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His Excellency, Governor Dr Philip Rushbrook, will depart St Helena for Ascension Island tomorrow, Wednesday 5 January, until Tuesday, 25 January 2022. Head of the Governor’s Office, Greg Gibson, will be Sworn In as Deputy Governor for this period. Governor Rushbrook will then travel to the UK on 25 January before returning to the St […]

HE Governor Dr Philip Rushbrook is pleased to announce the following New Year Honours 2022 Award, as endorsed by Her Majesty the Queen, to be published in the Overseas and International Honours List on 1 January 2022: Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) to Mrs Vanessa Thomas-Williams, Nursery Officer, Terrestrial […]

Another year has passed by too swiftly and one dominated once more by the international twists and turns of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst dramatic news stories abroad may seem a long way away, the continuing impact of uncertainties created by the pandemic still affect our communities. We have come to realise the physical isolation of […]

St Helena’s air service provision with Airlink will resume and commence from 26 March 2022.On commencement, we will revert to a fortnightly service between Johannesburg and St Helena and the monthly inter-Island service with Ascension Island.  Ticket sales will ‘go live’ from 3 January 2022. Due to the outbreak of the new COVID-19 variant of […]

HE Governor Dr Philip Rushbrook presented Captain Adam Williams of the MV Helena with his Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) at a reception held at Plantation House on Monday, 20 December 2021. Captain Williams had been nominated for his contribution to the COVID-19 response on St Helena last year, […]

ICT & Computer Science Teacher, Gareth Drabble, recently achieved a Master’s Degree in Digital Technologies, Communication & Education (DTCE), through a Chevening Scholarship from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to study at the University of Manchester. Gareth successfully secured his Scholarship in July 2020 and departed St Helena shortly afterwards in preparation to […]