St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Public Announcements

  • FINANCIAL SECRETARY SWORN IN 

    11 July 2016

    FIRST EVER SAINT IN SUBSTANTIVE ROLE Dax Richards was this morning sworn in as the first St Helenian to take on the substantive role as Financial Secretary for St Helena Government, following the departure of previous Financial Secretary, Colin Owen, on Sunday 10 July 2016.  Dax took the Prescribed Oaths of Office in the presence […]

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  • TORTOISE MYRTLE

    8 July 2016

    Plantation House tortoise Myrtle – the smallest of the group of five – passed away on Tuesday night, 5 July 2016, despite the best efforts of Plantation and veterinary staff. In consultation with previous Senior Veterinary Officer, Joe Hollins, the cause of death is believed to be a female orientated obstetrical problem combined with kidney […]

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  • STAFF PROMOTIONS IN CORPORATE FINANCE

    8 July 2016

    Head of Accounting Services Nicholas Yon and Financial Accountant Connie Stevens (pictured) will take up their new promotions in the finance branch of St Helena Government from 10 July 2016. Nicholas becomes the new Assistant Financial Secretary, taking over from predecessor Dax Richards, while Connie Stevens is promoted to Head of Accounting to succeed Nicholas. […]

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  • UK REFERENDUM ON EU MEMBERSHIP

    8 July 2016

    EU & the OTs The EU Referendum on 23 June 2016 delivered a clear vote for the United Kingdom to leave the EU by a margin of 52% to 48%. The Prime Minister has stated that ‘the will of the British people is an instruction that must be delivered’. He reassured British people living in […]

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  • VALUABLE DONATION TO PUBLIC LIBRARY

    8 July 2016

    The Public Library has recently received a valuable Videomatic Eco machine (pictured) from an anonymous donor – to provide customers suffering with visual impairment the opportunity to read and enjoy material in large print. So the Videomatic Eco machine uses video magnifiers to help users with visual impairment independently navigate text and pictures in newspapers, […]

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  • ST HELENA PUPILS RECEIVE LETTERS FROM CARDIFF

    7 July 2016

    St Helena Primary School pupils today received their long anticipated letters from the Pen-Pal classic exchange programme with pupils from the Mount Stuart School in Cardiff, Wales – organised by the Royal Mail Group in the UK.  The letters had made the two week odyssey on the RMS St Helena, arriving from the UK on […]

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  • WASS INQUIRY REPORT

    7 July 2016

    PROGRESS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS PUBLISHED TODAY A progress report from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Special Representative, who was appointed to consider the implementation of recommendations of the Wass Inquiry report, was today published in Parliament via a Written Ministerial Statement by the Rt Hon James Duddridge MP (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wass-inquiry-report-progress-report-on-implementation-of-recommendations). The report details the […]

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  • MAN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE OFFENCES

    6 July 2016

    On Tuesday 5 July 2016 a 44 year old male from Ladder Hill was arrested and subsequently charged with the following offences: • Using violence to secure entry to a residential property • Criminal Damage • Assault on the occupier of the property • Resisting Arrest • Assaulting two Police Officers The offences relate to […]

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  • MARINE POLLUTION

    6 July 2016

    The Environmental Management Division (EMD) has received several reports from dive parties that marine pollution in St Helena’s waters is increasing, especially leaked fuels and oils which have been visible in the sea close to Jamestown. EMD has confirmed these reports through observations and monitoring. Environmental Risk Manager Mike Durnford commented: “Some pollution incidents are […]

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  • DISPOSAL OF BULKY WASTE WHICH IMPACTS THE LANDSCAPE UPDATE

    6 July 2016

    Earlier this year the Environment & Natural Resources Directorate initiated the Landscape Impacting Bulky Waste Disposal Project. Managed by the Environmental Management Division (EMD) the project offers free disposal of landscape impacting bulky waste to residents in the Bradley’s to Longwood Gate areas in an attempt to clean up and aesthetically improve the landscape. Environmental […]

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