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...
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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...
EXCO MEETING – Tuesday 31 March 2015 Open to the Public from 9.30am
30 March 2015Executive Council will meet tomorrow morning, Tuesday 31 March 2015, in the Council Chamber. The meeting will be open to the public from 9.30am for the following Open Agenda items:...
GOVERNOR’S REMARKS AT ESH ‘OPPORTUNTIES FAIR’ – 27 MARCH 2015
27 March 2015Good afternoon and welcome to this ‘Opportunities Fair’ that we might also call Good News Friday. In November 2011, just a few days after I first arrived on St Helena,...
HOSPITAL REFURBISHMENT CONTRACT SIGNED
27 March 2015St Helena Government is pleased to announce the signing of the Hospital Refurbishment contract, worth £2.8m, with Basil Read on Wednesday 25 March 2015. This major refurbishment of the Hospital...
BUDGET SPEECH 2015/16
27 March 2015Financial Secretary Colin Owen this morning delivered his third Budget Speech for St Helena, following agreement of the BAM budget settlement with DFID on 23 March 2015. The settlement sees...
ST HELENA MOVING FORWARD – Air Services to be Provided by Comair and Mantis Chosen as Preferred Hotel Operator
27 March 2015AIRPORT – Air Services Hotel Management for St Helena – 27 March 2015 AIRPORT – St Helena Air Services to be Provided by Comair (Aviation Only) – 27 March 2015...
ROAD CLOSURE AT BUTTON-UP CORNER
25 March 2015Following a recent road traffic accident, the Highway Authority has approved the closure of the Seaview Road from Gordon’s Post to Corner of the Wall Junction (the Briars/Constitution Road) on...
COUNCILLOR HENRY REPORTS ON 13TH OCT-EU FORUM
24 March 2015Councillor Lawson Henry returned to the Island on Tuesday 10 March 2015, having attended a series of trilateral meetings, the Ministerial Conference and the 13th OCT-EU Forum (Overseas Countries and...
FORMAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING – FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2015
24 March 2015A formal meeting of Legislative Council will take place this Friday, 27 March 2015, at 10am in the Court House, Jamestown. The meeting is expected to last two days, continuing...