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Press Releases

  • SHG Financial Statements 2018/19 Approved

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    16 April 2020

    The SHG Financial Statements for the Financial Year 2018/19 were approved by Executive Council on Tuesday, 31 March 2020, and following the meeting were signed by the Financial Secretary, Dax Richards, on behalf of SHG and the Chief Auditor, Phil Sharman, issued his Audit Opinion. The 2018/19 SHG Financial Statements can be found on the […]

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  • St Helena’s First Marine-Themed Online Game Launched

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    16 April 2020

    St Helena’s first marine themed free online game – ‘Secrets of St Helena’ – has recently launched. ‘Secrets of St Helena’ was developed collaboratively by the Saint Helena National Trust (SHNT) Marine Team, Blue Marine Foundation and Planeteri. This interactive, educational output was part of a much wider collaborative Plastics Project: ‘Sustainably managing plastic waste […]

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  • Jamestown And Rupert’s Valley Rockfall Protection Project

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    14 April 2020

    A JET Systems helicopter took to St Helena skies last week, 10 years since their last visit to the Island. The helicopter will be here for two months as part of the CAN France rockfall protection works. Using a helicopter speeds up the construction process as it allows heavy loads to be quickly transported to […]

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  • New Year Honours 2021: Overseas List And Certificate And Badge Of Honour And Acts Of Bravery Awards 2020

    14 April 2020

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office invites nominations for the 2021 Queen’s New Year Honours List. Persons wishing to submit nominations for the 2021 New Year 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. […]

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  • Underlying uncontrolled health conditions

    9 April 2020

    FURTHER CLARIFICATION Since advising all vulnerable people (elderly, pregnant women, people with underlying health concerns) to stay at home for 14 days from Tuesday, 31 March, we continue to receive a number of concerns around uncontrolled underlying health conditions and what they are. We would like to clarify that persons with uncontrolled underlying health conditions […]

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  • UK Government Honours Commitment To Support St Helena With Covid-19 Preparations

    9 April 2020

    Baroness Sugg, the Minister for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development, has responded to a letter from Elected Members sent on behalf of the people of St Helena regarding concerns around support during the COVID-19 pandemic. In her letter to Members, Baroness Sugg reiterates the UK Government’s commitment to ensuring that all Overseas Territories have […]

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  • Coronavirus (Covid-19) – St Helena Preparedness Update

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    8 April 2020

    St Helena is still in the Prevent Stage and we continue to take precautionary measures to remain in this stage and further protect the Island. At this time there is no medical evidence to escalate the current preventive measures we have in place on St Helena. The enhanced Social Distancing measures which came into effect […]

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  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) St Helena Preparedness Update

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    8 April 2020

    St Helena is still in the Prevent Stage and we continue to take precautionary measures to remain in this stage and further protect the Island.  At this time there is no medical evidence to escalate the current preventive measures we have in place on St Helena. The enhanced Social Distancing measures which came into effect […]

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  • St Helena maintains ‘Investment Grade’ credit rating

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    8 April 2020

    St Helena’s credit rating still at BBB-/A-3 stable Island continues to possess ‘investment grade’ credit rating In December 2019, St Helena achieved a Credit Rating of BBB-/A-3 stable, from global credit-rating agency Standard & Poors (S&P). This credit rating is ‘investment grade’ meaning that St Helena is a low risk place to invest relative to […]

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  • St Helena Water Levels Update

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    8 April 2020

    The St Helena Resilience Forum would like to thank the public for their cooperation during the ongoing drought. Water consumption is now consistently below 1000 cubic metres per day which is what we appealed to residents to achieve. This reduced consumption, combined with the weeks of rain, has replenished Levelwood, Hutt’s Gate and Longwood reservoirs, […]

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