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Press Release Archive

  • NOMINATIONS INVITED FOR CERTIFICATE AND BADGE OF HONOUR, AND ACTS OF BRAVERY AWARDS

    25 February 2014

    Nominations are currently being invited for the Certificate and Badge of Honour Awards, 2014. These awards are available for the Governor to award to public servants for loyal and valuable service worthy of recognition or, in the case of other persons, for their loyal and meritorious conduct that has provided exceptional benefit to the people […]

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  • YEAR 9 OPTIONS EVENING AT PRINCE ANDREW SCHOOL

    25 February 2014

    On Tuesday 18 February, Year 9 students together with their parents and guardians were invited to an Options Evening at Prince Andrew School. The evening was well attended, with almost all students represented. Two weeks prior to the evening, students had listened to detailed talks from their teachers on the various courses available to them. […]

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  • SEA RESCUE CAPABILITY

    25 February 2014

    Chief of Police, Trevor Botting, this afternoon stated: ‘It was wrongly reported this morning on Saint FM that the St Helena Sea Rescue Boat was out of service and unavailable for emergencies. This seems to be linked to an incident on Friday morning (21/02/14) when a yacht slipped its moorings in James’ Bay and was […]

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  • BYE-ELECTION – ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS

    25 February 2014

    The public is reminded that they have just two days to submit candidate Nominations for the 12 March Bye-Election. The closing date for Nominations is this Wednesday, 26 February 2014, at 12 noon. All Nominations should be delivered within this time to Returning Officer Mrs Gillian Francis at the Castle, Jamestown. Do not leave it […]

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  • QUEEN’S BATON COMPLETES BUSY TIME ON ST HELENA

    25 February 2014

    The Commonwealth Queen’s Baton completes its busy schedule on St Helena today as it comes to the end of its visit. Today’s programme, organised by the National Amateur Sports Association St Helena (NASAS), saw the Baton visit Pilling Primary School, Plantation House to meet Jonathan the Tortoise, Cape Villa Sheltered Accommodation, Prince Andrew School and […]

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  • EXCO MEETING – Tuesday 25 February 2014

    21 February 2014

    Open to the Public from 9.30am Executive Council will meet on Tuesday 25 February 2014 in the Council Chamber. Starting at 9.30am, the meeting will be open to the public for the one open agenda item: An information paper on The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. Executive Council Members are: Ian Rummery, […]

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  • AUDIT OPINIONS

    21 February 2014

    At the Public Accounts Committee meeting held on 10 February 2014, the Financial Secretary gave an undertaking to issue a press release on the differences between Qualified and Unqualified Opinions. This follows the audit of SHG’s Financial Statements for 2011/12 by the Chief Auditor. What is an Audit Opinion? An Audit Opinion is a statement […]

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  • GOVERNOR COMMENTS ON BATON, LITTER AND SAMS RADIO

    21 February 2014

    Invited to SAMS Radio 1 this morning, HE Governor Capes commented on the Queen’s Baton Relay, the problem of litter and the anniversary of SAMS Radio 1. Here is an excerpt of his comments: Queen’s Baton ‘It’s important that we recognise our sports on St Helena. We are a part of the Commonwealth, of the […]

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  • QUEEN’S BATON CONTINUES ISLAND TOUR

    20 February 2014

    QUEEN’S BATON CONTINUES ISLAND TOUR The Commonwealth Queen’s Baton continues on its busy schedule of events today as it journeys around the Island. The Island programme, organised by the National Amateur Sports Association St Helena (NASAS), will today see the Baton making various stops at Ladder Hill and Half Tree Hollow, Levelwood, Sandy Bay, Blue […]

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  • STOP NUMBER 40 – QUEEN’S BATON ARRIVES ON ST HELENA

    20 February 2014

    The Commonwealth Queen’s Baton has this morning arrived at St Helena Island, the fortieth stop in its impressive relay around the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth. The Baton stops at the Island en-route from Cape Town to Ascension Island and has already begun a busy schedule of events (organised by the National Amateur […]

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