2019 – The Year of the Lowest Annual Rainfall on St Helena
8 January 20202019 has officially been recorded as the year with the lowest annual rainfall on St Helena since records began in 1977, with a total of just 286.2mm recorded for the...
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Air freight charges waivered for fresh produce on inter-island flights
6 January 2020The St Helena and Ascension Island Governments are pleased to announce that air freight charges for St Helena fresh produce will be waivered for business-to-business sales for a six-month trial...
Road Closure – Rosemary Plain To Bluemans Field
6 January 2020The following is a Public Announcement from the Infrastructure & Transport Directorate: The Highways Authority has given approval for the road from Rosemary Plain to Bluemans Field to be closed...
Draft Satellite Ground Station Policy – A week left to submit comments
6 January 2020The draft Satellite Ground Station Policy is out for public consultation until 4pm on Monday, 13 January 2020. The document is available online here: www.sainthelena.gov.sh/government/public-consultation/ and hardcopies can also be...
St Helena Police New Recruits Passing Out Ceremony
3 January 2020In the midst of the holiday festivities, on Saturday, 21 December 2019, a presentation and reception was held at Plantation House to award and honour five newly recruited Police Constables...
St Helena Water Situation Remains Serious
31 December 2019Despite a few recent spells of rainfall, the water situation on St Helena remains serious, and consumption must remain as low as possible to help preserve and replenish Island water...
Sea Conditions
31 December 2019Emergency Planning would like to inform the public that a north-westerly swell is forecast for St Helena on Friday, 3 January 2020. This may result in a large sea swell...
New Year Honours 2020
30 December 2019His Excellency Governor Dr Philip Rushbrook is pleased to announce the following New Year Honours 2020: British Empire Medal (BEM) Cecil (Lars) Repetto and Edward (Eddie) Rogers were both nominated...
HE Governor’s Christmas Message – December 2019
27 December 2019In Her Majesty’s Christmas message she spoke of 2019 as a ‘bumpy’ year. It is true the UK has had its ups and downs over various public and social issues....
St Helena Government signs contract with Google to land subsea cable
24 December 2019St Helena Government (SHG) is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with Google, to connect St Helena to Phase 1 of the Equiano Subsea Cable Project. This is...
Stored Water Volumes Decrease As Water Consumption Rates Increase
23 December 2019Over the past week, St Helena’s water consumption rates have increased – exceeding 1000 cubic metres of water per day and, as a result, stored water volumes have decreased to...
Jamestown Swimming Pool
23 December 2019Executive Council and the Governor on Friday re-examined the reasons for the closure of the Jamestown Swimming Pool. Members recognised it had been seven weeks since the pool was closed...