Press Releases

June is Pride Month Thousands of people around the world celebrate Gay Pride to champion and promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people June is now with us and we see the weather turn that little bit colder, many of our young people have just completed schooling and are moving on to […]

Today, Monday 15 June 2020, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) – used as an opportunity for communities around the world to promote a better understanding and raise awareness of abuse and neglect of older persons. On St Helena, WEAAD was recognised with a number of events during last week concluding with a special […]

Diabetes Awareness Week 2020 took place between 8 and 14 June. To conclude the week, the Health Directorate organised a ‘Walk for Diabetes’. The walk started from the General Hospital on Friday, 12 June, at 12.30pm, with over 70 participants in attendance. Participants were dressed in denim to raise awareness of diabetes. The walk concluded […]

The following Bills have been approved by Executive Council for presentation as Government business at the next formal meeting of Legislative Council commencing Friday, 26 June 2020: Appropriation Bill 2020 Control of Tobacco and Related Products Bill 2020 Magistrates’ Court (Amendment) Bill 2020 Public Health (Amendment) Bill 2020 Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2020 These Bills […]

Executive Council has approved the Appropriation Bill, 2020, to be printed, published and presented as Government business at the formal Legislative Council meeting to be held on 26 June 2020. The Appropriation Bill, 2020, provides for the services of the financial year 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 and the accompanying draft Budget Book […]

Works to Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Jamestown have recently been completed, and the building is now compliant with Fire Safety Regulations following recommendations by the St Helena Fire and Rescue Service (SHF&RS) after an inspection in November 2018. The original inspection by the SHF&RS resulted in 57 recommendations in a report condemning the conditions in […]

St Helena Sea Rescue Service receives new water rescue stretcher from the MCA through the CSSF The new stretcher was tested on Wednesday, 27 May The stretcher has improved features adapted to work on rocky coastlines as found around St Helena The St Helena Sea Rescue Service recently trained with and tested a new water […]