Heavy Winds and Sea Conditions

The following is a Public Announcement from the Emergency Planning Department: The Emergency Planning Department would like to advise the public that is it forecast for St Helena to experience increase wind speeds of 25 knots with gusts up to 60 knots in the evening of Thursday, 8 August 2019. Wind conditions will vary around […]

Perishable Goods Sent through the Post

The following is a public announcement from The Post & Customer Services Centre: The Post & Customer Services Centre notes that it is customary for customers to post iced and fruit cakes to the UK, and would like to remind the public that goods sent through the post to the UK are subject to spot […]

St Helena Water Levels Update

Reservoir levels remain dangerously low at just 31 days No significant rainfall is forecast for the next week This is an Island-wide issue and until the situation improves we must all restrict our water usage to essential use only  Daily consumption levels on St Helena remains at just over one million litres of water, but […]

Children & Adults Social Care Directorate Open Door Recruitment Day – Friday 16 August 2019

As part of the Children & Adults Social Care Directorate’s ‘CARE’: Caring And Respecting Everyone Campaign, an open-door recruitment will be held at the Princess Royal Community Care Centre (CCC) from 11.30am-3pm on Friday, 16 August 2019. The event will allow interested persons to talk with directorate staff, learn more about working in Social Care, and explore a typical […]

Summary on BDO Report on Mantis St Helena Published

In January 2019, consultancy firm BDO LLP conducted an operational review and market demand study for the SHG owned Mantis St Helena hotel. Whilst the full report on the outcome of the review is confidential to SHG and contains sensitive commercial information, a summary of the main findings has been published. This summary report is […]

Statement From St Helena Government Import of a Further Batch of Day Old Chicks to St Helena

St Helena Government (SHG) is aware of concerns regarding the importing of a further batch of day old chicks. Previously, there has been a three year SHG-private agricultural partnership agreement with a private sector entity Roddie’s Chicken Farm, for egg production and pullet supplier. This partnership came to an end in mid-2017. It was never […]

Sergeant Clarence Roberts Reaches 40 Years in the St Helena Police Service

Sgt Clarence Roberts

1 August 2019

Sergeant Clarence Roberts, currently part of the Ascension Island Police Detachment, has today, 1 August 2019, reached 40 years of dedicated service to the St Helena Police Directorate. Sergeant Roberts joined the St Helena Police Service on 1 August 1979. Having completed his initial training course at the Police Training Centre at Ashford in Kent […]

Staying Safe Online – Keep Your Children Safe Online

As part of St Helena Government’s (SHG) Internet Awareness Campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of the internet and to promote safety when online, this week the focus is on keeping your children safe online. Over the last few weeks we have looked at the dangers that exist when using the internet and Social […]

Harley Williams Achieves Second Upper Class Honours Degree in Environmental Science

Harley Williams

1 August 2019

Harley Williams from Gordon’s Post has recently graduated having achieved a Second Upper Class Honours Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Science, following three years of study at Bath Spa University in the UK. Harley’s Environmental Science course comprised 14 different modules ranging from Biological Science, Biodiversity and Conservation, Global Development, and Environment People and […]

St Helena Water Levels – Update

Harpers Reservoir One inlet pipes

30 July 2019

Average storage water is at just 28 days Average daily consumption has risen since the beginning of July No significant rainfall is forecast for the next week This is an Island-wide issue and until the situation improves we must all restrict our water usage to essential use only The Island’s water stocks have seen a […]