SEA RESCUE – SHORT TERM OPERATIONS
13 July 2015Whilst the new Sea Rescue Service facility in Rupert’s is being constructed, the service will be temporarily located on Jamestown Wharf. Two new RIBs, supplied as part of the Airport...
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OIL REMOVAL FROM DARKDALE – UPDATE
9 July 2015Further to the update issued on 29 June 2015 on the operation to remove fuel oil from the RFA Darkdale wreck, Andy Liddell of MOD’s Salvage & Marine Operations division...
ORDER PAPER WITH RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS NOW ONLINE
9 July 2015The Order Paper from yesterday’s formal Legislative Council Meeting, including responses to written questions asked by Members in the House, has today been made available on the SHG website. The...
ELECTIONS TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
8 July 2015At today’s formal meeting of Legislative Council, Members elected Councillors Lawson Henry, Brian Isaac, Christine Scipio-O’Dean, Derek Thomas and Pamela Ward Pearce to form the new Executive Council. The Constitution...
ST HELENA CENSUS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN 2016
7 July 2015A Population and Housing Census will be conducted on St Helena in early 2016 to capture the pre-air access characteristics of the St Helena population. The date set for the...
PASSING OF FORMER GOVERNOR OF ST HELENA
7 July 2015St Helena Government has received news of the sad passing of former Governor, Sir Thomas Oates CMG OBE (photo attached), who served as Governor of St Helena between 1971 and...
COUNCILLOR DUNCAN RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS CONFERENCE
7 July 2015Councillor Tony Duncan (photo attached) has returned to St Helena having attended the 45th British Isles & Mediterranean Regional (BIMR) Conference in Limassol, Cyprus, from 24-27 May 2015. The theme...
FORMAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL – WEDNESDAY 8 JULY
7 July 2015Legislative Council will meet formally on Wednesday, 8 July 2015, at 10am in the Court House, Jamestown, for an expected one day session. The meeting will be broadcast live via SAMS...
ST HELENA’S PARTICIPATION IN THE 2015 ISLAND GAMES
6 July 2015The St Helena 2015 Island Games Team will bring home with them a silver and bronze medal from this year’s Natwest Island Games XVI, held in Jersey from 27 June...
HEALTH MATTERS
6 July 2015Hi, My name is Marian Kanes and I am the new Health Promotion Trainer, based at St John’s Villa at the Hospital. I am hoping that this will be the...
MEET THE ST HELENA COMMUNITY NURSING TEAM
6 July 2015The Community Nurses, managed by Community Nursing Officer, Christine Laskey, (photos attached) are pleased with the success of the re-opening of the Half Tree Hollow and Longwood clinics. Each district...
LESLEY GILES ARRIVES TO MANAGE ST HELENA’S PRISON
6 July 2015Lesley Giles arrived on Island on Thursday 25 June 2015 to take on her role as St Helena’s new Prison Manager, for a term of two years. Her key objective...