Category: Public Announcements

Joshua’s Taxis has confirmed the following additional Public Transport services with immediate effect.

Transport to and from St Helena Airport on Saturdays (and Sundays when the flight to Johannesburg is scheduled) has resumed as follows:

Route A: depart the Public Library, Jamestown, at 11am travelling via Alarm Forest and Longwood to the Airport.

Route C: depart St Helena Airport at 2.10pm to the Grand Parade, Jamestown, via Longwood and Alarm Forest.

The fee will be £2 each way.

This service will be for a trial period of three months in the first instance. 

On Tuesdays only, transport will also travel to Plantation House. The route will be as follows:

Route C: depart the Public Library, Jamestown, at 10.10am for Plantation House.

Route C: depart Plantation House at 12.35pm for the Grand Parade, Jamestown.

The fee from Jamestown to Plantation House will be £1.50 each way (£3 for a return journey).

This service will be for a trial period of one month in the first instance.

The full Public Transport timetable can be viewed and downloaded from the Bus Service page of the SHG website: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/public-services/bus-service/

SHG
27January 2023

Bowel cancer is common on the Island and in most cases (9/10) is caused by polyps in the bowel. Bowel polyps are small growths on the inner lining of the large intestine (colon) or rectum. Bowel polyps are very common, and affect around 1 in 4 people aged 50 or over. 

The Health Services Directorate can detect polyps by testing your poo for blood using a simple test. When detected early, bowel cancer survival rates are very high (around 90%), so getting tested is very important. 

Over the next year, the Health Services Directorate will be offering men and women aged 50-74 years one of these tests.

The tests can be done yourself and will then need to be returned to the Hospital. The Health Services Directorate will be calling groups of people in age order and will publish a public announcement when the test kits for your age group are ready to be picked up. The pack with the test in has full instructions about how to do the test.

To begin with, from 1 February 2023, the Health Services Directorate will be encouraging those who were born in 1948 to pick up a test from the Hospital reception which is open from 8am to 9pm, seven days per week. Once you have completed your test you can drop it back into the box at reception.

Results will be provided with four weeks, and you may be called in to speak to a doctor about these if necessary.

If you have any questions about this campaign please call: 25888. Alternatively please speak to your GP.

The Health Services Directorate will issue a public announcement when tests are available for those born in years subsequent to 1948.

SHG
25January 2023

On Saturday, 28 January 2023, a recognition event is being held at Rupert’s Jetty between 12 noon and 3pm. Members of the public are invited to attend so that they may extend thanks for the service provided by the MV Helena over the last four years, and to bid farewell to the Captain and crew.

The MV Helena crew served the Island throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with members of their crew often staying on-board for many months at a time.

There will be a short ceremony at 2.30pm.

Following the event, and in view of the MV Helena being in port for cargo operations, the Jetty will once again be closed to the public from 3pm onwards.

Please be advised that whilst all health and safety precautions will be taken, the Jetty is an operational area. As such you are advised to take care when moving about and to ensure that children are supervised at all times.

Rupert’s beach and bay will remain closed to swimming and any other leisure activities throughout.

No cars will be allowed past the barricade without prior permission from Port Control, however, parking will be permitted at the back of the Sea Rescue Facility and near the beach. You are asked to please refrain from parking in front of the Sea Rescue Facility as this area must remain clear at all times.

If organisation would like to support or be involved in the event, please contact Mia Henry by email: mia.henry@sainthelena.gov.sh or by tel: 25970.

SHG
24 January 2023

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The MV Helena is scheduled to arrive at St Helena on Saturday, 21January 2023, at 6.30am where, pending safe sea and weather conditions, she will come alongside the Jetty at Ruperts and cargo operations will commence.

The public is therefore advised that the Jamestown Wharf and the whole of lower Ruperts, including the beach area, will be closed from 6am on Saturday, 21 January 2023, until all cargo operations have been completed. These areas will be strictly prohibited and are limited only to those who have been given authorisation by St Helena Port Control during these times.

Boat owners and operators are advised that mooring on the ‘span’ mooring rope near the landing steps at the Jamestown Wharf is prohibited for the duration of cargo operations.

The public are thanked in advance for their understanding and cooperation.

SHG
19 January 2023

The Immigration Section of the Safety, Security & Home Affairs Portfolio would like to advise the public that, following notification from the Home Office in the UK, the following British passport fee increases will take effect from 2 February 2023. 

Adult 34 page Standard Passport:

Current fee of £95.50 will be increased to £104.50.

Child 34 page Standard Passport:

Current fee of £65.50 will be increased to £71.50 (where the applicant is under 16 years old).

SHG  
17 January 2023

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The Royal Saint Helena Police are currently investigating the suspected theft of a football trophy from the Harbour View area of Jamestown. The trophy was last seen on the morning of Wednesday, 21 December 2022, around 5.30am. The trophy is described as silver in colour with black strings attached and is approximately 2ft in height.

If anyone has any information which may assist with this investigation, regardless of how minor it may seem, please contact the police officer of your choice on tel: 22626 or email: cid@sainthelena.gov.sh.

#StHelena #StHelenaPolice #AppealForInformation

SHG
11 January 2023

The Royal Saint Helena Police are currently investigating the suspected criminal damage of a bench belonging to St Helena Government (SHG). The white bench, which is located next to Mylyns trailer near the Monument at Jamestown seafront, was found on the afternoon of Monday, 26 December 2026, (Boxing Day) to have been damaged and also placed away from its original position.

The public are reminded that it is a criminal offence to cause damage to public or private property. Following the damage, SHG will now need to commit public funds to fix the bench which should have been used for other public services.

If anyone has any information which might assist with this investigation, regardless of how minor it may seem, please contact the police officer of your choice on tel: 22626 or email: cid@sainthelena.gov.sh.

#StHelena #StHelenaPolice #AppealForInformation

SHG
11 January 2023

The following is a Public Announcement from the Royal Saint Helena Police:

The public are advised thata temporary one way system will be in place tomorrow, Thursday 12 January, from 10am to 5pm.

The one way system will be in place in the direction of Gordons Post to Hutts Gate along Tomb Road. Traffic wishing to travel in the opposite direction will be diverted from Hutts Gate to Gordons Post via The Dungeon, as per the map below:

The one way system will be clearly signed and will be removed as soon as no longer required.

The one way system has been put in place in order to more safely manage traffic and ease congestion, given the anticipated increase in vehicle volumes due to the visit of the MV Seven Seas Voyager cruise ship. This is the same process as has been put in place in previous years and is likely to also be a feature during future cruise ship visits.

We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank the public for their understanding in this matter.

SHG  
11 January 2023

The following is a Public Announcement from Port Control.

The public is advised that the Jamestown Wharf will be closed to all members of the public on Thursday, 12 January 2023, due to the arrival of the cruise ship MV Seven Seas Voyager.

Access to the Jamestown Wharf will be strictly prohibited and is limited only to those who have made prior arrangements with Port Control.

The public is also advised that while MV Seven Seas Voyager is in Port, a 200 meter exclusion zone around the ship must be adhered to by all marine traffic.

SHG
11 January 2023