St Helena Government

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Press Releases

  • St Helena GIS Office To Celebrate GIS Day

    31 October 2023

    The St Helena Government GIS Section will celebrate GIS Day on 16 November 2023 with an event at the Jamestown Community Centre, between 9am and 3pm. During the event the GIS section will be celebrating innovative applications of geographic information system (GIS) technology in analysis, visualisation and gaining insights into geospatial data. This will include […]

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  • National Conservation Areas Management Project Seeks Public Views – Online Survey

    30 October 2023

    St Helena Government (SHG) has partnered with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) to develop plans for the sustainable management of the ‘nature’ NCAs. The project, Sustainable Management of St Helena’s National Conservation Areas, aims to actively involve local community members, businesses and landowners in and around […]

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  • 2023-2024 Budget – Environment, Natural Resources And Planning

    25 October 2023

    In July 2023, the SHG budget for 2023/24 was approved by Legislative Council. The budget allocated a total of £47,072,000 for recurrent and capital expenditure. Of the £47,072,000, the Environment, Natural Resources and Planning (ENRP) Portfolio was allocated £1,682,000. This means that of the six Portfolios included in the 2023/24 Budget Book, ENRP receive 3.6% […]

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  • New Flight Connection Introduced Between St Helena And The Falklands Via Ascension

    25 October 2023

    On Monday 23 October, the Ascension Island Government (AIG) announced that a new air connection was now available between St Helena and the Falkland Islands. The new connection will utilise the South Atlantic Airbridge between the Falklands and Ascension, and the inter-island Airlink service between Ascension and St Helena. The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) […]

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  • His Excellency The Governor Departs The Island

    23 October 2023

    His Excellency, Governor Nigel Phillips CBE, departed St Helena on Saturday, 21 October 2023. The Governor is taking two weeks of leave before working in the UK for the following two weeks. Whilst in the UK he will meet with officials and attend this year’s Joint Ministerial Council (JMC). Governor Phillips is due to return […]

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  • Improving Essential Equipment In Overseas Territories Programme Update – St Helena Airport

    23 October 2023

    In November 2022, SHG announced St Helena would receive funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s bespoke 2022/2023: Improving Essential Equipment in Overseas Territories’ programme. St Helena was allocated up to £1,800,000 for the purchase of equipment of critical importance to the Island, in areas including healthcare, emergency services, port operations, road maintenance and […]

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  • SHG’s Mental Health Team Lead supports Government of Montserrat

    23 October 2023

    St Helena Government’s Mental Health Team Lead, Ian Rummery, and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Public Health Consultant, Sunita Sturup-Toft, recently visited Montserrat and provided mental health strategy and interventions support to the territory’s prison. Montserrat is a small island located in the Caribbean and, like St Helena, is a UK Overseas Territory. The UKHSA […]

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  • R2 Project: Rehabilitation Of Field Road – Update

    20 October 2023

    Since our last update on 2 October and the intermittent closure of Side Path Road from 9 October 2023, the contractor has continued to make excellent progress. Hillside excavation work has currently progressed ahead of schedule. Discussions are now ongoing with the contractor to see if they are able to increase their rate of removing […]

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  • St Helena Air Services

    17 October 2023

    Saturday, 14 October 2023, marked six years since the commencement of flights to St Helena and just over a year since resumption of regular services following the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiation of regular air services has transformed travel to and from the Island. Travel time between St Helena and South Africa, and St Helena and […]

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  • World Food Day 2023

    17 October 2023

    World Food Day is observed annually on 16 October to highlight the need for regular access to nutritious food and the impacts on the millions of people worldwide who cannot afford a healthy diet. The theme for 2023 is ‘Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind’. ‘Water is life, water is food. […]

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