SUPREME COURT IN SESSION
24 November 2015The formal opening of the St Helena Supreme Court took place today, Monday 23 November, at 10am. Civil and Criminal cases will be heard by the Supreme Court until Thursday...
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HEALTH MATTERS
23 November 20151 DECEMBER 2015 – WORLD AIDS DAY What is HIV and AIDS? HIV and AIDS is not the same thing and people who get an HIV infection do not automatically...
SAFEGUARDING COUNSELLOR ARRIVES ON ST HELENA
23 November 2015Jennifer Stephenson (pictured) arrived on Island on Saturday 7 November 2015 to undertake her role as a Counsellor with the Safeguarding Directorate. Jennifer will be on St Helena for a...
64th WESTMINSTER SEMINAR
23 November 2015PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE & PROCEDURE Councillor (Wilson) Tony Duncan will represent St Helena at the 64th Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice & Procedure, due to be held in the Houses of...
DETECTIVE CONSTABLE STRENGTHENS SAFEGUARDING TEAM
20 November 2015Louise Scott (pictured) arrived on Island on 7 November 2015 to take up her role as a new Detective Constable in St Helena’s Police Service – to work on...
CHARLIE’S EBONY REVIVAL LEDGE
17 November 2015On Saturday 14 November 2015, a small ceremony (pictured) was held at Ebony Point, near Blue Hill on St Helena, to rename the ledge from which Charlie Benjamin climbed down...
DETECTIVE CONSTABLE ARRIVES TO JOIN CID
17 November 2015Phillip Xavier (pictured) arrived on Island on 7 November 2015 to undertake his role as a Detective Constable specialising in assault cases for St Helena’s Police Service. Phillip, who is...
ENUMERATORS WANTED FOR 2016 CENSUS
17 November 2015On Sunday 7 February 2016 St Helena will be conducting a Population & Housing Census. The Census is a complete count of all houses on the Island and all...
2016 CENSUS PILOT
16 November 2015In the week beginning Monday 23 November 2015 the Statistics Office will be piloting the questionnaire to be used in the 2016 Population & Housing Census. The pilot exercise is...
GOVERNOR CAPES TO DEPART ON OVERSEAS BUSINESS & LEAVE
16 November 2015HE Governor and Mrs Capes will depart for Ascension Island on Monday 23 November 2015, then onward to the UK. While on Ascension Island the Governor’s programme will include meetings...
UK STATE PENSIONS MEETING ON ST HELENA
16 November 2015WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2015 Councillor Lawson Henry will be attending the annual Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) meeting in London from 2 December 2015, departing St Helena on Monday 23 November....
PROPOSED NEW FOOD SAFETY LEGISLATION
11 November 2015BACKYARD SLAUGHTERING Why stop the way backyard slaughter has been done for many years? It is necessary to apply strict law for slaughterhouses and one of the aims of the...