SEA RESCUE OPERATION – 29 SEPTEMBER 2014
1 October 2014At around 9.30am on Monday 29 September 2014 the St Helena Emergency Services were notified of a yacht, the ‘Benguela’, which was reporting a problem with its rudder and required...
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EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2014
30 September 2014Executive Council met today, Tuesday 30 September 2014 with just one item on the Closed Agenda. The item was a memo on the St Helena Fisheries Corporation Functional Review, and...
NEWCASTLE DISEASE UPDATE
30 September 2014Island-Wide Chicken Vaccination Programme The Agriculture and Natural Resources Division (ANRD) would like to advise the public that there have been 3 further outbreaks of Newcastle Disease in chickens, in...
FORMAL PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE MEETING
30 September 2014TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER 2014 The second formal session of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will take place on Tuesday 7 October 2014 at 10am in the Court House, Jamestown. The...
TRAVELLING WITH CHILDREN TO SOUTH AFRICA – REVISED DATE FOR CHANGES TO ENTRY REGULATIONS
29 September 2014In July this year an SHG press release highlighted a change in entry regulations for persons travelling with children under the age of 18 to South Africa. The date that...
ACTS OF BRAVERY AWARDS PRESENTED
26 September 2014A reception hosted by HE Governor and Mrs Capes was held last evening (Thursday 25 September) at Plantation House, to present Acts of Bravery Awards to those involved in the...
JAMESTOWN HOTEL PROJECT
26 September 2014Following Tuesday’s (23 September 2014) decision in Executive Council to support the development of a Hotel in Jamestown, SHG and ESH are working together to take this project forward. Councillor...
EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2014
23 September 2014Executive Council met today, Tuesday 23 September, for a special meeting to consider the development of a hotel in Jamestown. It is well recognised by tourism industry experts that hotel...
SEXUAL OFFENCES INVESTIGATOR ARRIVES
23 September 2014David Honan has recently arrived on Island for a two year contract in the Police Service, where he will specialise as a Sexual Offences Investigator. He will form part of...
CAREERS FAIR – LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY!
19 September 2014Plans are swiftly progressing for this year’s Careers Fair to be held on Wednesday 15 October 2014 at Prince Andrew School, from 10am-5pm. The annual Careers Fair is an opportunity...
SOLAR FARM PROPOSAL
17 September 2014PUBLIC MEETING Connect Saint Helena Ltd is currently seeking outline planning permission for the development of a Solar Farm at Half Tree Hollow, around the current Rifle Range site –...
PUBLIC TRANSPORT REVIEW 2014
17 September 2014CONSULTANT’S REPORT PUBLISHED Public transport consultant George Watson has now finalised his report on bus services on St Helena, which has today been published on the SHG website Publications page...