Press Releases

Polling Day

Polling Day has been set for Wednesday, 27 November 2019, when St Helena will go to the Polls to elect a new Member to fill the vacant seat on Legislative Council. Candidates for the 2019 Bye-Election are: Gillian Ann Brooks of Upper Cow Path, Half Tree Hollow Jeffrey Robert Ellick of Police Quarters, Alarm Forest […]

Appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

The case of the Attorney General of St Helena (Appellant) v AB, AC, NK (by her litigation friend Ms ER) (Respondents) will be heard before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on Monday, 18 November 2019. This is an appeal from a decision of the St Helena Court of Appeal. Judicial Services would like […]

Conducting Energy Device (CED) Authority – Review of carriage, use, deployment and storage

The St Helena Chief of Police has reviewed the carriage, use, deployment and storage of Conducting Energy Devices (commonly known as Tasers) by the St Helena Police Directorate. This review is completed every six months. Since the authorisation: Eight public meetings have taken place in Island districts and there has been a radio show discussing […]

Official List of Candidates for Bye-Election 2019

Returning Officer, Carol George, this afternoon, Wednesday 13 November 2019, announced the names of the five Candidates who will be standing for the Bye-Election to fill the vacant seat on Legislative Council. The candidates are as follows: Gillian Ann Brooks: of Upper Cow Path, Half Tree Hollow Jeffrey Robert Ellick: of Police Quarters, Alarm Forest […]

The Honey Bee on St Helena – How you can help them

A new Export Sector identified in St Helena’s Sustainable Economic Development Plan (SEDP) 2018 – 2028 is Honey and Honey Bees. Due to strict biosecurity restrictions on St Helena, local honey bees are free of the major diseases that cause significant damage to bee colonies as many other bee keeping Islands and countries experience. The […]

Stored Volume Down By 2% in One Week

CONSUMPTION MUST DECREASE St Helena’s current water situation remains serious and has worsened over the past week with the Island’s stored water volume decreasing by 2% in just seven days. Consumption rates also remain an issue with the required rate of under 1000 cubic metres of water occurring only on Sunday, 10 November, meaning consumption […]

ExCo Report – Tuesday 12 November 2019

Executive Council met today, Tuesday 12 November 2019, to consider and advise whether the Currency (Amendment) Bill, 2019 should be printed, published and presented as Government Business at the next formal meeting of Legislative Council on 6 December 2019. The amendments address two issues, namely: Deficit arrangements – that any deficit in any given Financial […]

Garry Henry Recertifies as St Helena Police Armourer

12 November 2019

St Helena Police Support – Firearms & Procurement Officer and Police Armourer, Garry Henry, has recertified as an Armourer having recently completed a recertification training course in the UK. Initially certified as an Armourer in 2015, Garry undertook the Armourer recertification course in Nottingham with Heckler & Koch, a German defence manufacturing company. Here Garry […]

White Ribbon Campaign To Launch On St Helena

To recognise White Ribbon Day 2019, the UN Development Programme Safe Haven Project and the Children & Adults Social Care Directorate will be running an awareness raising campaign, starting on Monday, 18 November, and ending with a final event on Monday, 25 November 2019. The theme for this Campaign is ‘SOSU’ for Domestic Abuse– Speak […]

White Ribbon Campaign To Launch On St Helena

To recognise White Ribbon Day 2019, the UN Development Programme Safe Haven Project and the Children & Adults Social Care Directorate will be running an awareness raising campaign, starting on Monday, 18 November, and ending with a final event on Monday, 25 November 2019. The theme for this Campaign is ‘SOSU’ for Domestic Abuse– Speak […]