ENHANCING MAIN STREET
20 June 2014On 30 May 2014, works were announced to continue the Main Street Enhancement Project on pavement areas in lower Jamestown. The project was awarded to Brian Leo, project managed...
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SMALL ISLAND STATISTICS IN A WORLD OF BIG DATA
17 June 2014Currently featuring on Statistics Views (a global statistics website) is a feature by St Helena Government’s Statistician Paula McLeod. The article is entitled ‘Small Island Statistics in a World of...
ST HELENA AIRPORT COMMEMORATIVE STONE CEREMONY
17 June 2014To mark the construction of the Terminal Building at the St Helena Airport site (Prosperous Bay Plain), a special ceremony will be held on Saturday afternoon, 28 June 2014. Invited...
HM QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2014
17 June 2014I am pleased to announce the award of an MBE to Mr George Frederick Thomas JP, in recognition of his services to the judicial sector on Ascension Island. George, affectionately...
Procurement of an Air Service Provider to St Helena
12 June 2014‘Air Access to St Helena – One of the World’s Most Remote Populated Islands’ St Helena Government (SHG) is pleased to announce today the commencement of the official process to...
ST PAUL’S SWIMMING CLUB RAISES FUNDS
10 June 2014ST PAUL’S SWIMMING CLUB RAISES FUNDS Over the past year, St Paul’s Primary School has operated its own Swimming Club at the Jamestown Pool on Friday afternoons from 3:30 to...
NEW SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER
10 June 2014Arriving on the Island on Wednesday 28 May 2014 was new Senior Social Worker, Samantha Dunn. Samantha’s main focus, whilst on Island for a two year period, will be to...
DFID RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE ARRIVES NEXT WEEK
10 June 2014A new resident representative from the Department for International Development (DfID), Morgan Riley (photo attached), will be arriving to the Island on Tuesday 17 June 2014. Morgan succeeds previous resident...
REMINDER – USE OF THE WHARF
10 June 2014The public are reminded that while construction works are ongoing at the Wharf, the area will be open to pedestrians only between the hours of 16.00 & 08.30 Monday to...
NEW CHIEF SECRETARY SWORN IN
6 June 2014Mr Roy Burke, St Helena’s new Chief Secretary was this afternoon sworn in. Taking the Oaths in the presence of the Acting Governor, Sean Burns, in the Governor’s Office at...
ST HELENA TOPS WILDLIFE SURVEY
6 June 2014BUT MUST PROTECT PRECIOUS LEGACY The recent RSPB wildlife stocktake of the Overseas Territories – the first ever undertaken – has placed the spotlight on St Helena as the jewel...
DFID’S INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISER VISITS ISLAND
6 June 2014The Department for International Development’s (DFID) Infrastructure Adviser, John Bowker, previously visited the St Helena in November 2013. He returned last week for an advisory visit, to finalise the infrastructure...