DFID EDUCATION ADVISER VISITS
13 October 2014Education Adviser, Dr Don Taylor from the Department for International Development (DFID), has been on Island for a week, monitoring progress in raising the quality of teaching and learning in...
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EXCO MEETING – Tuesday 14 October 2014
13 October 2014Open to the Public from 9.30 am Executive Council will meet tomorrow morning, Tuesday 14 October 2014, in the Council Chamber. The meeting will be open to the public from...
HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR CHILD WITH READING – PROGRAMME NOW SHOWING
13 October 2014The Education Directorate would like to remind the public of their programme currently showing on Local TV 1. The Directorate has been working closely with the Nursery Classes and Crèches...
CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ST HELENA
10 October 2014There are 36 days left for applicants to apply for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Chevening Scholarship programme. Established in 1983, the programme offers outstanding scholars from around the world...
SUPPORTING THE PUBLIC SOLICITOR’S OFFICE
8 October 2014The St Helena Public Solicitor’s Office has for the last two months been receiving valuable on-Island support from qualified UK Barrister, Emma Gilsenan. Supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s...
TRAINING FOR CUSTOMS OFFICERS ON AUTOMATED DATA SYSTEM
8 October 2014Customs Officers, Juliette O’Dean and Rosemond Fowler, will depart the Island today (8 October 2014) to undergo training in St Lucia on implementing St Helena’s first Automated Data System (ASYCUDA)....
PRINCE ANDREW SCHOOL CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY
6 October 2014Prince Andrew School commemorated its 25th Anniversary in a special assembly held at the school on Friday morning, 3 October 2014. Invited guests, staff and students were welcomed to the...
BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2015 – OVERSEAS LIST
6 October 2014The Governors Office has once again been invited by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to submit recommendations for HM the Queen’s Birthday Honours for St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da...
GOVERNOR SAYS ‘THANK YOU’ TO DARRIN AND SHARON HENRY
6 October 2014In a special reception held last evening (Thursday 2 October 2014), at Plantation House, His Excellency Governor and Mrs Capes paid tribute to the hard work of Darrin and Sharon...
EXCITING NEW RADIO SHOW AND WEBSITE FOR PRINCE ANDREW SCHOOL
1 October 2014Prince Andrew School is pleased to announce the introduction of their new radio show on SAMS Radio 1. This exciting initiative, hosted by former Prince Andrew School student, Liam Yon,...
SEA RESCUE OPERATION – 29 SEPTEMBER 2014
1 October 2014At around 9.30am on Monday 29 September 2014 the St Helena Emergency Services were notified of a yacht, the ‘Benguela’, which was reporting a problem with its rudder and required...
EXCO REPORT – TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2014
30 September 2014Executive Council met today, Tuesday 30 September 2014 with just one item on the Closed Agenda. The item was a memo on the St Helena Fisheries Corporation Functional Review, and...