St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Public Announcements

  • ST HELENA BEAT SURGERIES

    5 January 2017

    JANUARY 2017  The St Helena Police Service formally moved to a Neighbourhood Policing Model on 1 November 2016. As part of this move towards Neighbourhood Policing, Police Officers have been conducting ‘beat surgeries’ in various places around the Island (see dates & times below for January). These surgeries are designed to take place in busy […]

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  • CAPTAIN RODNEY YOUNG MBE

    4 January 2017

    SHG notes with sadness the sudden passing of Captain Rodney Young. We wish to extend our condolences and sympathy to his family and friends at this time. Captain Young has been a dedicated officer on the RMS for over 30 years. Captain Young was a popular and well liked figure in St Helena and he […]

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  • NEW YEAR HONOURS 2017

    3 January 2017

    ‘I am pleased to announce that Her Majesty the Queen has conferred the award of an MBE to Mrs Ivy May Yon in recognition of her services to the voluntary and tourism sectors and the teaching profession in St Helena.  ‘Throughout her life, Ivy has supported and helped many people in the community who were […]

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  • REAPPOINTMENT OF SHERIFF

    23 December 2016

    Mrs Ethel Yon OBE was this morning reappointed as Sheriff of St Helena (photo attached). The Sheriff’s prescribed Oaths were taken before Governor’s Deputy, Mrs Judi Leon, in the Governor’s Office at the Castle. The Sheriff of St Helena is nominally responsible for enforcing Court Orders, usually carried out by the Police Service on the […]

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  • DRONE USE ABOVE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

    22 December 2016

    UPDATE – OPERATOR COMES FORWARD St Helena Government thanks the operator of the drone at the Festival of Lights parade for responding to its appeal for information and for agreeing to work with the Airport Directorate to resolve this matter and comply with the restrictions in future – to ensure public safety. SHG 22 December […]

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  • 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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