St Helena Government

St Helena Government

  • FIRST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO ASCENSION ISLAND

    14 November 2017

    SATURDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2017 St Helena Airport will begin a monthly commercial air service between St Helena and Ascension Island this Saturday, 18 November 2017. Airlink’s Embraer E190 aircraft is scheduled to depart St Helena at 2.30pm on Saturday, arriving at Ascension at 4.30pm. The aircraft will remain overnight on Ascension to allow the crew […]

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  • HEAD OF FALKLANDS & SOUTHERN OCEANS DEPARTMENT OTD FCO VISITS ST HELENA

    14 November 2017

    The Head of the Falklands & Southern Oceans Department OTD FCO, Ms Katie McMillan, arrived on-Island on Saturday, 11 November 2017, for a week-long visit. Katie has a busy schedule and will meet with key Government Officials including – Her Excellency, Governor Lisa Phillips, Head of the Governor’s Office, Louise MacMorran, Chief Secretary, Roy Burke, […]

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  • CHRISTIAN VON DER ROPP ARRIVING SOON

    14 November 2017

    Christian von der Ropp (see photo attached) from A Human Right, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to providing free basic internet and phone access to developing countries, will be visiting St Helena between Saturday 18 and Saturday 25 November 2017. Christian has been working with St Helena Government for some time and has passionately championed the […]

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  • CARRIAGE OF MAIL VIA WEEKLY FLIGHT

    14 November 2017

    Work to establish an airmail service via the Airlink weekly flight between St Helena and Johannesburg continues. Negotiations concerning the carriage of mail on the flight are ongoing and prices have been formulated. The St Helena Post Office is now in the process of locating a handling agent in Johannesburg to manage the transhipment of […]

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  • MV Helena Schedule Announcement

    14 November 2017

    AWSM MV Helena Schedule Announcement

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  • RMS ST HELENA UPDATE

    13 November 2017

    The RMS St Helena departed Cape Town today at 3.30pm (CAT) with 31 transhipment containers onboard and is due to arrive at St Helena on Saturday, 18 November, at 7am. The revised schedule for Voyage 265 is as follows: Depart Cape Town 13 November 2017 Arrive St Helena 18 November 2017 Depart St Helena 20 […]

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  • REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICE 2017

    13 November 2017

    A Divine Service, in honour of those who had lost their lives or had been injured during active duty, was held at the Cenotaph in Jamestown on Sunday, 12 November 2017. Her Excellency Governor Lisa Phillips arrived at 10.55am, and the Right Reverend Lord Bishop of St Helena, Dr Richard Fenwick, invited those in attendance […]

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  • ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY SWORN IN

    13 November 2017

    Assistant Financial Secretary, Nicholas Yon, was today sworn in as Acting Financial Secretary whilst the substantive Financial Secretary, Dax Richards, is off-Island on overseas business. Nicholas took the prescribed oaths in the Governor’s Office in the presence of Her Excellency, Governor Lisa Phillips, and colleagues. Nicholas’ appointment is effective immediately. Dax is scheduled to return […]

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  • MILLING ROAD WORKS – LADDER HILL TO THE ARMY HALL, HALF TREE HOLLOW

    13 November 2017

    The Roads Section will continue to carry out milling works on the section of road from Ladder Hill to the Army Hall, Half Tree Hollow, from 9am to 3pm on the following Wednesdays: 15 November 2017 22 November 2017 29 November 2017 The public is therefore advised to drive with care whilst these works take […]

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  • APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL

    10 November 2017

    The Court of Appeal of St Helena gave a judgment on 5, October 2017 in a medical negligence case in which it decided that the Chief Justice had been wrong to find that damages paid to people who have been injured on St Helena should be the same as in England and Wales.  However, whilst […]

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