St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Public Announcements

  • ST HELENA’S CHIEF MAGISTRATE APPOINTED SHERIFF IN EDINBURGH

    22 December 2016

    Her Majesty The Queen has by Royal Warrant appointed St Helena’s Chief Magistrate John MacRitchie, as a Judge – in Scotland called a Sheriff – based in Edinburgh. He will take up his appointment at the end of March 2017. The Chief Magistrate said that, in the meantime, it would be ‘business as usual’ in […]

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  • DRONE USE ABOVE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

    22 December 2016

    APPEAL FOR INFORMATION St Helena Government is appealing for information in connection with the use of a Small Unmanned Aircraft (SUA – or ‘drone’) in Jamestown above the Festival of Lights parade on Tuesday 20 December 2016. The use of such drones on St Helena must comply with the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 […]

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  • CONSTITUTION HILL ROAD

    21 December 2016

    OPEN TO SMALL VEHICLES ONLY The public is advised that Constitution Hill Road will reopen 24/7 for use by small vehicles, commencing at 4pm on Thursday 22 December 2016. There will be a vehicle height restriction of 6 feet 6 inches (2 metres) until ongoing works are fully completed. However, from Tuesday 3 January 2017, […]

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  • EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2016

    20 December 2016

    This morning’s ExCo meeting covered a wide range of issues. On the Open Agenda, Council considered the Welfare of Children (Official Foster Care) Regulations 2016.  These Regulations deal with the situation when a child is subject to care proceedings, and the Court decides that the child cannot remain with its parents and makes an order […]

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  • COUNCILLOR WARD PEARCE RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS SEMINAR

    20 December 2016

    Councillor Pamela Ward Pearce returned from London on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, having attended the 65th Seminar on Parliamentary Practice & Procedures, in the Houses of Parliament. The Westminster Seminar – attended by approximately 70 delegates, comprising Parliamentarians and Clerks from different jurisdictions across the Commonwealth – ran for one week, beginning Monday 21 and […]

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  • UPDATE ON ST HELENA WATER LEVELS

    20 December 2016

    KEEP UP YOUR EFFORT TO REDUCE WATER USE Over the past few months, everyone on St Helena has pulled together and made a significant reduction in our water usage. The graph below shows the reduction in use compared to last year. Our combined effort means that we have been able to meet demand without too […]

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  • HM CUSTOMS & EXCISE CLOSURE

    20 December 2016

    FRIDAY 23 DECEMBER 2016 HM Customs & Excise would like to advise the public that the office at the Wharf will be closed on Friday 23 December 2016, from 1-2pm. The public is thanked for their cooperation during this short closure. SHG 20 December 2016  

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  • BENEFITS OFFICE CLOSURE

    20 December 2016

    The public is advised that the Benefits Office will close at 12 noon today, Tuesday 20 December 2016. The Office will open as normal tomorrow, Wednesday 21 December 2016, at 8.30am. The public is thanked for their co-operation during this closure. SHG 20 December 2016

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  • SUCCESSFUL C130J HERCULES FLIGHT

    19 December 2016

    A Lockheed Martin C130J Hercules aircraft (pictured), operated by the Royal Air Force and commissioned by DFID, successfully conducted a technical flight at St Helena Airport from Sunday 18 (arriving at 13.23hrs) to this morning, Monday 19 December 2016, departing for Ascension Island at 10.23hrs.  The aircraft carried out approaches to both runways, conducted a […]

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  • ROBYN SIM AWARDED FOUNDATION DEGREE IN EDUCATION

    19 December 2016

    Robyn Sim of Enfield Lodge, St Paul’s (photo attached), has successfully completed her foundation course in Early Years Education – at the end of her second year of study – and has graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a Foundation Degree in Education. Having successfully passed both Maths and English skill tests, Robyn has […]

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