NEW YEAR HONOURS 2017
3 January 2017‘I am pleased to announce that Her Majesty the Queen has conferred the award of an MBE to Mrs Ivy May Yon in recognition of her services to the voluntary...
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REAPPOINTMENT OF SHERIFF
23 December 2016Mrs Ethel Yon OBE was this morning reappointed as Sheriff of St Helena (photo attached). The Sheriff’s prescribed Oaths were taken before Governor’s Deputy, Mrs Judi Leon, in the Governor’s...
DRONE USE ABOVE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
22 December 2016UPDATE – OPERATOR COMES FORWARD St Helena Government thanks the operator of the drone at the Festival of Lights parade for responding to its appeal for information and for agreeing...
ST HELENA’S CHIEF MAGISTRATE APPOINTED SHERIFF IN EDINBURGH
22 December 2016Her Majesty The Queen has by Royal Warrant appointed St Helena’s Chief Magistrate John MacRitchie, as a Judge – in Scotland called a Sheriff – based in Edinburgh. He will...
DRONE USE ABOVE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
22 December 2016APPEAL FOR INFORMATION St Helena Government is appealing for information in connection with the use of a Small Unmanned Aircraft (SUA – or ‘drone’) in Jamestown above the Festival of...
CONSTITUTION HILL ROAD
21 December 2016OPEN TO SMALL VEHICLES ONLY The public is advised that Constitution Hill Road will reopen 24/7 for use by small vehicles, commencing at 4pm on Thursday 22 December 2016. There...
EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2016
20 December 2016This morning’s ExCo meeting covered a wide range of issues. On the Open Agenda, Council considered the Welfare of Children (Official Foster Care) Regulations 2016. These Regulations deal with the...
COUNCILLOR WARD PEARCE RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS SEMINAR
20 December 2016Councillor Pamela Ward Pearce returned from London on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, having attended the 65th Seminar on Parliamentary Practice & Procedures, in the Houses of Parliament. The Westminster Seminar...
UPDATE ON ST HELENA WATER LEVELS
20 December 2016KEEP UP YOUR EFFORT TO REDUCE WATER USE Over the past few months, everyone on St Helena has pulled together and made a significant reduction in our water usage. The...
HM CUSTOMS & EXCISE CLOSURE
20 December 2016FRIDAY 23 DECEMBER 2016 HM Customs & Excise would like to advise the public that the office at the Wharf will be closed on Friday 23 December 2016, from 1-2pm....
BENEFITS OFFICE CLOSURE
20 December 2016The public is advised that the Benefits Office will close at 12 noon today, Tuesday 20 December 2016. The Office will open as normal tomorrow, Wednesday 21 December 2016, at...
SUCCESSFUL C130J HERCULES FLIGHT
19 December 2016A Lockheed Martin C130J Hercules aircraft (pictured), operated by the Royal Air Force and commissioned by DFID, successfully conducted a technical flight at St Helena Airport from Sunday 18 (arriving...