St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Public Announcements

  • RUPERT’S TOILETS CLOSED

    18 November 2016

    21 TO 28 NOVEMBER 2016 The Property Division of the Environment & Natural Resources Directorate would like to advise the public that the toilets at Rupert’s will be closed for one week from Monday 21 November 2016. This closure is necessary to carry out maintenance work on the toilets. The toilets will reopen on Monday […]

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  • COUNCILLORS TO ATTEND CONFERENCES IN UK

    18 November 2016

    Councillor Christine Scipio-O’Dean will depart the Island on Thursday, 17 November 2016, to attend the 62nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC), which will run from Sunday 11 December to Saturday 17 December 2016, in London, UK. Councillor Cruyff Buckley, who is currently in the UK attending the 65th Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice & Procedure, will […]

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  • SUPREME COURT NOW IN SESSION

    18 November 2016

    The formal opening of the Supreme Court of St Helena took place this morning, Wednesday 16 November 2016, at 10am (photo attached). The court list consists of two family cases, five criminal cases, three matrimonial matters and one judicial review case.  The Supreme Court will be in session until Tuesday 20 December 2016. His Lordship, the […]

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  • CONSTITUTION HILL ROAD

    18 November 2016

    The public is reminded that Constitution Hill Road remains closed as repairs of the collapsed wall progress. These works are going well, but requests by the public to have the road opened periodically regretfully cannot be accommodated – due to the current instability of the road and the risk to road users. ENRD Technical Services […]

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  • THE ELDERLY EXPERIENCE OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

    15 November 2016

    As defined by the United Nations in 1993, domestic violence is ‘any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering. This Includes threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty whether occurring in public or in private life.’ Abuse of the […]

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  • EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2016

    15 November 2016

    At this morning’s meeting a number of draft Bills were approved as Government Business for presentation at the next Formal Legislative Council meeting on Friday 9 December 2016. The Factories (Repeal) Bill 2016 seeks to repeal an outdated law from 1937.  Council was keen to point out that the repeal of this Ordinance should not […]

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  • UPDATE ON ST HELENA WATER LEVELS

    15 November 2016

    CONSUMPTION DOWN BY 4.5% BUT WATER RESOURCES REMAIN STRETCHED Water resources on St Helena remain seriously low. On Friday 11 November 2016, Island reservoir levels had increased to 13,021 cubic metres – around 10.9% of total capacity. This increase is largely attributed to the rain run-off from the previous weekend. But as welcome as this […]

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  • PUBLIC ACCESS TO MOLE SPIDER HILL

    15 November 2016

    LIDAR EQUIPMENT To further understand the meteorological factors affecting aircraft arriving and departing St Helena Airport, the Light Detection & Ranging equipment (LiDAR) will be carefully placed on Mole Spider Hill from Thursday 17 November 2016 until mid-December. This equipment will continue to gather important information on the weather and wind patterns experienced at the […]

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  • ST HELENA SUPPORTS WHITE RIBBON DAY

    15 November 2016

    The St Helena Safeguarding Directorate will launch the White Ribbon Campaign on Friday 25 November 2016. The campaign will run until Friday 2 December and during this time there will be two events as well as local newspaper articles and radio interviews. The United Nations (UN) officially recognises White Ribbon Day on 25 November as the […]

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  • REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE 2016

    14 November 2016

    A Divine Service, in honour of those who had lost their lives or had been injured during active duty, was held at the Cenotaph in Jamestown on Sunday 13 November 2016. Her Excellency Governor Lisa Phillips arrived at 10.55am, and the Right Reverend Lord Bishop, Dr Richard Fenwick, invited those in attendance to pray, before […]

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