St Helena Government

St Helena Government

  • AIR SERVICES TO ST HELENA

    16 March 2015

    SHG and DFID are pleased to announce the appointment of Comair Limited as the preferred bidder for the provision of air services to St Helena. Comair is a South African aviation and travel company offering scheduled and non-scheduled airline services within South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.  Managed and owned by South […]

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  • VISITING PSYCHIATRIST FOR ST HELENA

    16 March 2015

    Professor Brian Robertson, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, will be making his annual visit to St Helena, arriving on Monday 30 March and departing on 27 April 2015. During his time on Island Professor Robertson will be seeing patients as well as advising SHG as to […]

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  • RMS – DELAYED DEPARTURE FROM ASCENSION

    16 March 2015

    SHG wishes to advise the public that due to a delay in the regular RAF flight from the Falklands to Ascension, it has become necessary to delay the departure of the RMS St Helena from Ascension tomorrow, Saturday 14 March 2015, to allow connection with the delayed flight. It is envisaged that she will now depart […]

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  • EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 10 MARCH 2015

    10 March 2015

    Executive Council met today, Tuesday 10 March 2015. There was one item for discussion on the Open Agenda. This was a request for development permission to allow the construction of a new building to house VHF telecommunications equipment at the Depot, Blue Hill, in accordance with a recommendation from the Land Development Control Authority. Council […]

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  • EBONY VIEW MAKES GOOD PROGRESS

    10 March 2015

    The refurbishment of Ebony View (Ex-Half Tree Hollow School), the new home for residents of the Challenging Behaviour Unit (CBU) at Sundale, is making good progress, with residents expected to move into their new home later this month. The refurbished premises offer a much more open and bright environment for residents and units are fully […]

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  • COMMONWEALTH DAY 2015 – A YOUNG COMMONWEALTH

    9 March 2015

    Today, Monday 9 March 2015, is Commonwealth Day – a day when the 53 member nations of the Commonwealth take part in national Commonwealth activities focused around the theme of ‘A Young Commonwealth’. This year, history was made as more that 730 Commonwealth flags were raised in locations throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle […]

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  • REMAINING COUNCILLORS’ CONSTITUENCY MEETINGS

    9 March 2015

    The schedule for the remaining Councillors’ constituency meetings is displayed below. All meetings will begin at 7.30pm. Topics for discussion are Health and Water, but members of the public are encouraged to attend the meetings in their districts to raise any issues they might have. Date Venue Chairperson Wednesday 11 March 2015 Jamestown Community Centre […]

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  • NEW HEALTH SERVICE STAFF

    6 March 2015

    The St Helena General Hospital has recently welcomed two new Doctors to their Health Service Team. From Guatemala, Central America, joining the Team is Specialist Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Dr Francisco Reyes Milian and Specialist Anaesthetist with general medicine duties, Dr Erick Diaz Rivera (photos attached). Dr Francisco’s role is to take care of all pregnant […]

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  • TURTLE NESTS AT SANDY BAY BEACH

    5 March 2015

    The Marine Conservation Section, of the Environmental Management Division, has today identified that green turtles have been attempting to nest in the Sandy Bay Beach area. Human disturbance on nesting areas through unregulated access is a risk to potential nests and can cause an unacceptable level of disturbance which can affect nesting success.In an effort […]

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  • PAMELA WARD PEARCE SWORN IN AS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER

    5 March 2015

    Pamela Ward Pearce this morning took the Oaths of Office, for her new role as an Elected Member, in the presence of HE Governor Capes at the Castle (photo attached). Pamela now serves on Legislative Council following her win at yesterday’s Polls. Pamela commented: “Yesterday was a very good day and I had some worthy […]

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