NEW SAFEGUARDING MONEY FOR ST HELENA
10 April 2015Additional £1.2m for Safeguarding Services As the Financial Secretary explained in his Budget Speech on 27 March 2015, SHG has recognised the importance of Safeguarding on St Helena with the...
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SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF POLICE TRAINING COURSE
10 April 2015Eight Officers from the St Helena Police Service have just completed an eight week initial Constable training course. Five officers, including one Cadet, are Saint Helenian and three of the officers...
NEW YEAR HONOURS – OVERSEAS LIST – NOMINATIONS
8 April 2015The Foreign and Commonwealth Office invites nominations for the 2016 New Year Honours List. Persons wishing to submit nominations for the 2016 New Year Honours are reminded that the overriding...
COUNCILLOR THOMAS DEPARTS FOR CPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
8 April 2015Councillor Derek Thomas departed the Island on Tuesday 7 April 2015, to attend the mid-year Executive Committee Meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). The conference will be held in...
POLICE INVESTIGATE SERIOUS ASSAULT
7 April 2015Message from Chief of Police ‘Following a recent report to the Police Service, an investigation is being undertaken into a serious assault on a young woman, which occurred on a...
KEDELL WORBOYS MBE ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF OCTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
31 March 2015At the recent Ministerial Forum held in the British Virgin Islands from 25-27 February 2015, SHG’s UK Representative, Mrs Kedell Worboys MBE, was unanimously elected as President of the Overseas...
CHANGE OF NAME FOR DIRECTORATE
31 March 2015The public is advised that with effect from Wednesday 1 April 2015, the Health and Social Services Directorate will be renamed as the Health Directorate. This follows the establishment of...
INCREASE IN BASIC ISLAND PENSION AND INCOME RELATED BENEFITS
31 March 2015SHG is pleased to announce that all recipients of Basic Island Pension (BIP) and Income Related Benefits (IRB) will receive an increase in their weekly allowance from 3 April 2015....
EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 31 MARCH 2015
31 March 2015Executive Council met today, Tuesday 31 March 2015, with six items on the Open Agenda. The first item was to seek approval to publish a Bill for an Ordinance to...
LARGE ENDEMIC TEA PLANTS RE-DISCOVERED IN FISHER’S VALLEY
31 March 2015The Landscape and Ecology Mitigation Programme (LEMP) for the Airport development has re-discovered a population of St Helena’s endemic Tea Plants (Frankenia portulacifolia) in Fisher’s Valley. Some of the specimens...
TRADING ON GOOD FRIDAY & EASTER MONDAY
30 March 2015Can I trade as a business on Good Friday or Easter Monday this year? The opening of businesses on Good Friday and Easter Monday is currently governed by the Public...
SAINT QUALIFIES AS REGISTERED DENTAL NURSE
30 March 2015Dental Nursing Assistant, Mandy Fowler, has successfully completed a National Diploma in Dental Nursing, making her a Qualified Registered Dental Nurse. Mandy has worked with the St Helena Dental Department...