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  • ST HELENIANS ABROAD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AIR ACCESS

    4 April 2019

    In a Statistical Bulletin released by the St Helena Statistics Office today, figures show that St Helenians living abroad have taken advantage of the regular scheduled air service between St Helena and Johannesburg. In December 2018, 336 St Helenians arrived to visit family and friends – the highest monthly total since at least 2010. The […]

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  • AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOUR COUNCILLORS – CONSTITUENCY MEETINGS TAKING PLACE IN APRIL 2019

    4 April 2019

    Councillors will be holding a series of meetings in each Island district throughout April for constituents to ask questions, raise concerns and find out what has been happening lately within St Helena Government Directorates. A key topic which Councillors wish to discuss at these meetings is how best to communicate with constituents. For example, would […]

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  • RED ENSIGN GROUP CONFERENCE – APRIL 2019

    4 April 2019

    St Helena Government’s Harbour Master, Steve Kirk,  Emergency Planning & Sea Rescue Manager, Simon Wade, and Operational & Civil Contingencies Manager, Ian Johnson, along with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’ CSSF (Conflict, Stability & Security Fund) Projects lead, Sam Cherrett,  are currently representing St Helena at the Red Ensign Group Conference in Montserrat. The delegates […]

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  • RESPONSE TO SENTINEL ARTICLES ON ST HELENA COFFEE

    2 April 2019

    St Helena Government was disappointed to read in three recent Sentinel articles – ‘St Helena Coffee under Threat from Tax Reforms’ (p.5, 7 March) ‘Stop the Devaluation of St Helena Coffee’: Coffee Producers Band Together (p. 6-7, 21 March) and Refocusing the St Helena Coffee Discussion: Back to the Real Issue (p. 6-7, 28 March) […]

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  • RESTRUCTURE OF ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES DIRECTORATE

    2 April 2019

    The Environment & Natural Resources Directorate (ENRD) has restructured from 1 April 2019. ENRD has now split into two separate directorates – Environment, Natural Resources & Planning and Infrastructure & Transport. Here is an overview of the services that are provided under each new directorate: Environment, Natural Resources & Planning Directorate The Environment, Natural Resources […]

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  • ‘HEALTHY AND REALISTIC’ – ISLAND PRIMARY SCHOOLS GET STUCK IN TO THE ‘LUNCH-OFF’

    2 April 2019

    Three pupils – Ella-Mae Joshua, Year 6, Pilling Primary, Axel Francis, Year 3, Harford Primary, and Aisha John-Bagley, Year 4, St Paul’s Primary have been declared the winners for their schools in the first ever ‘Lunch Off’ competition. Healthier drinks and food are one focus area of the Health Promotion Strategic Framework 2018-19, which aims […]

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  • NEW GOVERNOR ARRIVING IN MAY

    2 April 2019

    The new Governor of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, Dr Philip Rushbrook, accompanied by his wife Janis, will arrive on St Helena on Saturday, 11 May 2019, and will be officially sworn in the same day. Dr Rushbrook will be the first Governor to arrive by air at St Helena Airport. It […]

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  • STATEMENT FROM CHIEF OF POLICE – COUNCILLOR BUCKLEY’S ADJOURNMENT DEBATE SPEECH

    1 April 2019

    On Monday, 11 March 2019, Councillor Cruyff Buckley made a speech about policing on St Helena during the Adjournment Debate in the formal meeting of Legislative Council. The speech contained a large number of inaccurate statements that were conveyed as facts and which I would now like to take the opportunity to correct. Councillor Buckley also used […]

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  • UK Hydrographic Office Survey of St Helena New Wreck Discovered

    19 February 2019

    The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) recently surveyed territorial waters surrounding St Helena to support safety of navigation and unlock information key to economic development in the region. The UKHO surveyed over 155km2, collecting seabed data using modern bathymetric survey equipment capable of surveying waters down to approximately 250m. This data will be used to inform […]

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  • News from St Helena Airport

    8 February 2019

    Airport Navigational Aids (Navaids) recertified for a further six months St Helena Airport underwent a routine six-monthly Navaid flight inspection on Friday, 1, & Saturday, 2 February 2019. The calibration process is managed by Flight Calibration Services Limited (FCSL) and the flights were carried out by TAB Charters SA using the Beechcraft King Air BE20. The […]

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