Press Releases

International Day for Older Persons (IDOP) is recognised each year on 1 October. The IDOP is an opportunity to highlight the important contributions that older people make to society and raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges of ageing in today’s world. On St Helena, IDOP was recognised with a special ‘Dance for Dignity’ party […]

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office invites nominations for the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Persons wishing to submit nominations for the 2021 Birthday Honours are reminded that the overriding principle is that Honours are awarded on merit for exceptional achievement or any service recently carried out over and above what normally is expected. This […]

International Translation Day 2020 – a day used to highlight the important work of translators, interpreters, and others in the language service industry – was recognised on 30 September 2020. In recent years on St Helena a language service has been offered through Schools, the Community College and to different Island organisations. French is currently […]

The Programme Management Unit would like to advise the public that, following refurbishment works, Longwood public toilets have been re-opened with immediate effect. The refurbishment works were completed ahead of schedule in mid-September. Improvement works to the facility, undertaken by Mr Arnold Crowie, included the installation of new anti-vandal sanitary ware, new lighting and windows, […]

During the week of Monday, 21, to Sunday, 27 September 2020, Police dealt with a total of 46 reports, resulting in eight arrests. A person was arrested for breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order, and pending further investigations, has been bailed to return to Police at a later date. A person was arrested for breaching […]

Executive Council has approved a change to rates of Income Related benefits (IRB) and Basic Island Pension (BIP) based on the latest review of the Minimum Income Standard (MIS). The approved Social Security (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, will come into effect from today, Thursday 1 October 2020. IRB and BIP recipients will see an increase in […]

Health Directorate receives UN Award Award recognises St Helena’s successful implementation of Island-wide Health Promotion Strategic Framework Winners announced at virtual meeting of the Friends of the Task Force on the occasion of the UN General Assembly St Helena Government’s (SHG) Health Directorate has received the 2020 United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention […]

St Helena Government (SHG) can now confirm that the Titan Airways Boeing 757-200 aircraft has once again been selected to operate the next charter flight to the Island in October.   The flight will depart from London Stansted and fly direct to St Helena with a technical stop in Accra. The aircraft will then overnight […]

Members of the public will be aware of the requirement for passengers arriving by air to quarantine for 14 days upon entry to St Helena. This is part of St Helena’s preventative measures in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. On the final day of quarantine it is mandatory for all passengers to be tested for […]