• NEW RADIOGRAPHY SUITE AT THE GENERAL HOSPITAL

    The Health Directorate has recently installed a new Radiography Suite at the General Hospital. The newly refurbished department offers a much improved service and includes a new radiography machine, as well as the CT scanner and fluoroscopy machine, all of which produce images using radiation. The images produced are very useful for doctors and the […]

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  • ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY

      As part of the Police Directorate’s ongoing community engagement programme, Team One – Sergeant Jane John and Police Constables, Nicole Hercules, Craig Crowie, Isabella Bezuidenhout, Chris Joshua and Amanda Peters – hosted a Sponsored Skittles night to raise funds for Ebony View. Involving all of St Helena’s Emergency Services, including St Helena Airport Fire […]

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  • VISITING AUDIOLOGIST

    First time visiting Audiologist, Sean McCann (photo attached), has been on Island for the last four weeks providing an Audiology service to the people of St Helena.  As an Audiologist, Sean diagnoses and treats people with hearing, balance and tinnitus problems – this can be either through self-referrals or referrals from GPs or Doctors.  Sean […]

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  • DEPUTY SPEAKER RESIGNS

    Due to personal reasons, Mrs Margaret (Cathy) Hopkins MBE has resigned from her position as Deputy Speaker of Legislative Council, and from her roles as Chairperson of the Equality & Human Rights Commission and Deputy Chairperson of the Land Development & Control Authority. SHG would like to extend thanks to Mrs Hopkins for her time […]

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  • St Helena Community College

    SHCC Newspaper Insert August 2016

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  • BYE- ELECTION 2016

    OFFICIAL LIST OF CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED The Elections Ordinance 2009 provides for Nominations to be delivered to the Returning Officer by no later than noon on the last day appointed for the Nomination of Candidates. The closing date for nominations for the 2016 Bye-election (to be held on Wednesday 7 September 2016) was today, Wednesday 24 […]

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  • PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE MEETING

    A formal meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is scheduled to take place on Monday, 3 October 2016 in the Council Chamber. The report and transcript from the last PAC meeting is now available in the Public Library for members of the public to view. It can also be downloaded from the SHG website […]

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  • NASA TO FLY OVER ST HELENA

    As part of an International study to be able to deliver more accurate weather forecasts across the South Atlantic, a NASA ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration) ‘flying laboratory’ is planning to operate over St Helena this coming weekend, to undertake a series of weather-related measurements. The precise times of when the aircraft will be circling the Island […]

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  • HM CUSTOMS & EXCISE CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION

    HM Customs & Excise continued its modernisation programme by conducting management training for its middle managers during August. Following successful completion of the course, middle managers – Supervisor (ASYCUDA World) Juliette O’Dean, Senior Operations Supervisor Verona Paulsen, Deputy Operations Supervisor Delmarie Williams, and Deputy Administration Supervisor Junella Moulding – were awarded certificates (see photo attached). […]

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  • ST HELENA ENERGY STRATEGY

    PUBLIC CONSULTATION A draft Energy Strategy has been developed for St Helena with the primary aim to increase the Island’s use of renewable energy, through a mixed model of harvesting natural resources, as well as supporting the use of greener products on the Island. Energy has an impact on all areas of life, and becoming […]

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