News of Nelson Mandela’s death reached St Helena late yesterday evening. Commenting on the sad news this morning, HE Governor Mark Capes said: ‘I know that the news of Nelson...

EMD will be undertaking Feral Pigeon Culling at Horse Point Landfill Site on a monthly basis between December 2013 and March 2014, in an effort to reduce pigeon numbers as...

The Overseas Territories Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus) was launched last year by the UK Government, with the aim of helping to deliver long-term strategic outcomes for the natural...

Executive Council met today to discuss three items on the open agenda.  The first item concerned a proposal to increase liquor licensing fees following an annual review. ExCo agreed the...

Public Relations Officer Kerisha Stevens has recently gained a Masters Degree in Communications, Media and Public Relations from the University of Leicester. Kerisha began her studies in October 2011 via...

In May 2012 a Ministry of Defence (MOD) team from Salvage and Marine Operations, supported by environmental scientists from RPS Consultants, visited St Helena to survey the wreck of the...

As part of St Helena Government’s (SHG) commitment to increase transparency in the Procurement process, SHG has today made available to the public an updated Contracts Register, detailing all contracts...

WED 11 DECEMBER Housing Executive, Andy Crowe, and Housing Management Officer, Tracy Thomas, will carry out a series of visits on Wednesday 11 December – to meet Government tenants and...

The Prince Andrew School Awards ceremony was held in the school hall on the morning of Thursday 29 November.  Head teacher Paul Starkie opened with a motivating speech about Mark...

His Excellency Governor Capes has appointed Frank Wastell as the new Attorney General for St Helena, following Ken Baddon’s tenure. Mr Baddon relinquished Office on 30 November 2013. Frank, previously...

Over the past month, discussions have been held between St Helena Government (SHG) and the Bank of St Helena (BOSH) to try and find a solution to the lack of...

 The St Helena Media Standards Commission has today published a Draft Media Code in a St Helena Government Extraordinary Gazette.  The Commission, consisting of Chief Magistrate John MacRitchie (President), Jennifer...