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  • STARTING YOUR STUDIES AT THE ST HELENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

    30 July 2018

    The public is advised that, although it is still easy to become a student of the St Helena Community College (SHCC), the application process has changed slightly for the 2018/19 school year. New students will need to complete an application form and then return it to the SHCC either in person or by email to: […]

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  • COMPANION AIRFARE FOR TRAVELLERS TO AND FROM ST HELENA

    27 July 2018

    St Helena Government and Airlink are pleased to announce the introduction of a ‘Companion fare’ on flights to and from St Helena between 4 August and 4 December 2018. A Companion fare is a promotional airfare under which a second ticket for the same flights on the same dates is sold at a discount. Seat […]

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  • BUDGET SPEECH 2018/19

    27 July 2018

    Introduction Mr Speaker, I beg to present a Bill for an Ordinance to provide for service for the financial year 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019. Mr Speaker, after agreeing a rollover budget in March 2018, it gives me great pleasure to be able to present a balanced budget here today.  It has been […]

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  • BUDGET SPEECH 2018/19

    27 July 2018

      Today, the Financial Secretary, Dax Richards, delivered the 2018/19 Budget Speech for St Helena. In his opening remarks, the Financial Secretary said: “It has been a challenging budget process, however the budget presented today strikes a balance between resourcing the key priorities for the Island whilst mitigating the significant risks to SHG and St […]

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  • WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES – LANDSCAPE BULKY WASTE PROGRAMME, JAMESTOWN

    26 July 2018

    Waste Management Services (WMS) continued their Landscape Bulky Waste Programme during June and July 2018, remediating and improving the landscape of bulky waste in the Jamestown area. This included the removal of three end-of-life vehicles (with a further two planned for when the weather is more favourable), bulky waste from near West Rocks and several […]

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  • FORMAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING – FRIDAY, 27 JULY 2018

    25 July 2018

    The first sitting of the seventh meeting of Legislative Council will take place on Friday, 27 July 2018, at 10am, in the Council Chamber. The meeting is expected to continue on Monday, 30 July, and will be broadcast live via SAMS Radio 1. The Order Paper contains seven Sessional Papers including the Appropriation Bill 2018/19 […]

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  • SEA RESCUE SERVICE AUXILIARY TRAINING

    25 July 2018

    The Sea Rescue Service has recently recruited three new auxiliary personnel who will become active members of the current team once they have passed the training requirements. Training sessions are carried out once a week with the new personnel having taken part in two sessions so far. They have participated in Pre-Sea Training as well […]

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  • NEW TUNA TAGGING PROGRAMME GETS UNDERWAY

    24 July 2018

    The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT), under the Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Programme (AOTTP), has funded a Tuna Tagging Programme, focused on the waters of St Helena, between July 2018 and June 2019. The programme, which is worth around £150,000 to the Island economy, will be delivered by the Environmental […]

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  • ST HELENA’S FIRST EVER DIETICIAN – A LOOK AT THE NUTRITION & DIETETICS FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE

    24 July 2018

    Dietician Gina Giebner  established the first Nutrition & Dietetics Service for the Health Directorate on St Helena in April 2017. It seems like a good time now to look back at what has been achieved in that time, and explore if a Dietician on the Island can benefit the health of the community. Just like […]

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  • HELPING STAFF GET HEALTHY!

    24 July 2018

    NEW SHG PROGRAMME TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE WELLBEING A St Helena Government (SHG) -wide programme – ‘Workforce Wellbeing’ – will start in each of SHG’s Directorates from Wednesday, 1 August 2018. The programme, which started first within the Health Directorate from 1 June 2018, is designed so that it is easy to be ‘owned’ and co-ordinated […]

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