SOCIAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
14 November 2017The Social & Community Development Committee met on Wednesday, 8 November 2017, to discuss a number of issues. A paper on fees & charges was brought before the Committee. As...
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INCIDENT AT ST HELENA FISHERIES
14 November 2017The St Helena Fisheries Corporation (SHFC) has reported that the temperature controls on their refrigerated container have been tampered with. The container was full of frozen fish worth a considerable...
JAMESTOWN SWIMMING POOL – UPDATE
14 November 2017Remedial works on the Jamestown Swimming Pool are advancing, with the new complex filter room and pipework installation nearing completion. Restoration works, undertaken by the St Helena National Trust to...
FIRST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO ASCENSION ISLAND
14 November 2017SATURDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2017 St Helena Airport will begin a monthly commercial air service between St Helena and Ascension Island this Saturday, 18 November 2017. Airlink’s Embraer E190 aircraft is...
HEAD OF FALKLANDS & SOUTHERN OCEANS DEPARTMENT OTD FCO VISITS ST HELENA
14 November 2017The Head of the Falklands & Southern Oceans Department OTD FCO, Ms Katie McMillan, arrived on-Island on Saturday, 11 November 2017, for a week-long visit. Katie has a busy schedule...
CHRISTIAN VON DER ROPP ARRIVING SOON
14 November 2017Christian von der Ropp (see photo attached) from A Human Right, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to providing free basic internet and phone access to developing countries, will be visiting St...
CARRIAGE OF MAIL VIA WEEKLY FLIGHT
14 November 2017Work to establish an airmail service via the Airlink weekly flight between St Helena and Johannesburg continues. Negotiations concerning the carriage of mail on the flight are ongoing and prices...
MV Helena Schedule Announcement
14 November 2017AWSM MV Helena Schedule Announcement
RMS ST HELENA UPDATE
13 November 2017The RMS St Helena departed Cape Town today at 3.30pm (CAT) with 31 transhipment containers onboard and is due to arrive at St Helena on Saturday, 18 November, at 7am....
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICE 2017
13 November 2017A Divine Service, in honour of those who had lost their lives or had been injured during active duty, was held at the Cenotaph in Jamestown on Sunday, 12 November...
ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY SWORN IN
13 November 2017Assistant Financial Secretary, Nicholas Yon, was today sworn in as Acting Financial Secretary whilst the substantive Financial Secretary, Dax Richards, is off-Island on overseas business. Nicholas took the prescribed oaths...
MILLING ROAD WORKS – LADDER HILL TO THE ARMY HALL, HALF TREE HOLLOW
13 November 2017The Roads Section will continue to carry out milling works on the section of road from Ladder Hill to the Army Hall, Half Tree Hollow, from 9am to 3pm on...