Public Announcements

Fish Tag Return Reward Scheme

The Marine and Fisheries Conservation Section would like to remind all those fishing, especially on Maundy Thursday, that there still is an ongoing reward scheme for any fish or lobster caught with a tag. The following rewards are paid when the tag and certain catch information is presented to the Marine and Fisheries Conservation Section: […]

Waste Management Services’ operations over Easter

The public are reminded that Waste Management Services will continue their operations as normal over the Easter weekend. All domestic and commercial waste collection services will remain unchanged. Customers are asked to ensure their bins are ready for emptying by 6am on their collection day. This includes Good Friday and Easter Monday for those residents who ordinarily have their waste collected […]

Vaccination Clinic

The Health Services Directorate would like to inform the public that a COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held on Tuesday 04April 2023.  This clinic is only for persons aged 50 years and over, who are travelling on the Airlink flight on Saturday 08April 2023 and who have not received a COVID-19 Vaccination within the past […]

Minimum Wage to Increase from 1 July 2023

At a meeting of the Executive Council on 21 March 2023, an increase to the Minimum Wage of 28p per hour was approved. This will take effect from 01 July 2023. When it does, the Minimum Wage will increase to £3.65 for persons over 18 and £2.70 for persons aged 16 or 17. The approval of this is in […]

New Meteorological System installed at Bottom Woods Met Office

L-R - Murray Henry, Andy Pritchard, Tess Brock, Garry Mercury. Engineers missing from the photo Lewis Philips and Robert Cappleman

30 March 2023

A team of engineers from the MET Office UK were recently on-Island installing a new meteorological system at the Met Office, Bottom Woods. This upgrade, which was announced in July 2019, replaces the outgoing Meteorological Monitoring System (MMS) to SurfaceNet, a direct replacement of MMS for Automated Land Network sites. SurfaceNet is the next generation […]

Fishing on Maundy Thursday

With Maundy Thursday just around the corner, many people will no doubt be preparing to spend this time fishing at various locations around the Island. The Marine Enforcement Section therefore reminds all fishers that when enjoying fishing activities, fishing regulations must be adhered to and all licence conditions complied with. If you are a boat […]

Education, Skills & Employment Portfolio Office Closure

The Education Learning Centre, St Helena Community College, and Career Access St Helena would like to advise that their offices will be closed from 1pm to 4pm on Friday, 31 March 2023. Normal business will resume on Monday, 3 April 2023. The Public Library will also be closed from 1pm on Friday, 31 March 2023, before reopening at 4pm. […]

Delayed arrival of the Maria Da Pas

The cargo ship, the Maria Da Pas, is now scheduled to arrive at St Helena tomorrow, Tuesday 28 March 2023. This will be the first calling of the vessel at St Helena following the award of a 12 month contract to Meihuizen to provide cargo services to the Island. The public are therefore advised that […]

Police Appeal for Information – Road Traffic Collision

The Royal St Helena Police are currently investigating a Road Traffic Collision which occurred on Friday, 24 March 2023, between the hours of 10pm and midnight. This collision occurred on Side Path Road and, as a result, a large section of the wall was badly damaged. Police are keen to establish the identity of the […]

Arrival of the Maria Da Pas

The cargo ship, the Maria Da Pas, is scheduled to arrive at St Helena on Monday, 27 March 2023. This will be the first calling of the vessel at St Helena following the award of a 12 month contract to Meihuizen to provide cargo services to the Island. The vessel will dock alongside Rupert’s Jetty […]