St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Public Announcements

  • DOGS WOUNDING AND WORRYING SHEEP

    11 July 2016

    REMINDER TO DOG OWNERS The St Helena Police Service has once again been alerted to the problem of dogs wounding and worrying livestock. On Friday 8 July 2016, in the Longwood area, two dogs were seen killing a two-week old lamb. This is a serious loss for the farmer and an unacceptable incident. The Police, […]

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  • ROAD CLOSED

    11 July 2016

    CHINA LANE The Roads Section would like to advise the public that China Lane road will be closed on Wednesday 13 July 2016 from 1.30pm to 3pm, to enable the Rock Guards to remove the remainder of the rocks in the netting above the road. Road closure and diversion signs will be in place and, […]

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  • SOCIAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING

    11 July 2016

    WEDNESDAY 13 JULY 2016 A meeting of the Social & Community Development Committee will take place on Wednesday 13 July 2016 at 9am in the Council Chamber at the Castle. On the Open Agenda (from 9am to 9.30am,and open to the public) will be the counting of the responses from the recent questionnaire on amendments […]

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  • 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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