Restricted Access to the Jamestown Wharf – Maundy Thursday

Due to ongoing cargo activities at the Jamestown Wharf, the area from Biosecurity to the Lower Landing Steps will be restricted to pedestrian access only from 2pm on Thursday, 6 April 2023 (Maundy Thursday). Vehicle access will only be permitted to Emergency Services and persons wishing to drop off or pick up fishing equipment or […]

St Helena’s Investment Grade Credit Rating Affirmed

S&P Global Ratings has reaffirmed St Helena’s investment grade credit rating in a research update released on 31 March 2023.  The confirmation of St Helena’s credit rating is an endorsement of St Helena’s economic and financial management as the Island recovers from the effects of COVID-19. It also reflects the strong and continued support provided […]

Fish Tag Return Reward Scheme

The Marine and Fisheries Conservation Section would like to remind all those fishing, especially on Maundy Thursday, that there still is an ongoing reward scheme for any fish or lobster caught with a tag. The following rewards are paid when the tag and certain catch information is presented to the Marine and Fisheries Conservation Section: […]

UK State Awards – 2024 Year Honours: Overseas & International Honours List & Local Government Awards

The public is advised that nominations are being invited for the: Further information on these awards can be obtained from the Press Releases page of the SHG website via: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/news/call-for-nominations-for-uk-state-2024-birthday-honours-and-st-helena-government-awards/, or from the Secretary, Honours and Awards Committee via email: linda.benjamin@sainthelena.gov.sh, or alternatively from this week’s edition of the local newspapers. Completed forms should be […]

Waste Management Services’ operations over Easter

The public are reminded that Waste Management Services will continue their operations as normal over the Easter weekend. All domestic and commercial waste collection services will remain unchanged. Customers are asked to ensure their bins are ready for emptying by 6am on their collection day. This includes Good Friday and Easter Monday for those residents who ordinarily have their waste collected […]

Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise Undertaken

On Monday 20 March 2023, a cyber security incident training exercise was held for key SHG staff.The table top exercise was organised by the IT Cyber Security and Emergency Planning teams. The Emergency Planning Directorate run regular exercises to test, adapt and improve SHGs emergency planning procedures. This particular exercise focused on cyber security, and […]

Vaccination Clinic

The Health Services Directorate would like to inform the public that a COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held on Tuesday 04April 2023.  This clinic is only for persons aged 50 years and over, who are travelling on the Airlink flight on Saturday 08April 2023 and who have not received a COVID-19 Vaccination within the past […]

Minimum Wage to Increase from 1 July 2023

At a meeting of the Executive Council on 21 March 2023, an increase to the Minimum Wage of 28p per hour was approved. This will take effect from 01 July 2023. When it does, the Minimum Wage will increase to £3.65 for persons over 18 and £2.70 for persons aged 16 or 17. The approval of this is in […]

New Meteorological System installed at Bottom Woods Met Office

L-R - Murray Henry, Andy Pritchard, Tess Brock, Garry Mercury. Engineers missing from the photo Lewis Philips and Robert Cappleman

30 March 2023

A team of engineers from the MET Office UK were recently on-Island installing a new meteorological system at the Met Office, Bottom Woods. This upgrade, which was announced in July 2019, replaces the outgoing Meteorological Monitoring System (MMS) to SurfaceNet, a direct replacement of MMS for Automated Land Network sites. SurfaceNet is the next generation […]

Median Annual Wage Measured At £9,460 In 2021/22

The Statistics Office has today released new estimates of average incomes from full-time employment for the 2021/22 financial year, together with revised estimates for previous years. The estimated median annual before-tax wage was £9,460, a decrease of 1.5% compared to the previous year when price inflation is taken into account. Median annual before-tax wages from […]