Beacon Lit For Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
9 June 2022A ‘Platinum Jubilee’ beacon lighting ceremony, to recognise Her Majesty the Queen’s long and selfless service of 70 years on the Throne, took place on Thursday, 2 June 2022, at...
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Thanksgiving Service and Jubilee Celebrations
9 June 2022
A Service of Thanksgiving was held at the seafront on Friday 3, June 2022, to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of...
World Elderly Abuse Awareness Day Campaign – ‘Rights Don’t Get Old’
8 June 2022World Elderly Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is commemorated on 15 June where communities around the world get together to raise awareness of elderly abuse. It is hard to imagine someone...
St Helena’s Marine Centre To Officially Open
7 June 2022The Environment, Natural Resources & Planning Portfolio, through the Marine Conservation and Fisheries Section, works to ensure the protection of St Helena’s marine environment and IUCN Category VI sustainable use...
Visit of MV Reef Protector
7 June 2022The vessel MV Reef Protector arrived at St Helena today, Tuesday, 7 June 2022. The vessel has sailed directly from Ascension Island and is on its way to Cape Town,...
Press Release: Positive COVID-19 Cases detected on MV Helena
2 June 2022The MV Helena has notified port authorities that there have been positive cases of COVID-19 detected on-board, at this time all on-board are well and there is no need for...
On-Island Resident Population Estimated To Have Fallen To 4,199 At The End Of April 2022
2 June 2022In the fifth Statistical Bulletin of 2022, the St Helena Government Statistical Office has released new estimates of the resident population living on St Helena, including the number of children,...
New Research Grant For Gene Flow Modelling In The Cloud Forest
2 June 2022We are delighted to announce that Plant Ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Alan Gray, has been awarded £2,500 to contribute to the costs of modelling gene...
St Helena’s proof of vaccination accepted by South African authorities
1 June 2022On Friday, 27 May 2022, it was announced that South Africa will only accept verifiable QR codes, either paper based or electronic, as proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for entry to...
South Africa only accepting QR coded proof of vaccinations – Advice for persons Abroad
31 May 2022On Friday, 27 May 2022, the South African Government announced that, with immediate effect, South Africa will only accept verifiable QR codes, either paper based or electronic, as proof of...
South Africa accepting only QR coded proof of vaccinations
30 May 2022On Friday, 27 May 2022, the South African Government announced that, with immediate effect, South Africa will only accept verifiable QR codes, either paper based or electronic, as proof of...
Inflation on St Helena
27 May 2022Solomon & Company (St Helena) PLC on 26 May 2022, announced a significant increase to the price of fuel. The fuel increase will likely come alongside increased inflation over the...