Public Announcements

  • EXCO REPORT – Tuesday 15 March 2016

    Executive Council met today, Tuesday 15 March 2016, to discuss four items on the Open Agenda. The Governor welcomed everyone present. The first item was an application to amend Development Permission at Broad Bottom Farm, Blue Hill, carried over from the previous ExCo meeting held on 1 March 2016. Executive Council heard a presentation from […]

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  • TEAMING IT UP AT ST PAULS PRIMARY SCHOOL

    St Pauls Primary School has been holding a week of team building activities to encourage interaction amongst all year groups.  The school has been promoting a message of ‘Together Everyone Achieves More.’  Activities concluded yesterday, Monday 14 March – Commonwealth Day (pictured). During the week, schoolchildren from all year groups mixed with each other – […]

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  • REDUCING FLIES & MAGGOTS IN WHEELIE BINS

    Waste Management Services (WMS) would like to advise the public on good bin management and their shared responsibility in reducing opportunities for fly and maggot infestation. WMS is working on efficient processes to manage this problem, but domestic and commercial customers have a significant part to play in reducing maggots and flies – and these […]

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  • COMMONWEALTH DAY 2016

    Yesterday, Monday 14 March 2016, was Commonwealth Day – a day when the 53 member nations of the Commonwealth took part in Commonwealth activities focused around the theme ‘An Inclusive Commonwealth’. On St Helena, special Commonwealth Day Assemblies were held in each school, with the main celebrations taking place at SHAPE, Sandy Bay (pictured). Here, […]

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  • POLICE AND CUSTOMS DOG TRAINING

    The Police Dog Teams of the St Helena Police Service and Customs have, over the last two weeks, received final training and licencing in their disciplines. For the Police Service, Special Constable Russell Clingham and Police Dog ‘Tommy’ have been licenced as a general purpose dog with the ability to deal with violent individuals, track […]

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  • WASTE MANAGEMENT

    SERVICES OVER EASTER The Environmental Management Division would like to advise the public that there will be no domestic and commercial waste collection on Good Friday (Friday 25 March 2016). Normal service will resume on Saturday 26 March for domestic and commercial customers who ordinarily have waste collected on a Friday. Waste Management Services will […]

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  • FREE CHILD CAR SEAT INITIATIVE FROM POLICE

    The Police Directorate has launched an initiative to provide free child car seats to families on St Helena – subject to household income – with funds provided by SHG’s Safeguarding Children Board. 150 car seats have been purchased. Two types of car seats are available (pictured), one for children weighing up to 25kgs and one […]

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  • BYE-ELECTION 2016

    OFFICIAL LIST OF CANDIDATES The Elections Ordinance 2009 provides for Nominations to be delivered to the Returning Officer not later than noon on the last day appointed for the Nomination of Candidates. The closing date for Nominations for the Bye-Election to be held on Wednesday 23 March 2016 was today, Wednesday 9 March 2016. Returning […]

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  • SUPREME COURT IN SESSION

    The formal opening of the St Helena Supreme Court will take place on Friday 11 March, at 10am. Civil and criminal cases will be heard by the Court until Wednesday 6 April 2016. His Lordship, the Chief Justice, Charles Ekins Esq, will arrive on the RMS tomorrow 10 March and depart the Island on Thursday […]

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  • ADULT SOCIAL CARE TEAM

    The Adult Social Care Team has published a ‘Safeguarding Adults Procedures’ document and a ‘Service Plan’ for the team.  Both publications provide an oversight of the work that the Adult Social Care Team does on St Helena. Paul Bridgewater, Head of the Adult Social Care Team, said: “With the Service Plan, we wanted to explain […]

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