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Press Releases

  • Equiano Cable Landing Station Commissioning Works Complete

    1 June 2023

    Between Sunday 21 May and Friday 26 May, technicians from Telecom Egypt’s sub-contractual deployment team undertook final commissioning works for the installation and integration of the Equiano fibre-optic cable Submarine Line Terminal Equipment (SLTE). The SLTE connects the cable landing station to the wider Equiano network, allowing the transfer of data through the cable between […]

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  • Chief Minister Returns From Joint Ministerial Council And Coronation Celebrations

    31 May 2023

    On Saturday 20 May 2023, Chief Minister Julie Thomas returned to St Helena following three weeks overseas in the UK. During that time the Chief Minister attended a number of events associated with the Coronation of King Charles III as well as the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC). The JMC is the highest forum for political […]

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  • Joint Awareness Campaign For World No Tobacco Day, World Environment Day And World Oceans Day

    31 May 2023

    Smokefree St Helena, Waste Management Services and the St Helena National Trust are hosting a joint campaign between 31 May – 8 June 2023, to raise awareness for: The 2023 campaign will bring together components from each of the lead organisations to focus on Cigarette pollution – Health and Environmental impacts on St Helena. The […]

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  • Minister Scipio To Depart Island

    25 May 2023

    On Saturday 27 May 2023, Minister for Environment, Natural Resources and Planning Christine Scipio, will depart the Island and travel to South Africa for a week for personal reasons. Minister Scipio will continue to fulfil her Ministerial duties whilst she is off-Island, so there will be no change to the Ministerial team. #StHelena #Cabinet

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  • Minister’s Question Time – Tuesday, 30 May 2023

    25 May 2023

    The third meeting of Minister’s Question Time will take place on Tuesday 30 May 2023, at 10am in the Council Chamber.
    The topic for this meeting is “SHG’s Energy Strategy”.

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  • Health And Social Care Portfolio Staff Graduation Event

    23 May 2023

    St Helena emergency response staff (Fire and Sea Rescue, Police, and Health) recently marked another milestone in further building the capacity and capability of their respective organisational areas. This saw the graduation of 13 team members who successfully completed the Immediate Life Support (ILS) course, 19 staff for First Response Emergency Care Level 3 (FREC3), […]

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  • Turtle Nesting At Rupert’s Beach

    18 May 2023

    ENRP’s Marine and Fisheries Conservation Section, and the St Helena National Trust responded after being advised by members of the public that a green turtle attempted to nest on Rupert’s Beach.
    144 eggs were carefully moved to an artificial nest incubation chamber.
    For the next three months, the incubation chamber will be monitored. If a dip in the sand above the nest is noticed, it is a sign that the eggs have begun hatching. From this point, the nest will be monitored daily. If these turtles hatch they will be retrieved from the incubation chamber and released into the ocean.

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  • Reception Held In Palace Of Westminster To Celebrate St Helena’s Blue And Green Agendas

    18 May 2023

    On Wednesday 17 May 2023, Chief Minister Julie Thomas hosted a reception at the Palace of Westminster in London to celebrate St Helena’s Green and Blue Agenda and the ongoing Cloud Forest Project. Speaker of the UK House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, kindly allowed the reception to take place in the State Rooms of […]

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  • Legislative Council Meeting – Thursday, 25 May, 2023

    16 May 2023

    A formal meeting of Legislative Council will take place on Thursday, 25 May 2023, at 10am in the Council Chamber. This is the first sitting of the twelfth meeting of Legislative Council and will be broadcast live via SAMs Radio 1. This meeting is also open to members of the public who wish to attend. […]

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  • News, Updates And Communications Survey Reminder

    15 May 2023

    SHG is currently conducting a survey to find out what people think of the news, updates and communications provided by the government.
    The survey is available online at www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SHNews.
    The survey will close on Wednesday 31 May at 16:00, so please provide any responses before then.

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