St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Public Announcements

  • ST HELENA WATER SHORTAGE 2016

    9 December 2016

    ADDITIONAL DFID FUNDING With St Helena currently experiencing exceptionally dry weather – rainfall so far in 2016 is significantly lower than even during the drought in 2013 and  water stocks are seriously low – DFID has responded positively to an SHG and Connect business case and capital request for additional funding for water infrastructure. St […]

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  • SPECIAL EXCO MEETING

    9 December 2016

    TUESDAY 13 DECEMBER 2016 A special meeting of Executive Council will take place on Tuesday, 13 December 2016, at 9.30am in the Council Chamber for the following Open Agenda item: Government of St Helena Financial Statements 2015/16 Executive Council Members are: Lawson Henry, Pamela Ward Pearce, Derek Thomas and Brian Isaac. Wilson Duncan will serve […]

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  • ST HELENA BEAT SURGERIES

    8 December 2016

    DECEMBER 2016 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 December). These surgeries are designed to take place in busy areas […]

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  • SUCCESSFUL EMBRAER TRIAL FLIGHT

    8 December 2016

    An Embraer ERJ-190-100 jet aircraft, operated by Embraer Commercial Aviation as a non-commercial trial and demonstration flight, visited St Helena Airport between Wednesday 30 November and Friday 2 December 2016. The flight, carrying 11 crew, including two SA Airlink pilots, arrived from Recife, Brazil, and made a smooth landing on Runway 02 (from the south). […]

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  • UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY REPORT ON CONNECT

    8 December 2016

    The St Helena Utilities Regulatory Authority has today published its third annual ‘Report on the Quality of Services Provided by Connect Saint Helena Limited, 2015/16’.  On 1 April 2013 the Utility Services Ordinance 2013 came into force.  The Ordinance established the Utilities Regulatory Authority and created a legal framework to facilitate the provision of licenses […]

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  • PRINCE ANDREW SCHOOL AWARDS CEREMONY

    8 December 2016

    Prince Andrew School held its annual end of year Achievement Awards Ceremony yesterday, Wednesday 7 December 2016. Students, parents, guardians and invited guests – including Governor Lisa Phillips, Chief Secretary Roy Burke, and the Acting Director of Education & Employment, Wendy Benjamin – gathered in the school hall to celebrate the presentations. In his opening […]

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  • ST HELENA WATER LEVELS

    7 December 2016

    St Helena Water Levels 7 December 2016

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  • SHG LAUNCHES AIR SERVICE TENDER FOR ST HELENA AIRPORT

    7 December 2016

    Airport as Tender Launched 7 December 2016

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  • FRIENDLY SOCIETIES

    6 December 2016

    APPEAL FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL Friendly Societies are mutual associations that are formed to provide financial and social services to individuals mainly as religious, political or trade affiliations.  The funds of the society are generally made up of contributions from society members.  Historically, Friendly Societies filled gaps in services which are now predominately filled by government […]

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  • KERISHA STEVENS TO HEAD UP SHG PRESS OFFICE

    6 December 2016

    Kerisha Stevens, Head of News, will assume responsibility for the St Helena Government’s Press Office from today, Tuesday 6 December 2016. Kerisha will take over from Ian Jones, who completes his contract this month. Ian said: “We have come a long way over the past few years in professionalising the way SHG communicates, and the […]

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