Public Announcements

  • SOCIAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING

    The Social & Community Development Committee met on Wednesday, 8 November 2017, to discuss a number of issues. A paper on fees & charges was brought before the Committee. As this had implications for at least one other Council Committee it was agreed that a cross-committee discussion would be arranged. The fees & charges for […]

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  • INCIDENT AT ST HELENA FISHERIES

    The St Helena Fisheries Corporation (SHFC) has reported that the temperature controls on their refrigerated container have been tampered with. The container was full of frozen fish worth a considerable amount of money. This incident occurred between the afternoon of Sunday, 12 November, and the morning of Monday, 13 November 2017. As a result of […]

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  • JAMESTOWN SWIMMING POOL – UPDATE

    Remedial works on the Jamestown Swimming Pool are advancing, with the new complex filter room and pipework installation nearing completion. Restoration works, undertaken by the St Helena National Trust to the Heritage wall abutting the Swimming Pool, are now complete. New paving and edging works to the pool are well underway, together with remedial work […]

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  • FIRST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO ASCENSION ISLAND

    SATURDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2017 St Helena Airport will begin a monthly commercial air service between St Helena and Ascension Island this Saturday, 18 November 2017. Airlink’s Embraer E190 aircraft is scheduled to depart St Helena at 2.30pm on Saturday, arriving at Ascension at 4.30pm. The aircraft will remain overnight on Ascension to allow the crew […]

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  • HEAD OF FALKLANDS & SOUTHERN OCEANS DEPARTMENT OTD FCO VISITS ST HELENA

    The Head of the Falklands & Southern Oceans Department OTD FCO, Ms Katie McMillan, arrived on-Island on Saturday, 11 November 2017, for a week-long visit. Katie has a busy schedule and will meet with key Government Officials including – Her Excellency, Governor Lisa Phillips, Head of the Governor’s Office, Louise MacMorran, Chief Secretary, Roy Burke, […]

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  • CHRISTIAN VON DER ROPP ARRIVING SOON

    Christian von der Ropp (see photo attached) from A Human Right, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to providing free basic internet and phone access to developing countries, will be visiting St Helena between Saturday 18 and Saturday 25 November 2017. Christian has been working with St Helena Government for some time and has passionately championed the […]

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  • CARRIAGE OF MAIL VIA WEEKLY FLIGHT

    Work to establish an airmail service via the Airlink weekly flight between St Helena and Johannesburg continues. Negotiations concerning the carriage of mail on the flight are ongoing and prices have been formulated. The St Helena Post Office is now in the process of locating a handling agent in Johannesburg to manage the transhipment of […]

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  • MV Helena Schedule Announcement

    AWSM MV Helena Schedule Announcement

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  • RMS ST HELENA UPDATE

    The RMS St Helena departed Cape Town today at 3.30pm (CAT) with 31 transhipment containers onboard and is due to arrive at St Helena on Saturday, 18 November, at 7am. The revised schedule for Voyage 265 is as follows: Depart Cape Town 13 November 2017 Arrive St Helena 18 November 2017 Depart St Helena 20 […]

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  • REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICE 2017

    A Divine Service, in honour of those who had lost their lives or had been injured during active duty, was held at the Cenotaph in Jamestown on Sunday, 12 November 2017. Her Excellency Governor Lisa Phillips arrived at 10.55am, and the Right Reverend Lord Bishop of St Helena, Dr Richard Fenwick, invited those in attendance […]

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