Press Releases

World Population Day is tomorrow, Saturday 11 July. To recognise and celebrate the day on St Helena, here are some population ‘fun facts’ about the Island and the world: · In 2020, the number of people on the entire planet earth is around 7.8 billion people, over 1.7 million times more than on St Helena · Every […]

St Helena Police has today, Friday 10 July 2020, launched their Drink-Drive Campaign ‘BOOZE IT, YOU LOSE IT!’ This Campaign is supported by agencies across Government working towards the Island’s ‘Altogether Safer’ goal. Due to an increase in drink-drive offences since the last campaign in April 2020, it is necessary for St Helena Police to […]

Executive Council discussed and considered Commercial Fishing Licence Quotas for the St Helena Fisherman’s Co-operative at their meeting on Tuesday, 7 July 2020. The two types of quotas discussed were the Annual St Helena Commercial Fishing Licence Quota which would set the Total Allowable Catch for Yellowfin Tuna and an Exploratory Fishing Licence Quota for […]

St Helena Government (SHG) is pleased to confirm that the next repatriation charter flight is planned for the week commencing Monday, 27 July 2020. The flight will be operated by Titan Airways utilising their Boeing 757-200 aircraft. The flight will depart from London Stansted and include a stop at Ascension Island en-route to St Helena […]

Two Staff Nurses – Jayne Adams-Duncan and Maureen Ellick – have recently been promoted to Senior Staff Nurses within the St Helena General Hospital. As Senior Staff Nurses, Jayne and Maureen are responsible for co-coordinating the Hospital, teaching staff and mentoring junior nurses, participating in data collection and Hospital audit, being part of the senior […]

Councillor Buckley elected as a new Member of Executive Council Councillor Buckley appointed as new Chairperson of Environment & Natural Resources Committee Councillor Beard elected Chairperson of newly-formed Finance Committee During the third sitting of the sixteenth meeting of Legislative Council on Tuesday, 30 June 2020, elections were made for Members of Executive Council and […]

On 1 June 2020 South Africa relaxed their lockdown restrictions to level 3 which allows for restricted domestic flights (within South Africa).  Scheduled international flights are not expected to be permitted to resume until the country moves to at least level 1.  It is not currently known when South Africa will move to level 1 […]