St Helena Government

St Helena Government

Public Announcements

  • ARRIVAL OF SOCIAL SERVICES TRAINER

    11 September 2013

    The Health and Social Welfare Directorate has recently welcomed Social Services Trainer Martin Warsama on a two year contract.  In this role Martin will observe and assess the current systems within Social Services.  He will also train staff through supervision and scenario training.   Martin commented: “I will be imbedding systems that can be easily picked […]

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  • KEITH MUNNS – PRISON ADVISOR

    9 September 2013

    Prison Advisor, Keith Munns contracted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) visits the Island every two years.    During his visits Keith observes the general prison operation, establishes if prisoners are being treated fairly, if the public are protected and that effective rehabilitation efforts are enforced to reduce the risk of prisoners reoffending.   […]

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  • Household Living Standards Survey – October 2013

    9 September 2013

    The Statistics Office will be conducting a household survey in October 2013. The survey is designed to update information collected during the previous Household Expenditure Survey and also to fill important gaps in the information currently held about households on St Helena. The information collected will be used to: •Update the selection of goods and […]

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  • Awards Presentation – Prison Officers

    6 September 2013

    AWARDS PRESENTATION – PRISON OFFICERS     In an Awards ceremony held at Plantation House last evening, Prison Officers presented with certificates of Achievement for completing their Prison Officer Initial Training Course.   HE Governor Mark Capes and Prison Manager Martin David highlighted that the Prison Officers’ work is often ‘behind the scenes’ but their jobs […]

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  • ExCo Report – 3 September 2013

    3 September 2013

    Good afternoon, ExCo met in a special closed session this morning to consider one agenda item. This was a paper to examine a ‘slow steaming’ proposal for the RMS St Helena. The meeting was in closed session as confidential commercial information was discussed. Slow steaming is the deliberate slowing of a ship in order to […]

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  • Councillor Dollery Resigns from Executive Council

    3 September 2013

    The Honourable Nigel Dollery has advised that due to personal reasons he will be resigning, with immediate effect, from Executive Council and Chairman of the Social and Community Development Committee. Councillor Dollery will remain a Member of Legislative Council and continue to serve the Island population. Councillor Dollery commented: “In case of any doubt, my […]

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  • DR CORINDA ESSEX RETIRES

    3 September 2013

    Former Corporate Procurement Director for St Helena Government, Dr Corinda Essex has recently retired from her post.  Dr Essex’s career has spanned over 42 years, beginning with a teaching role in 1971 in where she progressed to co-coordinating Environmental Studies in the Middle School Sector after serving as a Senior Teacher at the Secondary Selective […]

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  • New Advisory Teacher for ICT Arrives Today

    2 September 2013

    Arriving on the RMS today is new Advisory Teacher for Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Andy Day. Based at Prince Andrew School Andy will teach ICT classes to students there but will also provide ICT curriculum leadership across the whole of the Education Directorate. Andy joins the Directorate from a previous role as a senior […]

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  • Government Economist Arrives Next Week

    2 September 2013

    Arriving on 9 September is the new Government Economist, Ian Smyth. Ian has entered a 2 year contract with St Helena Government and succeeds previous Government Economist, Owen James, who completed his contract earlier this year. Ian brings to his new post a wealth of experience having previously worked as an Economist in three very […]

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  • Arrival of Advisory Teacher (French)

    30 August 2013

    Originally from France, Philippe Prudhomme is the first Advisory teacher to introduce French to Prince Andrew School’s curriculum, starting with Key Stage Three students this coming school year, and gradually expanding it to the whole school. Having gained a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in the UK, Philippe set off to Nairobi to become […]

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