St Helena Government

St Helena Government

  • FCO OFFICIALS ON FAMILIARISATION VISIT

    15 April 2015

    Two Foreign Office officials with responsibility for St Helena will pay a brief visit to the Island from the morning of Sunday 19 April, departing via Ascension Island on Tuesday 21 April. Alex Cameron, Head of the Falklands and Southern Oceans Department, and Mairi McKinstry, Desk Officer for St Helena and Ascension Island will meet […]

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  • AIRPORT PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2013-14 RELEASED

    14 April 2015

    Basil Read has published its Annual Environmental Report (AER) 2013-14 on the St Helena Airport Project.  This report provides an overview of the environmental performance of the Airport contractor, over the reporting period 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014. Performance is monitored against a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), grouped under the following […]

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  • FORMAL MEETING OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

    14 April 2015

    WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL 2015 The first formal session (for 2015) of the Public Accounts Committee will take place on Wednesday 29 April at 9.30am in the Court House, Jamestown. The public is invited to attend. The Order Paper for the meeting is as follows: Chairman’s Address St Helena Bulk Fuel Installation – Audited Financial Statements […]

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  • REFURBISHMENT OF CAPE VILLA ON TRACK

    14 April 2015

    The Cape Villa complex of sheltered housing units, near Plantation Square, has recently been refurbished to provide seven improved one-bedroom self contained units which are fully wheelchair accessible. In addition to these improvement works an extra six one-bedroom units have also been constructed. This refurbishment activity is being funded through the DFID Capital Programme and […]

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  • NEW SAFEGUARDING MONEY FOR ST HELENA

    10 April 2015

    Additional £1.2m for Safeguarding Services As the Financial Secretary explained in his Budget Speech on 27 March 2015, SHG has recognised the importance of Safeguarding on St Helena with the introduction of a new Safeguarding Directorate. He said that this Directorate would receive £2.6m in funding for this financial year, £1.2m of which would be […]

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  • SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF POLICE TRAINING COURSE

    10 April 2015

    Eight Officers from the St Helena Police Service have just completed an eight week initial Constable training course. Five officers, including one Cadet, are Saint Helenian and three of the officers are from the UK employed on local contracts. A special ceremony was held in the Council Chamber on Thursday 2 April to mark this achievement. […]

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  • NEW YEAR HONOURS – OVERSEAS LIST – NOMINATIONS

    8 April 2015

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office invites nominations for the 2016 New Year Honours List. Persons wishing to submit nominations for the 2016 New Year Honours are reminded that the overriding principle is that Honours are awarded on merit for exceptional achievement or any service recently carried out over and above what normally is expected.   Where […]

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  • COUNCILLOR THOMAS DEPARTS FOR CPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

    8 April 2015

    Councillor Derek Thomas departed the Island on Tuesday 7 April 2015, to attend the mid-year Executive Committee Meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).  The conference will be held in Malaysia and runs from 27 April to 3 May 2015. In addition to the main Executive Meeting, there will also be meetings of the three […]

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  • POLICE INVESTIGATE SERIOUS ASSAULT

    7 April 2015

    Message from Chief of Police ‘Following a recent report to the Police Service, an investigation is being undertaken into a serious assault on a young woman, which occurred on a Saturday evening in early February at about 10.30pm near to the Museum in Jamestown. Two males, who were not known to the victim, were involved […]

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  • KEDELL WORBOYS MBE ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF OCTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    31 March 2015

    At the recent Ministerial Forum held in the British Virgin Islands from 25-27 February 2015, SHG’s UK Representative, Mrs Kedell Worboys MBE, was unanimously elected as President of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA) Executive Committee. Prior to her election as President, Kedell has served as Vice-President on the Executive Committee for two years. […]

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