EXCO MEETING
6 March 2017TUESDAY 7 MARCH 2017 Executive Council will meet tomorrow, Tuesday 7 March 2017, at 9.30am in the Council Chamber for the following Open Agenda items: Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2017...
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RMS UPDATE
5 March 2017Further to recent updates on the RMS St Helena, SHG and St Helena Line (SHL) would like to advise the public that further investigations, into the problem with the Starboard...
MET STATION RECORDS HIGHEST RAIN COLLECTION IN SIX YEARS
2 March 2017The MET Station at Bottom Woods has announced that recorded rainfall for the month of February 2017 is the highest it’s been since February 2011. The data collected last month...
COUNCILLOR HENRY TALKS FUNDING AT JMC OT EN IN LONDON
1 March 2017Councillor Lawson Henry attended the first UK Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council on European Negotiations (JMC OT EN) on 7 February 2017, with Kedell Worboys MBE, the SHG UK Representative,...
CONTROLLED AIRSPACE INFRINGEMENT AT ST HELENA AIRPORT
1 March 2017St Helena Police have received a report of a paramotor glider being flown along the Deadwood Ridge and in the Alarm Forest area at around 5.30pm on Monday 27 February...
HOW DO YOU SAVE WATER?
1 March 2017GREAT RESPONSE TO POSTER COMPETITION As part of our recent Island-wide efforts to reduce water use on St Helena, a poster competition on ‘How do you Save Water?’ took place...
COUNCILLOR HENRY & SHG UK REP ATTEND 15TH EU-OCT FORUM IN ARUBA
1 March 2017Councillor Lawson Henry and SHG’s UK Representative, Mrs Kedell Worboys MBE, recently attended the 15th European Union (Overseas Countries & Territories) (EU-OCT) Forum in Aruba from 20-24 February 2017. Aruba...
RMS ST HELENA UPDATE
1 March 2017Further to the press release of 27 February 2017 on the RMS St Helena, SHG would like to advise the public of the following developments: On her current journey to...
GENERAL ELECTION 2017
28 February 2017Further to the press release issued on 17 January 2017 announcing the dissolution of Legislative Council and the 2017 General Election, the public is advised of the following changes to...
NEW DIRECTOR OF HEALTH APPOINTED
28 February 2017A new Director of Health, Dr Akeem Ali, will arrive on-Island in April 2017 to succeed Darren Clarke who has now completed his contract and returned to Australia. Chief Secretary,...
CHANGES TO BUSINESS TAX ON ST HELENA
27 February 2017An additional information session to present the proposed changes to business tax on St Helena from 1 April will be held at the Canister, on Monday, 6 March 2017, from...
WATER RESTRICTIONS LIFTED
27 February 2017RESERVOIR LEVELS REACH 50% TARGET The St Helena Resilience Forum and Connect Saint Helena Ltd are today pleased to announce that the formal water restrictions on St Helena have been...