Public Announcements

  • NEW STATISTICIAN SWORN IN

    St Helena’s new Statistician, Mr Neil Fantom, arrived on-Island on Sunday, 18 June, and was this afternoon sworn into his new role by Her Excellency Governor Lisa Phillips in the Governor’s Office at the Castle (see photo attached). Neil took the prescribed Oaths for Statistics Officer in the presence of colleagues and his appointment is […]

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  • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN SHG

    Sascha Kiess (see photo attached), a trainer from the UK Institute for Continuous Improvement in Public Services (ICiPS), is on-Island from 18 June to 17 July 2017 to help SHG develop a Continuous Improvement programme tailored to the needs of the organisation. Continuous Improvement is an ongoing effort to improve products, services or processes. These […]

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  • NURSERY EDUCATION

    The Education & Employment Directorate offers non-compulsory Nursery Education for all children between the ages of 3-4yrs. Admission into Nursery is in a staged approach, therefore from 1 September 2017 places will be offered in the Nursery classes as follows:   To start in September 2017   To start in January 2018   To start […]

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  • BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2017

    “I am pleased to announce that Her Majesty the Queen has conferred the award of an MBE to Mr Anthony Douglas Leo in recognition of his services to the community of St Helena.  “Anthony, affectionately known as Tony, has provided an exceptional level of service to the community in the field of broadcasting for over […]

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  • ST HELENA RAISES AWARENESS OF ELDER ABUSE

    The St Helena Safeguarding Directorate launched World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) events for one week from Monday 12 June to today, Friday 16 June 2017 (see photos attached). The catchphrase driving objectives on the Island for the week was ‘RESPECTED ALWAYS’. The aim of the campaign was to raise awareness of elder abuse but […]

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  • SHG LAUNCHES FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAMME

    St Helena Government has today launched its exciting new Future Leaders Programme. This fast-track Leadership Programme is a high quality and challenging initiative to identify and develop future leaders in SHG. Targeted at middle managers or those on Grades ‘C’ and ‘D’, it is designed to develop a pool of ambitious, career minded people to […]

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  • ST HELENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION

    Students of the St Helena Community College (SHCC) today received certificates for their respective courses in the presence of tutors, family, friends and invited guests, including government officials, and Her Excellency, Governor Lisa Phillips. The certificate presentation began with opening remarks from Director of Education, Shirley Wahler, followed by Governor Lisa and SHCC Training Coordinator, […]

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  • GENERAL ELECTION 2017

    WRIT OF ELECTION ISSUED Governor Lisa Phillips has today issued the Writ of Election, for this year’s General Election, to be held on Wednesday, 26 July. The Writ confirms the last day and time for receiving Nominations to elect 12 new Members to sit on Legislative Council. The last day and time for nominations is […]

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  • NEW REGISTER OF ELECTORS PUBLISHED

    The 2017 Register of Electors has today been published in an Extraordinary Gazette.  This Register is effective from 1 July 2017 and will be used in this year’s General Election. Only those persons who are named on the Register will be eligible to vote, or stand, in the General Election 2017 which will take place […]

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  • THOUGHTS ON ELDER ABUSE

    Message from Gareth Drabble, Safe Haven DV Role Model & Spokesperson “Growing up, my grandparents played a big role in my upbringing – they instilled in me the deep values of respect for others and having ‘my manners’ at all times. I also listened to their many stories of the extremely hard and challenging times […]

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