• BRITISH PENSION PROBLEMS – PENSIONERS DOCUMENTS SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED

    St Helena Government (SHG) in partnership with DHL St Helena last week provided a free delivery service to pensioners on-Island to support them in returning their pension documents to the UK’s Department of Work & Pensions. Around 18 pensioners took advantage of the offer and their documents were sent via DHL St Helena on last […]

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  • ST HELENA UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY – REPORT ON THE MAXIMUM CHARGES OR FEES TO BE LEVIED BY CONNECT

    The St Helena Utilities Regulatory Authority has today issued its report on a Direction under Section 5 (1) (C) of the Utilities Services Ordinance 2013 – relative to the maximum charges or fees to be levied by Connect Saint Helena Ltd. The report can be found on the SHG website at: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/publications/ #StHelena #URA #Fees&Charges […]

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  • RESPONSES TO ISSUES RAISED DURING COUNCILLORS’ CONSTITUENCY MEETINGS – EDUCATION

    During the latest round of Councillors’ Constituency Meetings in April 2018, a number of issues were raised by the public on different topics. Over the last few weeks, each Council Committee has provided responses to the issues raised during the meetings. In the final part of the series, this week the focus is on Education […]

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  • STATISTICAL BULLETIN NO. 7, 2018 – INFLATION

    About this Bulletin This bulletin includes estimates of the latest annual price inflation rates for the second quarter of 2018, calculated from the Retail Price Index (RPI). The data released in this Bulletin, including the RPI itself, can be downloaded from the St Helena Statistics website at: www.sainthelena.gov.sh/statistics-data. Average inflation rate The latest rate of […]

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  • TREE SURGERY WORKS NEAR PUBLIC LIBRARY – WEDNESDAY, 11 JULY 2018

    The Forestry Section of the Agriculture & Natural Resources Division (ANRD) would like to advise the public that they will be carrying out tree surgery works near the Public Library, in Jamestown, on Wednesday, 11 July 2018, from 9am to 3pm.  Three car parks in the Court House area will be closed for the duration […]

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  • ST HELENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOST LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FAIR

    REMINDER The public is reminded that the St Helena Community College (SHCC) will host their first ever Learning Opportunities Fair at the Education Learning Centre this Thursday, 12 July 2018, from 10am to 6pm. The SHCC Learning Opportunities Fair is an open day that will give everyone on St Helena a chance to learn more […]

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  • NEW UNIFORM AND LOGO FOR SHG TRANSPORT SECTION

    The Transport Section of the Environment & Natural Resources Directorate has recently introduced uniforms to their workforce. The new uniform includes black overalls & trousers and grey shirts & polo shirts along with yellow hi-vis clothing. The colours black and grey were chosen due to the nature of work that most staff perform. The uniform […]

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  • NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING – ‘YOU SAID, WE DID’ – JUNE 2018

    St Helena Police have been consulting with the Island community as part of their Neighbourhood Policing Programme. A series of meetings and surgeries were held in June which were well attended, and a range of subjects discussed. Concerns raised in various districts include: Jamestown Members of the public felt that the double yellow lines in […]

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  • EXCO MEETING – TUESDAY, 10 JULY 2018

    A meeting of Executive Council will take place in the Council Chamber at 9.30am on Tuesday, 10 July 2018. The following item will be discussed on the Open Agenda: Telecommunications (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 This paper (ExCo Memo) is available online at the following link: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/councils/executive-council/. Members of the public who would like to view hard […]

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  • ISLAND’S NEW SMOKING CESSATION SUPPORT SERVICE GETS OFF TO A FLYING START

    The Health Directorate launched their new Smoking Cessation Support clinic to help smokers who want to quit on Sunday, 1 July 2018. The service, run by Community Nurses who have been receiving specialist training in smoking cessation, has proved popular so far. The free offer of a four week trial of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) […]

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