St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Public Announcements

  • APPOINTMENT OF ACTING SHERIFF

    5 September 2014

    Harry Legg OBE JP has been appointed by Governor Capes as Acting Sheriff of St Helena (see attached photo), whilst the current Sheriff, Greta Pat Musk MBE JP, is away from the Island. The Sheriff’s prescribed Oaths were taken before the Governor in his Office at the Castle and became immediately effective from 4 September […]

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  • ‘A LOOK AT ST HELENA’S MARINE LIFE’ – LOCAL TV

    3 September 2014

    ‘A Look at St Helena’s Marine Life’, will be shown on local TV channel 1, commencing on Friday 5 September. The film is the finale of the Darwin funded Biodiversity and Habitat Mapping Project led by Dr Judith Brown.  The documentary showcases St Helena’s marine environment and fosters an appreciation of its splendour, diversity and […]

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  • SENIOR SOCIAL WORKERS ARRIVE

    2 September 2014

    Paul Bridgewater, Jane Jones and Suzie Nixon arrived on Island on 28 August 2014 to take on three new senior Social Services roles on St Helena. Social Services on St Helena are delivered by a dedicated team of local staff who care for the disabled, look after the needs of older persons and those with […]

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  • BENEFITS OF NEW PAVEMENT – WHEELCHAIR ACCESS ON MAIN STREET

    2 September 2014

    In June 2014 work commenced on the pavement areas in lower Jamestown, as part of the Main Street Enhancement Project. Contractor Brian Leo and his team are carrying out the pavement works, managed by Pro Arc and planned and funded through Enterprise St Helena’s Tourism team. The pavements from Porteous House up to the Consulate […]

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  • PUBLIC ACCESS TO SHG INFORMATION – NEW CODE OF PRACTICE

    1 September 2014

    St Helena Government (SHG) already provides accurate and timely information to the public in many ways – including through routine publishing of public information and by interaction with the media – as part of open and transparent Government.  Where information held by SHG is not already in the public domain, the general public can already, […]

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  • COUNCILLORS CONSTITUENCY SURGERIES – REMINDER

    1 September 2014

    Councillors Constituency Surgeries conclude this Saturday, in Jamestown and Sandy Bay. Both surgeries will take place between 10am and 12noon. If you would like to give Councillors advance notice of your concern before attending a surgery, you can do so by contacting the Secretary to Elected Members, Anita Legg, on Tel: 22590 or email: sec.em@helanta.co.sh […]

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  • COUNCILLORS CONSTITUENCY SURGERIES

    26 August 2014

    Councillors Constituency Surgeries continue this Saturday at Half Tree Hollow, St Paul’s and Longwood.  All the surgeries take place between 10am and 12noon. If you would like to give Councillors advance notice of your concern before attending a surgery, you can do so by contacting the Secretary to Elected Members, Anita Legg, on Tel: 22590 […]

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  • NEW TEACHERS FOR EDUCATION DIRECTORATE

    26 August 2014

    Arriving on the RMS tomorrow, Wednesday 27 August 2014, are five new teachers to join the St Helena Education team. Andy Parkinson and Jonathan Lambdon will be joining Prince Andrew School to teach Maths – both are experienced teachers arriving from successful schools in the UK. Beverley Tyson will lead on Marine Science, teaching classes at Prince […]

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  • ST HELENA GCSE RESULTS 2014 – BEST EVER RECORDED!  

    22 August 2014

    For young people and their parents, today represents the end of a period of waiting since exams took place a few months ago – today is the day that Prince Andrew School students receive their GCSE results – and they are the best ever recorded. The 2014 results are the best ever achieved on the […]

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  • CLOSURE OF LOWER WHARF THIS WEEKEND- UPDATE  

    22 August 2014

    As previously advised on 11 August, the Lower Wharf will be closed from 12.30pm tomorrow, Saturday 23 August 2014, until Monday morning 25 August (Bank Holiday Monday).  This will be a full closure of the Lower Wharf, with no pedestrian or vehicle access for the duration. However, the Middle Steps and Upper Steps (Thompson’s Crane), […]

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