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  • Governance Reform – Update 1

    On 26 March 2021, Legislative Council passed a resolution endorsing theresult of the Consultative Poll conducted on St Helena on 17 March 2021.The resolution further recommended that the Constitution be amended tochange the governance system of St Helena to a ministerial system ofgovernment. A Governance Reform Implementation Group has representation from theGovernor’s Office, Attorney General’s […]

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  • School Nurse Service Drop-In Session – Friday, 7 May 2021

    The School Nurse Service will be holding a drop-in session between 12pm and 1.30pm at the conference room on the second floor of the Post Office building, Jamestown, on Friday, 7 May 2021. The drop-in session is to allow all parents on-Island with school-aged children (5 to 19 year olds) to gain support and advice […]

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  • Preliminary data from the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme

    St Helena’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme drew to a close on Saturday, 24 April 2021.  Work is now being undertaken to analyse the data collected.  At this stage, preliminary figures show that 3,528 members of the population of St Helena received both the first and second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Data emerging from the initial […]

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  • Bicentenary Of Napoleon’s Death – Today’s Event To Be Broadcast Live

    Today, Wednesday 5 May 2021, marks 200 years since the death of Napoleon, Emperor of the French. To commemorate the Bicentenary of Napoleon’s death, the gardens at Longwood House will be open from 5pm and a ceremony will take place at 5.30pm to include a two-minute silence, at 5.48pm, the playing of the Last Post […]

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  • First Flight Operation Under the Travel Corridor

    The flight planned for Tuesday, 11 May 2021, will be the first one operating under the travel corridor between St Helena and Ascension Island.  Persons who have been resident on St Helena and Ascension for 14 days or more prior to the flight will be able to travel freely between the two islands, without the […]

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  • New Custody Suite Officially Opened

    HE Governor Dr Philip Rushbrook officially opened the new Custody Suite at Police Headquarters, Coleman House, on Monday, 3 May 2021, with a special ‘ribbon cutting’ ceremony. Governor Rushbrook at the beginning of his speech said: “I am extremely pleased to be here with you today. A particularly special day. It is a day that […]

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  • Controlled Rock Removal – Wednesday, 5 May 2021

    The Rock Guards will be carrying out a controlled rock removal above Fiddlers Green, Upper Jamestown, approximately 100m below Sundale, at 10am tomorrow, Wednesday 5 May 2021. Cordons and marshals will be in place and the public is asked to stay away from this area. The public will be kept updated when works have been […]

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  • EXCO Approves National Honours and Awards Bill

    Executive Council has agreed for the Freedom of the City of Jamestown award and the Honour of the Badge of St Helena contained within the National Honours and Awards Bill 2021 to be presented at the next formal Legislative Council meeting in May. The symbolic, Freedom of the City of Jamestown award shall be made […]

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  • SHG Service Delivery Survey

    The ‘live’ Service Delivery Survey launched by St Helena Government (SHG) in February 2021, to gauge customer satisfaction in respect of services offered by SHG, has been available for the past 11 weeks.  There has been a review of the results from 52 participants thus far.  The Survey asks customers to rate their satisfaction with […]

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  • St Helena Population and Housing Census 2021: Initial Results Released

    Initial Report Highlights Resident population of St Helena 4,439 on Census night Districts with the most residents are Half Tree Hollow, St Pauls and Longwood Number of St Helenians aged 65 and over continues to rise Initial results from the 2021 Population and Housing Census, which took place on 7 February (Census night), have today […]

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