During the two-week period of Monday, 21 December 2020, to Sunday, 3 January 2021, St Helena Police dealt with a total of 79 reports, resulting in one arrest. One person was arrested for a Sexual Offence. They were interviewed and bailed to return to Police Headquarters pending further investigations. Two reports of Theft were made […]

The Health Directorate can now confirm that the two passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival to South Africa, on the MV Helena, have both returned a negative result following a re-test. There is a high degree of confidence within the Health Directorate that the original test results on 31 December 2020 were false […]

Following an open procurement exercise, conducted in December 2020, St Helena Government has entered into a contract with Clint Stevens, of Half Tree Hollow, for the construction of a wheelchair accessible public footpath in Lower Rupert’s. This is the first part of a larger wheelchair accessible public footpath which, upon completion, will allow the public […]

An opportunity has arisen to allow passengers travelling on the Titan Airways flight, scheduled to depart St Helena on Wednesday, 13 January 2021, to disembark during the flights technical stop in Accra, Ghana, on route to the United Kingdom. Any persons interested in taking advantage of this opportunity to disembark in Ghana are asked to […]

The following is a public announcement from Port Control: During the month of December 2020 certain members of the public vandalised a main water pipe at the side of the HM Customs and Port Control building. This is the third time in less than two months that this criminal act has taken place. As a […]

Following an open procurement exercise conducted in December 2020, SHG has entered into a contract with Simon Francis of S. Doy Construction, Sea View, Alarm Forest, for the construction of a wheelchair accessible public sidewalk at Longwood. The sidewalk will be adjacent to the existing Longwood Avenue Road allowing pedestrians to travel the route without […]

In light of increased infection rates for COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, St Helena Government has decided to only allow passengers who have had a recent negative COVID-19 test to travel on the upcoming repatriation flight. This includes those who will be transiting to Ascension. In order to join the flight from the United Kingdom […]

During the Christmas holiday period people were seen by Port Control Officers to be using the red marker buoys at Rupert’s as a play toy. This is not only a dangerous act for the persons involved, but could also cause unnecessary damage to the marker buoy. In the event that any of these red marker […]

WEDNESDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2020 The Social & Community Development Committee met on Wednesday, 9 December 2020 A number of increases to fees were agreed in line with the 2.6% inflation Other discussions included the Equality & Human Rights Commission half-yearly report and Career Access St Helena The Social & Community Development Committee (SCDC) monthly meeting […]