Press Releases

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 […]

The sixth Statistical Bulletin of 2020, issued today by the Statistics Office, illustrates trends in passenger arrivals and departures to and from St Helena, focusing on air transport since the start of the first scheduled air service in October 2017. Arrivals by air grew by 12% in 2019 compared to the previous year, with arrivals […]

Annual Review of ESH Project being undertaken Revised Tourism Marketing Strategy being drafted Draft Company Registry Policy out for Public Consultation The monthly meeting of the Economic Development Committee (EDC) took place on Thursday, 28 May 2020, and the following is a summary of the main items discussed: Enterprise Saint Helena (ESH) presented an overview […]