EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 16 JANUARY 2018
16 January 2018Executive Council met today with only one item on the Closed Agenda. This related to an SHG Guarantee for additional borrowing of £500,000 from the Bank of Saint Helena in...
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LATEST INFLATION RATE RELEASED BY STATISTICS OFFICE
16 January 2018The latest annual inflation rate, released today by the Statistics Office, stands at 4.0%. This is measured using the Retail Price Index and is the annual increase in the cost...
STATISTICAL BULLETIN NO. 1, 2018 – INFLATION
16 January 2018Price inflation rates This is the first Statistical Bulletin of 2018, and covers the release of new estimates of inflation rates, based on the Retail Price Index. The data released...
NEW THERAPEUTIC PRACTITIONER APPOINTED
15 January 2018St Helena’s new Therapeutic Practitioner, Tamara Coleman-Thomas arrived at St Helena on Saturday, 6 January 2018. Tamara has been appointed on a one-year contract and her main duties will include...
THE END OF AN ERA – ST HELENA PREPARES FOR RMS FAREWELL
12 January 2018The Royal Mail Ship (RMS) St Helena will depart on her final voyage from the Island on Saturday, 10 February 2018, having dutifully served St Helena for the past 27...
REOPENING OF JAMESTOWN SWIMMING POOL – SATURDAY, 13 JANUARY 2018
12 January 2018The Jamestown Swimming Pool will reopen tomorrow, Saturday 13 January 2018. The Swimming Pool Project has been a massive combined effort from conception to completion by SHG, UK-based consultants and...
SOCIAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING – WEDNESDAY, 10 JANUARY 2018
12 January 2018The Social & Community Development Committee met on Wednesday, 10 January 2018. In the Open Session, proposed increases in fees & charges were considered in respect of legislation falling within...
BILLS TO BE TAKEN TO FORMAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING
10 January 2018The Port & Aerodrome (Health) 2018 Bill and the First Supplementary Appropriation (2017/18) Bill 2018 will be taken to the next Formal Legislative Council meeting, scheduled to take place on...
BLUE BELT PROGRAMME TEAM TO VISIT
10 January 2018Two members of the FCO-led Blue Belt programme team, Martin Collins from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), and Craig McGarvey from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO),...
NEW HEALTH PROMOTION & SOCIAL MARKETING LEAD APPOINTED
10 January 2018Dr Angela (Angie) Jackson-Morris (photo attached) arrived at St Helena on Saturday, 6 January 2018, to take up her new role as Health Promotion & Social Marketing Lead. Dr Angie...
EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018
9 January 2018Executive Council met today with the primary aim of discussing the First Supplementary Appropriation (2017/18) Bill 2018. This Bill is to be presented at the next formal meeting of the...
FORMAL OPENING OF SUPREME COURT
8 January 2018The Supreme Court of St Helena was formally opened today, Monday 8 January 2018. A special marchpast of uniformed contingents took place on the Grand Parade at 10am to mark...