OVERSEAS TERRITORIES CORONERS’ MEETING
17 January 2017A meeting of Overseas Territories Coroners and their staff took place on Ascension Island between Monday 9 January and Friday 13 January 2017 (photo attached). Representing St Helena at the...
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ROADS CLOSED TO VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS
17 January 2017SIDEPATH ROAD – FROM THE BROW TO FIELD ROAD SEALES’ CORNER TO THE BROW, NAPOLEON STREET The Roads Section would like to advise the public that Sidepath Road (from the...
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN’S BOARD INTERNET AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
17 January 2017USING THE INTERNET SAFELY The St Helena Safeguarding Children’s Board last week launched a four-week campaign to raise awareness among parents and children of the dangers of the internet, and...
SUCCESSFUL MEDEVAC FLIGHT
16 January 2017Another successful emergency aero-medical evacuation from St Helena Airport took place on the weekend to transfer three patients, accompanied by a St Helena staff member, to Cape Town. The Falcon...
MEDEVAC FLIGHT – SUNDAY 15 JANUARY 2017
13 January 2017An emergency aero-medical evacuation from St Helena Airport will take place on Sunday 15 January 2017 to transfer two patients from St Helena to Cape Town. This flight is due...
NEW DIRECTOR OF SAFEGUARDING APPOINTED
13 January 2017A new Director of Safeguarding, Matt Ansell, has been appointed (photo attached). Matt will take up his post on St Helena on Friday 17 March 2017. As Director of Safeguarding,...
NURSING STUDENTS PROGRESSING
13 January 2017Six St Helenian trained nurses – Annabel Clifford, Donna Clingham, Jayne Adams-Duncan, Latoya Williams, Robyn Bennett and Sue-Ellen Henry – have now successfully passed their first University module, having embarked...
UPDATE ON ST HELENA WATER LEVELS
11 January 2017RESERVOIR LEVELS DOWN Despite recent rain showers, St Helena’s reservoir levels have further decreased and are now below 11% of total storage capacity. Until the reservoirs reach at least 50%...
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN’S BOARD LAUNCH INTERNET AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
10 January 2017The St Helena Safeguarding Children’s Board today launches a four-week campaign to raise awareness among parents and children of the dangers of the internet and how to use the web...
BASIC ISLAND PENSION
10 January 2017The St Helena Government Benefits Office is currently reviewing and updating Claims for Basic Island Pension, in accordance with the Social Security Ordinance 2010. All recipients who were awarded Basic...
ROCKFALL ON SIDE PATH ROAD
10 January 2017Residents of Jamestown reported to Police a rockfall on Side Path Road at around midnight on Saturday, 7 January 2017. Emergency Services and relevant agencies and partners responded, and in...
VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS – ‘THE BUG’ ON ST HELENA
10 January 2017Viral Gastroenteritis, known locally as ‘the bug’, is currently doing the rounds on St Helena. It commonly causes diarrhoea and nausea/vomiting and can cause cramping, stomach pain, fever, and headache....