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  • LOCAL TRAINING SKILLS DEVELOPED TO AID THE AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

    23 April 2019

    Personnel from the Environment, Natural Resources & Planning Directorate (ENRPD)  and the Saint Helena National Trust (SHNT) recently had the opportunity to take part in the St Helena ‘Train The Trainer’ (TTT) Course. The TTT course, delivered by Leigh Morris (a consultant working for the Agriculture & Natural Resources Division (ANRD), was a four-day programme […]

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  • WINDRUSH COMPENSATION SCHEME

    23 April 2019

    The UK Home Secretary has opened a scheme to compensate members of the ‘Windrush generation’ who were unable to prove their right to live in the UK. The scheme, which was designed in consultation with those affected and will have independent oversight, is the latest step in the UK Government’s commitment to right the wrongs […]

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  • POLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION – DAMAGE TO BOAT AT JAMESTOWN WHARF

    23 April 2019

    The following is a Public Announcement from the Police Directorate: St Helena Police are currently investigating damage to a boat at the Jamestown Wharf which occurred at around 11pm on Sunday, 7 April 2019. The boat, which was undergoing maintenance at the time, was hit by a vehicle. Anyone who may have any information regarding […]

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  • ACCESS TO JAMESTOWN WHARF AND RUPERT’S WHARF OVER EASTER

    18 April 2019

    The following is a Public Announcement from Port Control: Jamestown Wharf Port Control would like to advise that the Jamestown Wharf will open to the public as normal from 4pm today, Thursday 18 April 2019. All ‘break bulk’ cargo has now been cleared from the Wharf and Port Control would like to thank Merchants and […]

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  • POLICE INVESTIGATION – STOLEN VEHICLE

    18 April 2019

    At around 9.30am today, Thursday 18 April 2019, a silver ford fiesta car, registration number 2969, belonging to Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc was stolen. The driver was travelling through the Rock Rose area when they had to stop to remove some concrete blocks obstructing the road. While the driver was removing the blocks […]

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  • EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 16 APRIL 2019

    18 April 2019

    Executive Council met on Tuesday, 16 April 2019, with three items on the Open Agenda. The first two items – the Investment Strategy April 2019 and the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Council and the Duties of Members and the Clerk of Councils – were deferred to later meetings allowing for additional information to […]

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  • ExCo Meeting

    18 April 2019

    TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2019 A meeting of Executive Council will take place in the Council Chamber at 1.30pm on Tuesday, 23 April 2019. The following items will be discussed on the Open Agenda: ·         Investment Strategy April 2019 This paper (ExCo Memo) is available online at the following link: http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/councils/executive-council/. Members of the public who […]

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  • ST HELENA GDP FOR 2017/18 ESTIMATED AT £42 MILLION

    17 April 2019

    In a bulletin issued from the St Helena Statistics Office today, new estimates of the St Helena Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the total value of all the goods and services produced on St Helena during a year, for 2017/18 was £42.4 million or £9,220 per person.  When price inflation is taken into account, this is […]

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  • STATISTICAL BULLETIN NO. 5 2019, GDP

    17 April 2019

    This Bulletin presents updated and revised statistics of St Helena’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), following on from the previous release of provisional estimates for 2014/15 in the Quarterly Statistical News Bulletin of October 2016. The statistics and indicators presented in this Bulletin can be downloaded in Excel format from the ‘GDP’ file on the St […]

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  • INFORMATION FROM THE MARITIME COMMUNITY REQUESTED

    17 April 2019

    The St Helena Sea Rescue Service is currently creating a database of all Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) and Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) on the Island. Being able to identify a vessel is important when putting together a response & search plan. For example, if a vessel’s EPIRB is activated but its position is […]

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