clad structure over the existing emergency entrance at the General Hospital, Jamestown, to provide both weather protection and privacy. The public […]

A repatriation flight to St Helena, operated by Titan Airways, is scheduled for February 2021. The route will remain the same as the last Titan Airways flights, departing from London Stansted and flying direct to St Helena with a technical stop in Accra. The aircraft will then overnight on St Helena before operating a shuttle […]

Following an open procurement exercise, conducted in December 2020, St Helena Government has entered into a contract with Julian Henry of AP Construction, Half Tree Hollow, to undertake construction of a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), at the General Hospital, Jamestown. This project will see a current side ward at the General Hospital transformed into […]

The Oxford AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine has been developed by Oxford University in the UK. It is intended to vaccinate and protect persons aged 18 years or over from coronavirus (SARS CoV 2) which causes COVID-19.  St Helena has just received 100 AZ vaccines from the UK Government, with the intention that they will be given […]

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Incident Executive Group (IEG) have regularly prepared, implemented and reviewed plans and procedures for St Helena’s defence against the virus. Here we look at the Health Directorate’s plan of action should a positive case of COVID-19 present during home quarantine on St Helena. Arrangements remain in place for mandatory […]

St Helena previously embarked on an extensive recycling program, actively recycling glass, plastics and aluminium drink cans for the benefit of the environment. Glass and aluminium drink cans (ADC) disposed of in the Olympic Bins (the side that reads ‘Altogether We Recycle’), located across the Island, are collected and delivered to the Public Recycling Facility […]

FRIDAY, 15 JANUARY 2021 A formal meeting of Legislative Council will take place on Friday, 15 January 2021, at 10am in the Council Chamber. This is the first sitting of the twentieth meeting of Legislative Council and will be broadcast live via SAMS Radio 1. The meeting is also open to members of the public […]

The UK Government has agreed with St Helena Government the supply and delivery of 100 Oxford AstraZeneca (AZ) Vaccines on the repatriation flight arriving today, Monday 11 January 2021. These initial vaccines will be rolled out on-Island to key health workers and frontline staff as agreed by the Incident Executive Group (IEG) on 31 December […]