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The Titan Airways Charter flight, scheduled to arrive at St Helena Airport on Monday, 6 September, from London, Stansted, has now been delayed a day. The flight will now depart at 4.15am on Tuesday, 7 September. This is due to poor weather conditions forecast for St Helena. St Helena Government (SHG) and Titan Airways are […]

St Helena Government (SHG) recently announced the schedule of the Titan Airways Charter flights up until March 2022.  This included additional flights during the peak season through November and December 2021 as well as double shuttle flights to Ascension Island. It has since become necessary to cancel the second Ascension Island shuttle flight that was […]

Following the arrival of the flight from the UK on Tuesday, 24 August, and as part of St Helena’s robust COVID-19 testing regime for passengers completing their 10-day quarantine period, a family in quarantine together have tested positive for COVID-19.  As a result and per Standard Operating Procedures in the Health Service Directorate these passengers […]

During the period of Monday, 23, to Sunday, 29 August 2021, St Helena Police dealt with a total of 42 reports, resulting in two arrests. Two persons were arrested for suspicion of being Over the Prescribed Limit, they have since been charged to appear before the Court. Other reports included Underage Drinking, Road Traffic Offences, […]

The Titan Airways Charter flight, scheduled to arrive at St Helena Airport from London, Stansted on Monday, 6 September 2021, will experience a short delay before departing Stansted Airport at approximately 2.30am on Monday morning.                              This is due to poor weather conditions forecast for St Helena. St Helena Government (SHG) and Titan Airways are now […]

Acting Governor, Greg Gibson, held a reception at Plantation House on Thursday, 2 September 2021, to recognise persons involved with the Fibre Optic Cable Project. Invited guests included St Helena Government (SHG) officials, representatives from SURE South Atlantic Ltd, Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc, AMD Engineering, Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and the Marine Contractors […]

The Acting Governor has issued a Proclamation stating that the General Election will be held on Wednesday, 13 October 2021. The Writ of Election has also been issued stating that the closing date for nominations will be 12 noon on, Wednesday, 29 September 2021, and lists the venues that will be used as Polling Stations. […]

St Helena Government’s, Visitor Information Services (VIS) invite Expressions of Interest to undertake the maintenance of the Island’s 21 Post Box Walks and Footpaths.  It is proposed for the one-year contract to commence on Friday, 1 October 2021. Successful applicants will be given relevant training and information in order to be able to identify the […]

The HMS Protector – the Royal Navy’s only Ice Patrol Ship – is visiting the Island from Monday, 6 September to Friday, 10 September 2021. This is the first of two visits to the Island this year to carry out crew changes that coincide with arriving charter flights. The next visit will be in October. […]