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A quarter of a million pounds will be made available to help small and medium sized accommodation businesses on St Helena who have invested in the tourism sector. The funding recently approved by DFID, is aimed at supporting tourism accommodation businesses struggling to remain operational during this low season.

To this end, St Helena Government (SHG) working with Enterprise St Helena (ESH) has relaunched the Business Support Initiative which was first launched in September 2016.

The Business Support Initiative which was originally established to provide interim support to local businesses who had made investments in the expectation of incoming tourists to St Helena, has recently been revised to now support all qualifying accommodation businesses over the current off-peak period. This outcome is a result of a meeting between the Economic Development Committee and tourism accommodation businesses which was held earlier this year.

ESH will support small to medium sized businesses who are struggling to remain operational, and who qualify under this scheme.  Larger businesses, which are not eligible for this scheme, can apply to SHG for consideration.

Further details on the Business Support Initiative and the help available for local businesses can be provided by ESH.

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16 July 2018

His Lordship Chief Justice Charles Ekins Esq was due to arrive on-Island on Saturday, 14 July 2018, to conduct the business of the St Helena Supreme Court. However, due to the delayed flight from Johannesburg to St Helena, the sitting of the St Helena Supreme Court has been postponed to a date to be confirmed later in the year.

Judicial Services therefore would like to confirm that those persons summoned to attend the Supreme Court for Jury Duty at this sitting are no longer required to attend. However, it is important to note that they may be called upon when the Supreme Court is next in session.

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16 July 2018

TUESDAY, 17 JULY 2018

A special meeting of Executive Council will take place in the Council Chamber at 11am tomorrow, Tuesday 17 July 2018.

The following item will be discussed on the Open Agenda:

This paper (ExCo Memo) is available online at the following link: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/councils/executive-council/.

Members of the public who would like to view hard copies of the ExCo Memo should contact the Clerk of Councils, Lydia Buchanan, at the Castle on tel: 22470 or via email: lydia.h.buchanan@sainthelena.gov.sh.

Elected Members serving on Executive Council are Councillors Anthony Green, Lawson Henry, Christine Scipio-O’Dean, Derek Thomas and Russell Yon.

Non-voting members of Executive Council are Chief Secretary, Susan O’Bey, Financial Secretary, Dax Richards, and Attorney General, Sara O’Donnell.

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16 July 2018

The Forestry Section of the Agriculture & Natural Resources Division (ANRD) would like to advise the public that they will be carrying out tree surgery works near the General Hospital, Upper Jamestown, on Wednesday, 18 July 2018, from 9am to 2pm.

Drivers and pedestrians are asked to approach this area with caution and to comply with safety signage.

The Forestry Section would like to thank the public in advance for their cooperation.

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16 July 2018

The public is advised that the Airlink flight to St Helena and Ascension scheduled to have taken place over the weekend has for operational reasons been postponed until next week.  Due to a combination of poor weather conditions that are forecast to prevail for much of the rest of the week, and flight crew duty limitation in the circumstances of the weather uncertainty, the difficult decision has had to be taken to postpone the flight.

The Johannesburg – St Helena – Johannesburg flight will operate as normal on Saturday, 21 July 2018.  There are still some seats available on the inbound flight and there will be opportunity for some passengers originally booked to travel to St Helena on 14 July to travel on 21 July, if they so wish.  There are still seats available on the outbound flight providing opportunity for passengers originally booked to travel to Johannesburg on 15 July to transfer to this flight, if they so wish.  Ticket transfers will be carried out in a priority order based on the original booking.

Airlink will provide a replacement flight to St Helena and Ascension which operate to St Helena and then on to Ascension Island on Monday, 23 July 2018, returning to St Helena and then Johannesburg on Tuesday, 24 July.

Affected persons on St Helena should contact Solomon’s Travel Agency at the Shipping & Travel Agents Office in the Malabar, Jamestown, in person or on tel: 22523.

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16 July 2018

St Helena Police’ Chief Inspector, Steve Riley, will depart the Island on Sunday, 15 July 2018, having completed his contract with St Helena Government.

Steve, along with his wife Joanna and three children, arrived on St Helena in May 2016. During his two years on-Island, Steve has brought into force Neighbourhood Policing and has helped to train local staff for supervisory and major incident command roles. He has also developed a Police Firearms capability and carried out the Acting Chief of Police role on several occasions.

Steve (2nd from left) during Firarms Training

Steve said:

“I want to thank all of my colleagues whom I have worked with over the past couple of years. I think we have achieved a lot together and I wish them every success in the future. On behalf of my family, I would also like to thank the community of St Helena. My wife, children, and I have been made to feel incredibly welcome and over the past two years have made real friendships which will last long after we have gone.

“I will miss the incredible sunsets and the southern skies at night, though I won’t miss the country music on a Sunday morning! However timing they say is everything and my lasting reflection of my time here is that I have been incredibly fortunate to have lived and worked on this beautiful remote Island at a turning point in its history.”

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13 July 2018

BURGLARY AT LADDER HILL

St Helena Police are appealing for witnesses to a burglary that took place at a residence in the Ladder Hill area during the daytime hours of Wednesday, 11 July 2018.

A large sum of St Helena Pounds was stolen, as well as a large sum of Sterling Pounds and American Dollars. The St Helena Pounds were mostly made up of £20 and £10 notes. The Sterling was made up completely of £20 and £10 notes and the American Dollars contained one $50 note as well as $20 and $10 notes.

Should anyone have any information, no matter how small it may seem, about the burglary or have been offered an amount of cash including in Sterling or American Dollars they are urged to contact Detective Constable, Joe Phippard, on tel: 22626 (ext 210). Your call will be treated in confidence.

DC Joe Phippard said:

“This is a crime against the community of St Helena with a real loss felt by the individuals involved. Working together we can stop and prevent this type of crime from spreading.”

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13 July 2018

St Helena Police are pleased to announce that four officers, two on-Island and two based on Ascension Island, have recently passed their Sergeant Exams.

Over the past few months, PC Amber Isaac, Acting Sgt Michelle Thomas-Lawrence, PC Mick Hawken, and Acting Sgt Cyndi Corney have worked towards achieving their Sergeant qualifications.

This process involved taking a law exam based on St Helena Ordinances and then testing their knowledge across a variety of operational scenarios.

All four Officers successfully passed the process and are now suitable for promotion to Sergeant over the next 12 months.

Chief Inspector, Steve Riley, said:

“I want to congratulate all four Officers who undertook this rigorous process. Some of the performances were outstanding. This is a really important step as it provides local officers with a clear path for future advancement within the Police Service both on St Helena and on Ascension Island.”

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SHG
13 July 2018

Executive Council met on Thursday, 12 July, for a special meeting with just one substantive item on the Open Agenda. This was the amendment to the Telecommunications Regulations, 2018, which had been deferred from the last meeting. Members agreed the amended Regulations in principle subject to receiving clarification on some of the tariffs.

There was one substantive item on the Closed Agenda which was the Appropriation Bill 2018/19, St Helena Government Budget. Members agreed that the Bill should be published and presented as Government business at the next formal Legislative Council Meeting scheduled to be held on Friday, 27 July 2018.

The Appropriation Bill 2018/19 is available on the Publications page of the SHG website.

The meeting closed at 3.55pm.

ExCo

13 July 2018

St Helena Police and partners within the Safeguarding Directorate work closely together to ensure young people are kept safe on St Helena in relation to Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE).

At Jamestown Magistrates Court yesterday, Thursday 12 July 2018, 18 year old male, Anelka Leo, was sentenced to a total of six months imprisonment for the offence of Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with a girl under the age of 16 years.

The Police and Safeguarding directorates would like to reassure all young people who may have been sexually harassed in any way that you can come forward and talk to them in confidence. You will be listened to and the matter taken very seriously as was demonstrated yesterday.

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13 July 2018