• NEW RECRUITS FOR ST HELENA POLICE

    The St Helena Police and Prison Service has recently welcomed four additions to their ranks – a Probation Officer and three Police Constables from the UK (photo attached). Probation Officer, Victoria Kellet, is based and working at the St Helena Prison. Victoria is here on a two year contract and will be focusing on public […]

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  • SOCIAL WELFARE REVIEW PUBLISHED

    Today sees the publication on SHG’s website of the St Helena Social Welfare Review, a report by Roy Sainsbury and Jonathan Bradshaw of the University of York.  The report is available at https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/publications/ The Review, carried out between August 2012 and April 2013, had two principal objectives: To provide recommendations for the next uprating of […]

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  • CONSTITUENCY MEETING REMINDER – LOCAL TV

    A reminder of the remaining Constituency Meetings scheduled to be held in November will be shown on Local TV around 8pm each evening until Monday 25 November. A rundown of the remaining dates and venues will be given by Councillor Gavin Ellick, along with a description of agenda items that have been discussed at previous […]

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  • INCREASES IN BIP AND IRB

    SHG is pleased to announce that recipients of Basic Island Pension (BIP) and Income Related Benefits (IRB) will receive an increase in their weekly allowance from 1 December 2013. This was agreed by Executive Council on 14 November 2013. This increase results from the introduction of a benefit system based on a Minimum Income Standard […]

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  • CONSTITUENCY MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER

    Legislative Councillors are holding a series of public meetings in November.  During each meeting there will be a minimum of three Members present.  Agenda items planned to be discussed in the meetings include benefits and the Sainsbury Report, The Lucy Faithful Report and a communications strategy for Councillors.  Members of the public are also encouraged […]

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  • MAGISTRATES’ COURT

    From Trevor Botting, Director of Policing: ‘As a result of an ongoing investigation, this morning a 50 year old man of Jamestown, St Helena, was today charged with a number of offences that allegedly took place between 1990 and 2006. These charges relate to allegations of sexual offences against a single victim, who was aged […]

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  • CHANGES TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT

    One of the objectives of St Helena’s Sustainable Development Plan is to facilitate private, public, tourist and business development across the Island through an improved public transport system. To meet this objective a review of the public transport system was carried out in 2012 and an expanded trial system incorporating home to duty transport for […]

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  • GIS DAY 2013

    The work of GIS, or ‘Geographical Information Systems’, has been celebrated on St Helena since 2007 in a special, earmarked GIS Day. Held every year on the third Wednesday in November, GIS Day is also recognised in the UK and United States – with the aim of demonstrating to the public how important GIS is […]

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  • EXCO MEETING – TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2013

    Open to the Public from 9.30am Executive Council will meet on Tuesday 19 November 2013, in the Council Chamber.  Commencing at 9.30am, the meeting will open to the public for the first agenda item, Revoking of Customs Exemption.   Executive Council Members are: Ian Rummery, Cyril George, Christine Scipio O’Dean, Leslie Baldwin and Derek Thomas […]

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  • COMMONWEALTH ESSAY GOLD WINNER

    Every year, the Commonwealth Essay Competition encourages and inspires young writers to submit their stories from all over the world.  This year was a record breaking year for the competition with entries exceeding 11,000 and over 70 judges involved in selection. The competition, free and open to Commonwealth citizens worldwide aged 18 or under, offers […]

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