EARTH HOUR 2017 Tomorrow night, Saturday 25 March 2017, at 8.30pm, countries across the World will once again join forces to demonstrate support for action on Climate Change, during Earth...

St Helena Government and South Atlantic Media Services (SAMS) has today, Friday 24 March 2017, come to an agreement on funding and conditions, meaning that SAMS can continue to trade...

UPDATE An update on St Helena Airport is now available on the Publications page of the SHG website: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/publications/ Members of the public are encouraged to view the document to...

St Helena will today fly the Union Jack at half mast in a worldwide mark of respect for those killed or injured during the Westminster incident in London on Wednesday,...

‘STOP SMOKING GROUP’ CANCELLED The Health Promotion team would like to advise the public that their ‘Stop Smoking Group’, to be held on Thursdays at the Jamestown Community Centre, has...

NEW APPLICATION FORMS AVAILABLE The Police Directorate would like to advise all firearms holders that new firearms application forms will be issued from Monday, 27 March 2017. Firearms holders whose...

Due to adverse weather conditions, the arrival of the next scheduled fuel shipment to replenish the Island’s fuel stocks is delayed.  To ensure adequate levels of fuel stocks on the...

The St Helena General Hospital Pharmacy opened to the public, yesterday, Wednesday 22 March 2017, in its new location on the ground floor of the main administration building (first door...

St Helena Government is today starting the process to identify its next Chief Secretary. It is intended to seek a candidate from existing SHG staff and the advert will therefore...

A reception to welcome both the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Air Safety Support International (ASSI) teams was hosted by Acting Governor Judi Leon and husband Mike Shryane...

The Warning & Informing sub-group of the St Helena Resilience Forum has today announced the winners of the recent poster competition held in Island schools which asked students to illustrate...

At today’s ExCo meeting, four issues were considered on the Open Agenda. Medical Practitioners (Qualifications) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 sought to amend the regulations to encompass medical practitioners from Saudi Arabia...