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  • New Year Honours 2023 – Overseas List – Final Reminder

    The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office invites nominations for the 2023 Queen’s New Year Honours List. Persons wishing to submit nominations for the 2023 New Year Honours are reminded that the overriding principle is that Honours are awarded on merit for exceptional achievement or any service recently carried out over and above what normally is […]

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  • Certificate and Badge of Honour and Acts of Bravery Awards 2022 – Final Reminder

    Nominations are being invited for the Certificate and Badge of Honour, and Acts of Bravery Awards for 2022. The Certificate and Badge of Honour are available for the Governor to award to public servants for loyal and valuable service worthy of recognition or, in the case of other persons, for their loyal and meritorious conduct […]

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  • Recreational Fishing Consultation

    The Environment, Natural Resources & Planning Portfolio (ENRP) will be holding a consultation on issues and options for change to licensing of recreational fishing on St Helena. Currently, the main methods of fishing for lobster on St Helena are: Potting (metal/plastic pots lowered to the seafloor by ropes left to soak, generally overnight and hauled […]

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  • Passports

    Following the recommencement of the scheduled Airlink flight from St Helena to Johannesburg, the Immigration Service of the Safety, Security and Home Affairs Portfolio has been made aware that St Helenian passport holders were delayed during the check-in process at OR Tambo International Airport for their onward travel to the UK. On investigation, it was […]

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  • Expressions of Interest – Register of Contractors

    The Health and Social Care Portfolio invites Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified or experienced individuals and/or companies to join their existing register of contractors.  The approved contractors must have a variety of skills to enable the delivery and adaptation of projects. If you require any further details regarding the various forms of adaptation projects, […]

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  • St Helena COVID-19 Status Update- 5 April 2022

    Following routine testing on Monday, 4 April 2022, positive COVID-19 case(s) were identified in Home Quarantine. All COVID-19 protocols are being followed. Members of the public should remain alert and continue to practice good respiratory and hand hygiene. The public will be updated when there are no longer positive cases in quarantine. SHG5 April 2022

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  • COVID-19 Vaccination Status update

    The Health Services Directorate administered 3,322 COVID-19 vaccine doses between December 2021 and February 2022. The 3,322 vaccines have been administered as follows: 208 doses to persons aged 12 to 17 as their first dose, an estimated 89% of the total resident population in this group (as per the 2021 Census count). 3,076 to adults […]

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  • Five new heritage streetlights installed at the seafront

    Five new heritage streetlights (see photos attached) have recently been installed at the Seafront, Jamestown, as part of the Jamestown Streetlight Project (Phase 3). The streetlights were installed by Adam Grocock of Grocock’s Contractors and can be seen between Donny’s Bar and the HM Customs building. The new streetlights will replace the existing high energy […]

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  • Pilling And Harford Primary Schools Closure

    The public is advised that Pilling Primary School and Harford Primary School will be closed from 12 noon tomorrow, Wednesday 6April 2022.  This closure is to enable all staff to attend the funeral of the late Arthur Leo. Arthur was a member of the school team as a Groundsman for a number of years and we […]

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  • First Cloud Forest Research Bursary Awarded

    In January the St Helena Research Institute (SHRI) launched a competition to attract research proposals from international researchers that will help meet the conservation of biodiversity objectives in The Peaks National Park Management Plan, 2019-2024 and its corresponding implementation plan Restoring St Helena’s Internationally Important Cloud Forest for Water Security & Wildlife (2021-2026). Specifically, objective […]

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