St Helena Government

St Helena Government

  • 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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  • PAMELA WARD PEARCE ELECTED AS MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

    5 March 2015

    Pamela Ward Pearce of Longwood has been duly elected to serve as a Member of the St Helena Legislative Council. Returning Officer, Gillian Francis, last night announced the results of the Polls for the Bye-election held yesterday. The total number of votes cast for each candidate was: Pamela Ward Pearce         222  Anthony Green                   […]

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  • LADDER HILL ROAD CLOSURE – SUNDAY 8 MARCH 2015

    3 March 2015

    Following a recent road traffic accident, the Highway Authority has given approval for Ladder Hill Road to be closed on Sunday, 8 March 2015, for essential repairs. The road will be closed from 8am to 4pm. Diversions will be in place. The Roads Section would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused, and thank the […]

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  • NEWLY APPOINTED SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER

    3 March 2015

    Arriving to the Island on Thursday, 26 February 2015, was Senior Social Worker, Stephanie Jones. Stephanie is based at Brick House, Upper Jamestown, and is contracted by SHG for two years. Stephanie’s role as Senior Social Worker includes safeguarding children and adults. She will also be working on child protection and with children in need, […]

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  • POLLING DAY – WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2015

    2 March 2015

    Don’t forget that Wednesday, 4 March 2015, is Polling Day. St Helena will go to the Polls to elect a new Member to fill the vacant seat on Legislative Council. Candidates for the 2015 Bye-election are: Anthony Arthur Green of St Paul’s, Geoffrey Patrick George Knipe of Sandy Bay, Pamela Ward Pearce of Longwood and […]

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  • APPRENTICESHIP AWARENESS WORKSHOP

    2 March 2015

    An Apprenticeship Awareness Workshop was held, for the first time, on Thursday 26 February 2015, at the Education Learning Centre in Jamestown. The workshop was organised by the Lifelong Learning Services with input from Enterprise St Helena, enabling all apprentices to come together. The day reminded apprentices of the requirements of an Apprenticeship and covered […]

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  • FREE CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE SUPPORT SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE

    2 March 2015

    St Helena Government (SHG) in partnership with UK Charity, Samaritans, and SURE South Atlantic Ltd are pleased to announce that a free and confidential telephone support service is now available. The telephone number for this service is 20000. Callers can be assured that any calls placed via this number will be directed to Samaritans in […]

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  • MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR ST HELENA

    2 March 2015

    A cross section of employees from both the public and private sector have recently undergone intense management training with visiting trainer, Bruce MacDonald, on behalf of the Graduate School of Business from the University of Cape Town. Through a partnership training initiative between Enterprise St Helena and Lifelong Learning Services, Bruce delivered a series of […]

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