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...
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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...
TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY A SUCCESS
11 November 2015On Friday 6 November 2015 St Helena celebrated its inaugural Teacher Appreciation Day – when teachers on the Island received thank you notes, handmade gifts and other treats from schoolchildren...
REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE 2015
10 November 2015On Sunday 8 November 2015, a Divine Service was held at the Cenotaph, in honour of those who had lost their lives or had been injured during Active Duty. His...
BIOSECURITY DETECTOR DOG JOINS THE TEAM
9 November 2015From Sunday 1 November 2015, the St Helena Biosecurity Team’s work is being assisted by a four-legged recruit – biosecurity detector dog Harriet (photo attached). Harriet is a locally owned...
AIRPORT BOARD GRANTS ADDITIONAL TIME
9 November 2015TO ACHIEVE OPERATIONAL READINESS The St Helena Airport Programme Board – comprising SHG, DFID, FCO and Basil Read – yesterday recommended that it would be necessary and prudent to grant...
FORMAL MEETING OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
9 November 2015WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2015 The second formal session (for 2015) of the Public Accounts Committee will take place on Wednesday, 11 November, at 10am in the Court House, Jamestown. The...