Public Announcements

  • ROAD CLOSURE

    TOBY’S LEDGE, BLUE HILL The Agriculture & Natural Resources Division (ANRD) would like to advise the public that the road at Toby’s Ledge, Blue Hill, will be closed to all vehicles on Wednesday, 8 March 2017, from 9am until 12 noon.  This is to allow the safe felling of a tree in this area.  Only […]

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  • NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING

    ‘YOU SAID, WE DID’ St Helena Police have been consulting with communities across the Island as part of their new Neighbourhood Policing programme. A series of meetings and surgeries were well attended and a vast range of subjects discussed in February 2017. Concerns raised in various districts include: Blue Hill Concerns were raised on the […]

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  • FRIENDLY SOCIETIES

    ATTORNEY GENERAL ADVISES REPEAL OF ORDINANCE On 6 December 2016 the Attorney General issued a press release in respect of Friendly Societies, inviting anyone aware of any Friendly Society still active to contact the Attorney General before Friday 23 December 2016.  The Attorney General has confirmed that he has not received any submissions or information […]

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  • EXCO MEETING

    TUESDAY 7 MARCH 2017  Executive Council will meet tomorrow, Tuesday 7 March 2017, at 9.30am in the Council Chamber for the following Open Agenda items: Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2017 Elections (Amendment) Bill 2017  Executive Council Members are: Pamela Ward Pearce, Derek Thomas, Brian Isaac and Christine Scipio-O’Dean. Cruyff Buckley is a temporary Member of ExCo […]

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  • RMS UPDATE

    Further to recent updates on the RMS St Helena, SHG and St Helena Line (SHL) would like to advise the public that further investigations, into the problem with the Starboard propeller on Saturday, have revealed that the problems with the shaft are greater than originally predicted. A dry dock is required, but is not available […]

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  • MET STATION RECORDS HIGHEST RAIN COLLECTION IN SIX YEARS

    The MET Station at Bottom Woods has announced that recorded rainfall for the month of February 2017 is the highest it’s been since February 2011. The data collected last month saw recorded rainfall amount to 115.2mm – just 5.6mm less than was collected six years ago when the recorded number stood at 120.8mm. The 115.2mm […]

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  • COUNCILLOR HENRY TALKS FUNDING AT JMC OT EN IN LONDON

    Councillor Lawson Henry attended the first UK Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council on European Negotiations (JMC OT EN) on 7 February 2017, with Kedell Worboys MBE, the SHG UK Representative, in London, to discuss the implications of Brexit on the OTs and their priorities for negotiations. Councillor Henry represented both St Helena and Ascension Island […]

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  • CONTROLLED AIRSPACE INFRINGEMENT AT ST HELENA AIRPORT

    St Helena Police have received a report of a paramotor glider being flown along the Deadwood Ridge and in the Alarm Forest area at around 5.30pm on Monday 27 February 2017. This area falls inside the controlled airspace for St Helena Airport. This matter is now under investigation to establish the circumstances of the infringement […]

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  • HOW DO YOU SAVE WATER?

    GREAT RESPONSE TO POSTER COMPETITION  As part of our recent Island-wide efforts to reduce water use on St Helena, a poster competition on ‘How do you Save Water?’ took place in Island schools between 7 and 28 February 2017. The competition, which aimed to encourage pupils and students to display through artwork their most creative […]

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  • COUNCILLOR HENRY & SHG UK REP ATTEND 15TH EU-OCT FORUM IN ARUBA

    Councillor Lawson Henry and SHG’s UK Representative, Mrs Kedell Worboys MBE, recently attended the 15th European Union (Overseas Countries & Territories) (EU-OCT) Forum in Aruba from 20-24 February 2017. Aruba is an island in the South Caribbean Sea, just off the coast of Venezuela in South America. On Monday, 20 February 2017, the pair attended […]

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