Stay safe while coastal walking or hiking
4 April 2019Coastal Walking or Hiking is one of the most popular outdoor activities on St Helena. Post Box and Blue Dot walks are among some of the popular trails available around...
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New Year Honours 2020 – Overseas list
4 April 2019The Foreign and Commonwealth Office invites nominations for the 2020 Queen’s New Year Honours List. Persons wishing to submit nominations for the 2020 New Year Honours are reminded that the...
ST HELENIANS ABROAD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AIR ACCESS
4 April 2019In a Statistical Bulletin released by the St Helena Statistics Office today, figures show that St Helenians living abroad have taken advantage of the regular scheduled air service between St...
STATISTICAL BULLETIN NO. 3 2019 – POPULATION
4 April 2019This bulletin includes updated demographic indicators including total population, arrivals, departures, births, deaths, and life expectancy. Three primary sources have been used to compile this bulletin: population censuses (from 1978,...
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOUR COUNCILLORS – CONSTITUENCY MEETINGS TAKING PLACE IN APRIL 2019
4 April 2019Councillors will be holding a series of meetings in each Island district throughout April for constituents to ask questions, raise concerns and find out what has been happening lately within...
RED ENSIGN GROUP CONFERENCE – APRIL 2019
4 April 2019St Helena Government’s Harbour Master, Steve Kirk, Emergency Planning & Sea Rescue Manager, Simon Wade, and Operational & Civil Contingencies Manager, Ian Johnson, along with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’...
RESPONSE TO SENTINEL ARTICLES ON ST HELENA COFFEE
2 April 2019St Helena Government was disappointed to read in three recent Sentinel articles – ‘St Helena Coffee under Threat from Tax Reforms’ (p.5, 7 March) ‘Stop the Devaluation of St Helena...
RESTRUCTURE OF ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES DIRECTORATE
2 April 2019The Environment & Natural Resources Directorate (ENRD) has restructured from 1 April 2019. ENRD has now split into two separate directorates – Environment, Natural Resources & Planning and Infrastructure &...
‘HEALTHY AND REALISTIC’ – ISLAND PRIMARY SCHOOLS GET STUCK IN TO THE ‘LUNCH-OFF’
2 April 2019Three pupils – Ella-Mae Joshua, Year 6, Pilling Primary, Axel Francis, Year 3, Harford Primary, and Aisha John-Bagley, Year 4, St Paul’s Primary have been declared the winners for their...
NEW GOVERNOR ARRIVING IN MAY
2 April 2019The new Governor of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, Dr Philip Rushbrook, accompanied by his wife Janis, will arrive on St Helena on Saturday, 11 May 2019,...
STATEMENT FROM CHIEF OF POLICE – COUNCILLOR BUCKLEY’S ADJOURNMENT DEBATE SPEECH
1 April 2019On Monday, 11 March 2019, Councillor Cruyff Buckley made a speech about policing on St Helena during the Adjournment Debate in the formal meeting of Legislative Council. The speech contained a large...
WENDY BENJAMIN APPOINTED AS NEW DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
29 March 2019Acting Director of Education, St Helenian Wendy Benjamin, has been appointed to the substantive role of Director of Education. Wendy succeeds previous Director, Shirley Wahler, and her appointment is effective...