St Helena Government

St Helena Government

  • Child Protection on St Helena and Ascension Island: Report by the Lucy Faithful Foundation

    11 October 2013

    The governments of St Helena and Ascension Island recognise their responsibility to protect the vulnerable in society, especially children. Following the improvements that flowed from the ‘Safeguarding Children in the Overseas Territories Programme’, work has continued to strengthen the child protection framework on both Islands, including raising awareness of the need to safeguard children from […]

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  • ROLLING PROCUREMENT PLAN

    11 October 2013

    As part of St Helena Government’s (SHG) commitment to increase transparency in the Procurement process, SHG has today, for the first time, made available to the public a Rolling Procurement Plan. This plan is intended to give the public increased visibility into the future procurement requirements of SHG.                                         Members of the public should be aware […]

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  • ST HELENA POLICE SERVICE: REVIEWING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

    11 October 2013

    Mr Chris Thomson and Mr Paul Foggin arrived on St Helena this week.  They are visiting on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to follow up on the recent visit of the Police Adviser, to review internal police procedures, professional standards, complaint handling and related matters. SHG 11 October 2013

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  • BIOSECURITY FILM TO BE SHOW ON LOCAL TV

    9 October 2013

    A short five minute film displaying the biosecurity process will be shown on local TV 1 from Wednesday 9 October to Saturday 12 October at 8.pm. In 1998, the inspection of fresh produce arriving on St Helena was formalised.  The Biosecurity Team’s job is to protect the Island from new invasive species that can have […]

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  • ExCo Report: 8 Oct 2013

    8 October 2013

    Good Afternoon, Executive Council met today, Tuesday 8 October to discuss a full agenda. The first item on the open agenda was the information paper on revised fuel prices. The purpose of this item was to provide a background to the recent changes in fuel prices, including a 5p customs duty on diesel in line […]

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  • PRIMARY ADVISOR THREE MONTHS ON

    8 October 2013

    Primary Advisor for Primary Education, Victoria Stapleton, has been on Island for the last three months. Victoria’s role as a Primary Advisor on Island is to work closely with the three Primary School Head Teachers on raising attainment and ensuring children achieve the right amount of progress. Victoria said about her role: “What is quite […]

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  • Pilling Primary School Maths Workshop

    8 October 2013

    “Useful and informative, good to learn about the different strategies”, “Knowing what my child is learning about and how we can help him at home”, “Learning about the strategies used – different to what we are used to”, “The enthusiasm of the teachers” – were just a few of the comments from parents when asked […]

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  • EXCO MEETING – TUESDAY 8 October

    7 October 2013

    Open to the Public from 9.30am Executive Council will meet on Tuesday 8 October 2013 in the Council Chamber. Commencing at 9.30am, the meeting will be open to the public for the first three agenda items; Revised Fuel Prices (Information Paper), Wharfage, Warehousing and Customs Miscellaneous Fees Amendment proposal and SHG Financial Statements 2011 – […]

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  • Water Situation Returns to Normal

    2 October 2013

    In May of this year Connect Saint Helena Ltd and St Helena Government (SHG) declared an Island-wide sprinkler and hosepipe ban. With dry weather forecast for the months ahead domestic water levels on St Helena, especially in the Redhill area, had reached exceptionally low levels. Residents in the affected areas were then urged to exercise […]

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  • Councillor George Returns From Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

    2 October 2013

    Councillor Cyril George recently returned from the 59th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference in Johannesburg, which took place from 28 August – 6 September 2013. Councillor George, the first Councillor from our newly elected Council to attend a CPA conference, commented that the Conference presented him with vast knowledge on how some political systems are […]

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