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St Helena Government

  • ST HELENA ARCHIVES, CORPORATE SUPPORT AND CORPORATE IT CLOSURE – WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018

    14 May 2018

    The public is advised that the St Helena Archives will be closed on Wednesday, 16 May 2018, to enable staff to attend a Staff Development Day.  Normal opening hours will resume from 8.30am on Thursday, 17 May 2018. Corporate Support, including Corporate IT, at the Castle will also be unavailable on Wednesday due to staff […]

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  • SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2018-2028 PUBLISHED

    14 May 2018

    On 1 May, Executive Council approved the Sustainable Economic Development Plan 2018-2028 (SEDP), and agreed that the Plan should now be taken forward for implementation. The SEDP’s vision is to ‘achieve development which is economically, environmentally and socially sustainable by increasing standards of living and quality of life; not relying on aid payments from the […]

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  • TRAVEL ADVISORY

    12 May 2018

    Unplanned events at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg this morning have caused a slight delay in the flight to St Helena. Three passengers did not present themselves to the Boarding Gate on time and as a result were not able to travel on today’s flight. Today’s events have caused a minor delay to the […]

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  • ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS TO ST HELENA AND ASCENSION

    11 May 2018

    FLIGHTS OPEN FOR SALE  Further to the announcement issued on Friday, 4 May 2018, St Helena Government (SHG) and Airlink are pleased to advise that the additional flights to St Helena and Ascension have today been loaded into booking systems and tickets are available for sale. The flights will operate on a Tuesday. Passengers should […]

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  • DOMESTIC ABUSE – ZERO TOLERANCE

    11 May 2018

    MESSAGE FROM ST HELENA POLICE AND SAFEGUARDING The St Helena Police and Safeguarding Directorates would like to stress to the public the serious consequences of domestic abuse and encourages any victim, male or female, to come forward and make a report. Domestic abuse will not be tolerated on St Helena. Head of Investigations, DCI Michael […]

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  • PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING SUMMARY – WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018

    11 May 2018

    The Public Health Committee held their monthly meeting on Wednesday, 2 May 2018. Below is a summary of the main items discussed: The Chairman opened the meeting with a brief remark about what the Committee wanted to achieve at the meeting and throughout this financial year. These would be to consolidate gains over the past […]

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  • EXCO MEETING

    11 May 2018

    TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018 A meeting of Executive Council will take place in the Governors Office at 9.30am on Tuesday, 15 May 2018. The following items will be discussed on the Open Agenda: Welfare of Children (Amendment) Regulations 2018 Welfare of Children (Children’s Residential Home) Regulations 2018 These papers (ExCo Memos) are available online at […]

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  • BOUNDARY WALL REPAIR WORKS – NR DRUMMOND HAY SQUARE, UPPER JAMESTOWN

    11 May 2018

    The Roads Section of the Environment & Natural Resources Directorate would like to advise the public that works to repair the boundary wall near Drummond Hay Square, Upper Jamestown, will be carried out from Monday, 14 May, through to Friday, 25 May 2018. Works are expected to take place between the hours of 8.30am to […]

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

    9 May 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 April which were well attended, and a range of subjects discussed. Concerns raised in various districts include: The Briars A broken street lamp was reported on the main road […]

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  • NEW APPOINTMENTS IN THE POLICE DIRECTORATE

    9 May 2018

    The St Helena Police Directorate has recently welcomed two new appointments with Kim Yon joining the Immigration Office and Joseph Phippard joining the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Kim, who transferred from HM Customs & Excise, has settled into her new role as Secretary to the Immigration Control Board/Auxiliary Immigration Officer. She is responsible for providing […]

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