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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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  • PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ OPEN DAYS 2018

    24 July 2018

    As another school year draws to a close, each of the Island’s three primary schools – Harford, Pilling and St Paul’s – will soon be hosting their annual Open Days. Each school will start the day with their Entertainment & Prize Presentation for parents, guardians, and invited guests. Following this, the schools will be open […]

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  • ST HELENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORKING WITH COURSERA

    23 July 2018

    The St Helena Community College (SHCC) can now offer students a wide range of online courses and qualifications via their partnership with Coursera. Coursera is an online education provider that offers online courses, popularly known as MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, from top universities around the world. Currently it has 150 university partners from […]

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  • DRAFT ST HELENA BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018

    23 July 2018

    PUBLIC CONSULTATION STARTS THIS WEEK The draft St Helena Building Regulations 2018 will be out for public consultation from tomorrow, Tuesday 24 July, up until Tuesday, 21 August 2018. This document is significantly important to all contractors, architects/draftsmen, stakeholders and importers on St Helena. Throughout the 28-day consultation period, the Building Inspectors of the Environment […]

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  • EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING

    23 July 2018

    WEDNESDAY, 18 JULY 2018 The monthly meeting of the Education Committee was held on Wednesday, 18 July 2018, and the following is a summary of the main items discussed: Primary Advisor, Mrs Julia Drozdowskij, presented an overview of the areas of work completed. These included the first cohort of teaching staff nearing completion of the […]

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  • AMENDMENT TO AGRICULTURAL WATER SUBSIDY POLICY – INCREASE IN SUBSIDY PAYMENTS

    23 July 2018

    The Economic Development Committee has agreed a slight amendment to the Agricultural Water Subsidy Policy to reflect the increase in water tariffs by Connect Saint Helena Ltd from 1 July 2018. To this effect, subsidy payments have increased from a rate of £0.13 per cube to £0.28 per cube for agricultural untreated water and from […]

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  • NEW PHARMACIST FOR ST HELENA

    20 July 2018

    St Helena’s new Pharmacist, Vlad-Dorin Cucuiu arrived at St Helena on Saturday, 30 June 2018. Vlad has been appointed on a two-year contract and his main duties will include providing over-the-counter advice and prescribing to patients with minor ailments, ensuring  safe and clinical effective prescribing for inpatients and outpatients by liaising closely with medical and […]

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  • SUSTAINABLY MANAGING PLASTIC WASTE ON ST HELENA TO MINIMISE MARINE DEBRIS

    20 July 2018

    St Helena Government’s Environmental Management Division (EMD) has received a grant of £72,000 from the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to establish a monitoring and education programme which aims to reduce the amount of plastic entering the marine ecosystem, establish plastic recycling, and reduce the cost of waste disposal. The […]

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