Press Releases

Exercise ‘Green Elephant’

Exercise ‘Green Elephant’ was recently undertaken to test the Island’s strategic response in the event of a major incident being declared on St Helena. Strategic direction in any major incident is provided by ‘Gold’ Command chaired by the Governor or Head of the Governor’s Office in HE’s absence. The overarching role of the Gold group […]

St Helena Police Service Review

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services has been commissioned by His Excellency the Governor of St Helena to inspect how the St Helena Police Service approach community policing, investigate crimes, its custody arrangements and its armed policing capacity. Inspectors began their fieldwork this morning by meeting with both the Governor and […]

Exploitation training carried out on St Helena

Around 600 people recently underwent training in the area of Child Exploitation Two-week training programme focused on the signs and symptoms of exploitation Next steps are to continue to ensure that the Exploitation Strategy that has been developed is embedded into practice within all sectors Around 600 people, including leads from the Health, Education, Police and […]

Investor to undertake Fish Processing Co-Operative on St Helena Announced

PQ Trading STH (Pty) Ltd (PQTSH) endorsed as the investor to undertake fish processing operations on St Helena The PQTSH proposal is to develop a co-operative called the St Helena Fisheries Co-Operative PQ Trading STH (Pty) Ltd (PQTSH) has been endorsed as the investor to undertake fish processing operations on St Helena through a co-operative […]

Comprehensive Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy by the UK Government

“As the world changes we must move with it” – Prime Minister outlines new review to define Britain’s place in the world The Integrated Review of foreign policy, defence, security and international development will re-examine the UK’s priorities and objectives A wide range of foreign policy and national security experts, inside and outside Government, will […]

Environment & Natural Resources Committee And Highways Authority Meetings – Thursday, 20 February 2020

The monthly meetings of the Environment & Natural Resources Committee (ENRC) and the Highways Authority took place on Thursday, 20 February 2020. Members were informed that the remaining signage for the Airport Access Road will be erected shortly. When the Road was officially opened, some signage was installed to identify named sections of the Road. […]

Prime Minister’s Government Reshuffle

Following the Prime Minister’s Government reshuffle on 13 February, we saw for the first time an important milestone for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for International Development (DFID) – every junior Minister had a portfolio spanning both the FCO and DFID.  The FCO and DFID already work side by side in more […]

Formal Legislative Council Meeting – Friday, 28 February 2020

A formal meeting of Legislative Council will take place tomorrow, Friday 28 February 2020, at 10am in the Council Chamber. This is the first sitting of the fourteenth meeting of Legislative Council and will be broadcast live via SAMS Radio 1. The meeting is also open for members of the public wishing to attend. The […]

St Helena Water Levels

Osborne Surface Flow Catchment

26 February 2020

Water levels continue to rise – stored water now at 41% Consumption rates also on the rise Connect Saint Helena Ltd continues to ensure pumping efficiency Spells of recent rainfall are finally starting to make a difference with water levels on St Helena continuing to gradually rise. Stored water for the Island is now at […]

Coronavirus (Covid-19): St Helena Preparedness Update

COVID-19 – what is it? Precautions Travel advice Keeping up-to-date Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses found in both animals and humans. The Coronavirus COVID-19 which has been identified in various countries around the world is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans or detected before the outbreak […]