Press Release Archive

  • EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2014

    Executive Council met today Tuesday 16 September 2014 with five items on the Open Agenda. The first item was a request for Executive Council to endorse the refreshed Sustainable Development Plan 2014-17 (SDP).  The original SDP was published in 2012, and since then the Island has seen significant development which the refreshed SDP now reflects. […]

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  • ADVICE TO ST HELENIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS

    Travel to South Africa – Passports

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  • 60th COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE

    Councillor Christine Scipio-O’Dean will depart St Helena this week to attend the 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference and 34th Small Branches Conference in Cameroon, which will run from 2 – 10 October 2014. During the course of the conference several workshops will be held, including ‘Unity and Diversity’, ‘Joining Hands for Womens’ Rights’, ‘Parliamentarian in Gender […]

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  • DON’T MISS OUT BY MISSING SCHOOL!

    A new school year has begun and the Island schools are planning for an exciting year ahead.  There has never been a more important time to make sure that your children make the most of the opportunities a good education gives them. One of the easiest ways to help your children succeed in school is […]

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  • DISEASED CHICKEN SAMPLES TESTED IN LONDON

    INITIAL FINDINGS With the cooperation of the RMS St Helena, the conservation team on Ascension Island and the RAF, the poultry samples taken from St Helena – consisting of sera, multiple organs, and swabs taken from eight severely affected chickens – arrived in excellent condition at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations […]

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  • EXCO MEETING – Tuesday 16 September 2014

    Open to the Public from 9.30 am Executive Council will meet next Tuesday morning, 16 September 2014, in the Council Chamber. The meeting will be open to the public from 9.30am for the following Open Agenda items:   Sustainable Development Plan Capital Programme 2014/15 – Relocation and Rationalisation of SHG Office Accommodation Information Paper on […]

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  • ‘A LOOK AT ST HELENA’S MARINE LIFE’ – LOCAL TV

    ADDITIONAL BROADCASTS To further broadcasts of ‘A Look at St Helena’s Marine Life’ – a documentary showcasing St Helena’s marine splendour – will be shown additionally at the following times: Friday 12 September at 5:25pm and Saturday 13 September at 12:05pm SHG 12 September 2014  

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  • POLICE PRESENTATION – CONFIRMATION IN RANK

    Five St Helena Police Constables were officially Confirmed in Rank during a special ceremony in the Council Chamber on Wednesday 10 September 2014. PCs Julianne Benjamin, Jane John, Brianna Yon, Clayton Crowie and Craig Crowie all passed their two year probationary period and initial police training and were recognised for their achievements in the presence […]

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  • PHARMACY BUS TIMES

    Further to the press release issued yesterday (Tuesday 9 September 2014) regarding Outpatient Clinics, the Health & Social Services Directorate would like to remind the public of the dates and times of the Pharmacy Bus facility in the districts: Half Tree Hollow Clinic – Every Monday from 10am Longwood Clinic – Alternate Wednesdays (from today, […]

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  • COUNCILLORS CONSTITUENCY SURGERIES

    Councillors Constituency Surgeries continue this Saturday at Half Tree Hollow, St Paul’s and Longwood.  All the surgeries take place between 10am and 12noon. If you would like to give Councillors advance notice of your concern before attending a surgery, you can do so by contacting the Secretary to Elected Members, Anita Legg, on Tel: 22590 […]

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