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Press Releases

  • Operation ‘Sea Dog’ exercise

    24 June 2019

    An emergency response exercise involving the St Helena Fire & Rescue Service (SHF&RS), Port Control and crew of the MV Helena was carried out on Tuesday, 18 June 2019. The exercise was divided into two scenarios with a fire and casualty situation in the Fo’c’s’le Store and a case of an injured person who had […]

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  • Team St Helena to depart for Natwest Island Games in Gibraltar

    21 June 2019

    Members of the St Helena team competing in the 2019 Natwest Island Games in Gibraltar will depart the Island tomorrow, Saturday 22 June 2019. Team St Helena competitors – Duwaine Yon, Colby Thomas and Brooke Yon – will be accompanied by Jeremy Roberts from the National Sports Association of St Helena (NSASH). They will join […]

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  • Review of Utility Services Provision

    21 June 2019

    The report on the review of Utility Services Provider, Connect Saint Helena Ltd (CSH), is now available on the St Helena Government (SHG) and CSH websites: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/publications/ and http://www.connect.co.sh/press-releases–other-news.html Key findings from the Review CSH’s performance indicates the company is achieving most of the main objectives set out in the divestments process and they are […]

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  • Travelling Abroad? Please Remember

    21 June 2019

    Travelling abroad is exciting but can also be a stressful experience, especially when leaving behind the slow paced, safe and familiar surroundings of St Helena. Travelling for many is a positive experience but as with all activities there are challenges particularly when travelling abroad for the first time or to a new place. It’s important […]

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  • New Assistant Team Manager for Children & Adults Social Care

    21 June 2019

    The Children & Adults Social Care Directorate’s new Assistant Team Manager, Andrew Burt, took up his new role on Monday, 3 June 2019. Andrew has been appointed on a two-year contract and his main duties include chairing the ‘Children in Need’ meetings, holding a small caseload of specific cases and supporting Team Manager, Adele McMahon. […]

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  • St Helena Water Levels

    20 June 2019

    Island-wide water restrictions to be implemented from Monday, 24 June 2019 With the rise in consumption and lack of rainfall, reservoirs are at dangerously low levels We are reliant on water derived from bore holes, springs and transferring of water supplies around the Island This is an Island-wide issue and until the situation improves we […]

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  • St Helena Supreme Court

    20 June 2019

    The following is a Public Announcement from Judicial Services: His Lordship Chief Justice Charles Ekins Esq will arrive on St Helena on Saturday, 22 June 2019. The formal opening of the St Helena Supreme Court will take place on Monday, 24 June, at 10am. This Supreme Court session will continue until Friday, 5 July 2019. […]

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  • New Head of Planning and Development Control

    20 June 2019

    A new Head of Planning and Development Control, Ismail Mohammed , arrived on the Island on Saturday, 8 June 2019, to take up his new post in the Environment, Natural Resources & Planning Directorate (ENRPD). Ismail is contracted for three years and his role is to lead St Helena Government’s (SHG) Planning and Building Control […]

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  • Listeria

    20 June 2019

    The St Helena Health Directorate has been made aware by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office that a multi-agency investigation is being carried out into cases of Listeria infection in the UK. The Listeria outbreak is linked to the pre-packed sandwiches made from ready-to-eat meat manufactured from the company North Country Cooked Meats. The Environmental Health […]

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  • ExCo Report – Tuesday 18 June 2019

    18 June 2019

    Executive Council met this morning with one substantive item of business on the Open Agenda which was a request to establish a new Special Fund – the Internal Audit Service Trading Special Fund. The Financial Secretary introduced the topic and explained that establishing a Special Fund Trading Account would allow SHG’s Internal Audit function to […]

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