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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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  • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING – THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018

    9 May 2018

    The monthly meeting of the Economic Development Committee was held on Thursday, 3 May 2018, and the following is a summary of the main items discussed: Enterprise St Helena (ESH) delivered a report for the month of March. The ESH Board approved in principle the exploration of the potential for a ‘category management’ expert from […]

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  • FAREWELL TO ASSISTANT CHIEF SECRETARY PAUL MCGINNETY

    9 May 2018

    Assistant Chief Secretary (Performance), Paul McGinnety (photo attached), departs the Island on Saturday, 19 May 2018, having completed his contract with St Helena Government. Paul arrived on St Helena in January 2013 as the Social Policy Planner, responsible for providing advice and social analysis input to SHG policy and developing and implementing a national Social […]

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  • HEALTH DIRECTORATE LAUNCHES STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH PROMOTION ON ST HELENA

    8 May 2018

    The St Helena Health Directorate has this week launched their Strategic Framework for Health Promotion on St Helena 2018-19 (HPSF). The overall aim of this framework is to reduce overweight/obesity and smoking in the Island community. Worldwide evidence shows that losing weight and stopping smoking are the two most important ways people can reduce their […]

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  • CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT (CDM)

    8 May 2018

    The Health Directorate is working towards the creation of Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Clinics. These clinics will be nurse led, with referrals to other professionals when needed. The Directorate is aiming to start these clinics in July 2018 after completion of some additional training. What is a Chronic Disease? Chronic Diseases are diseases of long […]

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