Tristan da Cunha Administrator Evacuated   Bulletin from Chief Islander James Glass   The Tristan Administrator Sean Burns was taken seriously ill on the 9th March 2023 and was admitted to hospital. With Tristan having no airport or vessel of its own, an emergency call was sent out to see […]

Tristan Administrator: Passing Away of Sean Burns It is with the deepest sadness and regret to inform you Sean Burns, Administrator to Tristan da Cunha passed away last night (Thursday 16th March 2023) aboard RV Meteor, on his way to Cape Town. Our deepest sympathies go to his wife Marina, and […]

Vulnerable seabirds tracking reveals foraging patterns   19 January, 2023 BAS News stories   A project studying the at-sea distributions of white-chinned petrels from South Georgia is now running for a second season – and early data suggest there are important differences in foraging patterns across breeding sites.   In […]

Darwin Plus Local: Round 1, 2023/24     The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is proud to promote and encourage science that contributes to developing and upholding best-practice environmental management and that supports the active management and good governance of the Territory.   We are […]

  FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT   18 January 2023   Change to fee – British passport   The Customs and Immigration Service would like to inform the public that, His Majesty’s Passport Office, have made a fee increase to passports. This increase will be implemented from Thursday 2 February 2023. […]

Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica calves giant iceberg   23 January, 2023 BAS Press releases   ANTARCTICA – 23 January 2023. A huge iceberg (1550 km²), almost the size of Greater London, has broken off the 150m thick Brunt Ice Shelf. It calved after cracks that have been developing naturally over […]

EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMAND AND CONTROL GROUP IN EFFECT   This press release has been issued jointly by St Helena Government and Connect Saint Helena Ltd. Earlier today, Friday 20 January 2023, SHG enacted its emergency planning protocols and convened an Incident Command and Control Group. This is in response to […]

CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS SURVEY ENDING SOON   The public are advised that the Cyber Security Awareness Campaign survey which was launched in December 2022 will be closing for responses on 31 January 2023. Therefore those who have not yet completed the survey are urged to do as soon as possible. […]

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR DEPARTS THE ISLAND  His Excellency, Governor Nigel Phillips CBE, departed St Helena on Saturday 21 January 2023. The Governor has travelled to Ascension Island, where he is due to stay until 27 January 2023. Governor Phillips is due to return to St Helena on 04 February, […]

EDUCATION OPEN DAY FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EDUCATION 2024   International Day of Education is commemorated annually on 24 January and is a day used to celebrate the role of education in the growth of peace and economic development. This year’s theme is ‘To invest in people, prioritise education’.   On St Helena, due to the current economic climate we […]