St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Public Announcements

  • AUDIT OPINIONS

    21 February 2014

    At the Public Accounts Committee meeting held on 10 February 2014, the Financial Secretary gave an undertaking to issue a press release on the differences between Qualified and Unqualified Opinions. This follows the audit of SHG’s Financial Statements for 2011/12 by the Chief Auditor. What is an Audit Opinion? An Audit Opinion is a statement […]

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  • GOVERNOR COMMENTS ON BATON, LITTER AND SAMS RADIO

    21 February 2014

    Invited to SAMS Radio 1 this morning, HE Governor Capes commented on the Queen’s Baton Relay, the problem of litter and the anniversary of SAMS Radio 1. Here is an excerpt of his comments: Queen’s Baton ‘It’s important that we recognise our sports on St Helena. We are a part of the Commonwealth, of the […]

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  • QUEEN’S BATON CONTINUES ISLAND TOUR

    20 February 2014

    QUEEN’S BATON CONTINUES ISLAND TOUR The Commonwealth Queen’s Baton continues on its busy schedule of events today as it journeys around the Island. The Island programme, organised by the National Amateur Sports Association St Helena (NASAS), will today see the Baton making various stops at Ladder Hill and Half Tree Hollow, Levelwood, Sandy Bay, Blue […]

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  • STOP NUMBER 40 – QUEEN’S BATON ARRIVES ON ST HELENA

    20 February 2014

    The Commonwealth Queen’s Baton has this morning arrived at St Helena Island, the fortieth stop in its impressive relay around the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth. The Baton stops at the Island en-route from Cape Town to Ascension Island and has already begun a busy schedule of events (organised by the National Amateur […]

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  • GIANT LIEBHERR CRAWLER CRANE

    18 February 2014

    Footage will be shown of the assembly of the massive Liebherr LR1200 Crawler Crane at Rupert’s on Local TV channel 1. Voyage 22 of the NP Glory 4 (which arrived on 24 January 2014) brought the crane in 33 separate section, which were assembled after the arrival of two Liebherr technicians. The footage will be […]

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  • COUNCILLORS’ CORNER ON LOCAL TV

    18 February 2014

    Councillors’ Corner is a new local TV programme involving members of Legislative Council discussing topical matters.     This Councillor’s Corner will focus on Councillors Derek Thomas and Tony (Wilson) Duncan, answering questions regarding the last round of Constituency meetings.  Topics covered include the Lucy Faithful Report and the Sainsbury Report on social welfare. The programme […]

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  • SPEAKING AND LISTENING AT ST PAULS PRIMARY SCHOOL

    18 February 2014

    St Pauls Primary School held its first Speaking and Listening workshop on Monday 17 February 2014.  A presentation began the evening, which referred to the importance of speaking and listening in the curriculum and the aim of the night, which was to understand strategies taught at school and to transfer that into learning at home. […]

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  • INSPECTOR ON-ISLAND TO DEVELOP NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING

    18 February 2014

    Currently on-Island is Police Inspector Matthew (Matt) Webb (photo attached) from Sussex Police – to develop Neighbourhood (Community) Policing on the Island. Inspector Webb arrived on 6 February 2014 and is here for three weeks working alongside relevant agencies and authorities to help develop better policing on the Island. He will be working closely with […]

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  • COMMONWEALTH QUEEN’S BATON ON ITS WAY TO ST HELENA

    17 February 2014

    The Commonwealth Queen’s Baton is now on its way to St Helena and is due to arrive on the RMS St Helena from Cape Town on Wednesday 19 February 2014 – when it will begin a busy schedule of events. The Baton was officially welcomed on board the RMS at the Captain’s Cocktail Party on […]

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  • BYE-ELECTION – NOMINATION DAY FAST APPROACHING

    17 February 2014

    The deadline for submitting Nominations for the 12 March Bye-Election is fast approaching. The deadline is Wednesday 26 February at 12 Noon and all Nominations should be delivered within this time to Returning Officer, Mrs Gillian Francis at the Castle, Jamestown. This means that you have just over a week to nominate a Candidate to […]

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