EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 1 APRIL 2014
1 April 2014Executive Council met today Tuesday 1 April to consider six items on the Open Agenda. The first two items related to Government Landlord Housing – dealing with the sale of...
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INCINERATION OF CONFISCATED GOODS
1 April 2014On 13March 2014 around 10kgs of honey in 23 containers and over 40kgs of assorted seeds, dried leaves, raw spices and untreated wooden artefacts were incinerated in Ruperts Valley. These...
EXCO MEETING – Tuesday 1 April 2014
1 April 2014Open to the Public from 11.30am Executive Council will meet today Tuesday 1 April 2014 in the Council Chamber. Starting at 11.30am, the meeting will be open to the public...
EXPERT ADVICE ON AUTISM
31 March 2014Jude Ragan (OBE) arrives on Island on 7 April for a month to provide advice to the Education Directorate on Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Jude, Headteacher of Queensmill Special...
DUNG BEETLE
28 March 2014Basil Read workers assembling new plant in upper Ruperts Valley, have discovered the remains of three very large dark brown beetles among materials packed on an open trailer. The beetles...
UTILITY TARIFFS 2014/15
28 March 2014Further to the Directive on 2014/15 Electricity and Water Tariffs issued by the St Helena Utilities Regulatory Authority on 17 March 2014, Connect Saint Helena Ltd has today published the...
FOREIGN OFFICE REPLACES GOVERNOR’S FLAG CAR
28 March 2014The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has purchased a replacement flag car for the Governor. At no cost to SHG, the silver Jaguar XF replaces the present vehicle, which is now...
OUTBREAK OF FOWL CHOLERA – UPDATE
28 March 2014It was announced on Wednesday 26 March that an isolated outbreak of the serious bird disease, Fowl Cholera, had been diagnosed in the flock of ducks at Farm Lodge, St...
OUTBREAK OF FOWL CHOLERA AT FARM LODGE, ST PAUL’S
26 March 2014An isolated outbreak of the serious bird disease, Fowl Cholera, has been diagnosed in the flock of ducks at Farm Lodge, St Paul’s, St Helena. This disease affects only birds...
NVQ QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR TO ATTEND OVERSEAS TRAINING
26 March 2014St Helena’s National Vocational Quality (NVQ) Assurance Coordinator Joyce Duncan (photo attached) is soon to embark on a period of training in the UK. As the NVQ Quality Assurance Coordinator,...
BIOSECURITY – PUBLIC CONSULTATION – REMINDER
25 March 2014St Helena’s Biosecurity Policy (‘Biosecurity St Helena’) is now out for public consultation. The document identifies the direction that Biosecurity intends to follow to help achieve sustainable development for St...
DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR ARRIVES
24 March 2014The Lucy Faithful Report on the subject of Child Protection on St Helena and Ascension Island was published in October last year. Both Islands recognise their responsibility to protect the...