COMMONWEALTH DAY 2017
13 March 2017Today, Monday 13 March 2017, the 53 member nations of the Commonwealth celebrate Commonwealth Day. This year, activities will focus on the theme ‘A Peace-Building Commonwealth’. On St Helena, the...
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CELEBRATING THE WORK OF JOHN MACRITCHIE – CHIEF MAGISTRATE TO SHERIFF
13 March 2017St Helena Chief Magistrate, John MacRitchie, will soon take up the post as Summary Sheriff, Lothian & Borders, based between Edinburgh and Livingston, Scotland. This comes after five years of...
CHANGES TO FORMAL LEGCO ORDER PAPER
10 March 2017The public is advised that the following changes have been made to the Order Papefor the formal Legislative Council meeting to be held on Tuesday 14 March 2017: The...
FORMAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING
9 March 2017Tuesday 14 March 2017 A formal meeting of Legislative Council will take place on Tuesday, 14 March 2017, at 10am in the Council Chamber. The meeting will be broadcast live...
POINTS OF CONTACT
9 March 2017RMS VOYAGE 255 CANCELLED Persons wishing to find out more information on how the cancelling of the RMS Voyage 255 affects them are invited to make contact using the following...
RESULTS FROM THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETINGS ON VARIOUS PIECES OF LEGISLATION
9 March 2017During January and February 2017, the Social & Community Development Committee held public consultation meetings on various pieces of legislation. Along with the public meetings, the Committee issued a questionnaire...
RMS VOYAGE 255 CANCELLED
8 March 2017The public is advised that further to the update of 5 March 2017, announcing that the RMS needed a dry dock to undertake repair work on her starboard propeller,...
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2017
8 March 2017Today, Wednesday 8 March, is International Women’s Day (IWD) 2017. Originally known as International Working Women’s Day, IWD is celebrated annually. In different regions the focus of the celebrations are respect,...
COMMONWEALTH DAY 2017 – A PEACE-BUILDING COMMONWEALTH
8 March 2017PRINCE ANDREW SCHOOL STUDENTS JOIN COUNCILLORS IN DEBATE In the lead up to the Commonwealth Day celebrations, Councillors have been working with Prince Andrew School students to raise awareness about...
DANGEROUS CROWDING IN FRONT OF BISHOPS ROOMS
8 March 2017Following the allocation of space outside of the Malabar building for a bus stop, there has been an increase in the number of people waiting for transport in front of...
REVISED RMS SCHEDULE – VOYAGE 254
8 March 2017Further to previous updates provided on the RMS St Helena, SHG and St Helena Line would like to advise the public that an indicative schedule for Voyage 254 has been...
‘EVERY CONTACT COUNTS’
8 March 2017As part of improving their service to the public, the Police have introduced an ‘Every Contact Counts’ support initiative for all victims reporting a crime. Detective Chief Inspector, Wendy Tinkler,...