First Chicks to Fly to St Helena, Now Released from Quarantine
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www.sams.sh THE South Atlantic Media Services, Ltd. SENT5th NOV NEL Vol. 7, Issue 31 - Price: £1 “serving St Helena and her community worldwide” Thursday 01 November 2018 First Chicks to Fly to St Helena, Now Released from Quarantine ... page 7 Record Number of Containers on Wharf Also Inside... ... page 4 Supreme Court Update ... page 5 Cruise Ship Season Begins ... page 9 Team St Helena: International ... page 9 Cricket £100k for National Trust Marine Team ... page 31 2 www.sams.sh Thursday 01 November 2018 | THE SENTINEL THE SENTINEL | Thursday 01 November 2018 www.sams.sh 3 OPINION YOUR LETTERS YOUR LETTERS Thank You question the practical integrity of committed to supporting St Helena to red timber that is much sought Shirley Caroline Benjamin that ambitious statement. For some form direct links with international after elsewhere in the world for very SENTINEL 05/05/1940 – 17/10/2018 unknown reason the United Kingdom organisations and other countries strong and long lasting structures, stopped providing St Helena with in the wider world to strengthen for furniture (indoors and out), and The husband, daughter and son of a funded capital programme. The our society and economy. Indeed, for splendid flooring. COMMENT the late Shirley Benjamin together absence of a capital programme has the United Kingdom encourages St For St.Helena, its’ phenomenal Cyril (Ferdie) Gunnell, SAMS with their families would like to had a serious detrimental impact Helena to pursue direct links with growth in suitable locations and express their sincere thanks to the THE CONSTITUENT on our community. The United countries of the United Nations, and its’ excellent resistance to termites Recently the Governor, Lisa Honan, doctors, nurses and staff of the Kingdom was only able to provide St describes the strengthening of such are added bonuses. In our own challenged everyone to think about General Hospital for their care and Helena with an inadequate budget links as important. house (now 40 years old) Red Iron “what you will do” to improve St Dear Electorate, attention during her underlying Please be informed that the for 2018/19. Taking into account The United Nations consists of 193 Bark sawn at the St.Helena Sawmill Helena’s tourism prospects. I don’t illnesses and especially at the time of the serious social, infrastructure member states. Many of the member in the 1970’s had been used for a think she would rule out any ideas that following Motion and Statement could flourish into ventures such as her sudden death. was tabled at the formal Legislative and economic challenges the island states are some of the most developed considerable portion of the purlins, island tours; so here goes. Council meeting on Friday 26th is currently dealing with, the United countries in the world. I believe more (all I could get at the time), the two I have a small accommodation Thanks are extended to Bishop October 2018. Kingdom was unable to, or refused can be done within the United Nations beams 7” X 3” providing sole support business. A few months ago my tourist Elect Father Dale, Cannon Clive, to, provide an additional £1.4 million to promote St Helena’s geographical for the livingroom roof crossing a tenants and I talked about things they Father Jack and Lay Minister Johnny Motion pounds as requested for the 2018/19 advantages and encourage business span of 15’ (without any trusses), and felt would interest other tourists. This Green for conducting the funeral budget. interests in St Helena that could have pit-sawn by hand at Luffkins before was after they saw sand for house- That in order to assist St Helena’s service, Joy George the organist, Roy economic growth the St Helena The United Kingdom has an the potential to boost and strengthen there was a sawmill, ‘could hold building/concrete products being Williams and his team and Davina international legal obligation, our fragile economy. up a bull-dozer’, said the sceptical pumped from the sea bed at West Government is encouraged to make and Colin Lawrence for the wreaths. representation to the President of according to Article 73 of the United Working through the United builder after he had installed them. Rocks. I realised that whilst we on- Nations Charter, to promote to the Nations to invite business interests In addition, the house has two floors island take such activities for granted, the European Union Commission other peoples have never known them. Special thanks Hayward Benjamin to determine if St Helena, with its utmost the well-being of the people in St Helena from international parqueted in local Red Iron Bark. For We then talked about the flax for his invaluable support, colleagues favourable geographical location, of St Helena and ensure economic organisations and countries in the another house I have used Red Iron industry (of the past) and the history in the Police and Education can attract the European Union to and social advancement. wider world is one option, but there Bark very successfully for a series of around all of that. They would like to Directorates and all other family and establish an emergency security base The United Kingdom has an is another avenue that we may want carport and verandah posts, and in have seen a flax mill operating, with friends who gave support, attended on St Helena. international finance institution to first explore. another building now 20 years old, plaques and old photos showing what the funeral, paid floral tributes and called the Commonwealth The European Union is a formidable for all main structural timber. actually took place. sent messages of condolence. This Development Corporation. This economic generator. After the United ENRD supports ‘BUY LOCAL’ to Recently our Governor talked about Statement to the Motion was very much appreciated at this The preamble of the St Helena institution is managed by the States of America, the European reduce imports and use locally tourist potential in linking St Helena difficult time. God bless you all. Department for International Union is the second largest economy produced materials as much as with Elba. Such connections can Constitution describes the people of generate income for the island, so St Helena as resourceful. Development (DFID). The investment in the world. At this period in time, possible. Splendid Red Iron Bark why not a link with Kwa Zulu Natal? Shirley has gone from our lives but The UK Government’s 2012 White portfolio of the institution is some £4 the future working relationship grows rapidly in selected locations on Following the Poll Tax Uprising, 25 will live on in our hearts forever. Paper on the Overseas Territories billion pounds. The generous funding between the European Union and St.Helena and we could be planting Zulu prisoners in 1907 were put to states: ‘Each Territory has a unique from the United Kingdom is used to the United Kingdom is uncertain more of it. ENRD has excellent hard labour in St Helena. They lived community, and it is for the help businesses and development and fragmenting. However, as the Timber Handling Equipment and at Ladder Hill but seven of the Zulu in countries throughout Africa and Joint Africa-EU Strategy is developed access to the Sawmill for making Chiefs died. Their graves could not Territory to shape the future of its own community.’ Asia. St Helena is unable to access and progressed, the St Helena maximum use of this exceptional be found by the Zulu Delegation who such funding. We have to ask why Government is encouraged to make timber, for employing our people, came looking in 2009. In a traditional The foreword of the United Kingdom’s 2012 White Paper states: the United Kingdom will not make representation to the President of and for reducing our imports. None ceremony on the platform top of it possible for the British Overseas the European Union Commission of the replacement species is as Ladder Hill, each member of the ‘This Government is ambitious for Delegation placed a cairn of stones our Territories as we are ambitious Territories to access funding from to determine if St Helena, with its versatile. marking where a monument should be for the United Kingdom.’ the Commonwealth Development favourable geographical location, erected – so where is the monument St Helenians have reason to Corporation. can attract the European Union to Cliff Huxtable that potential tourists from Natal and We cannot simply accept the establish an emergency security base elsewhere would want to visit? ongoing detrimental consequences on St Helena. What about an airport tour that takes of inadequate UK budgetary aid tourists beyond the airport, to places and no capital programme. As a C Leo (Cllr) Dear Editor [re. Mr Cliff Huxtable’s like Hold Fast Tom and King & Queen result, more and more people in letter], Rocks? And of course in the same area our community are struggling to Contrary to the article in last week’s is the Prosperous Bay Signal Station Sentinel, Eucalyptus is useful as a - though in need of some repairs, make ends meet; this in turn, and the growing unemployment, will Dear Editor, timber as well as for firewood. It is the building is the most complete of being replaced by other species such the island’s network of signal houses force our people, especially our (from the days when firing canons young men and women, to leave the It was both surprising and as Bermuda Cedar, Cape Yew and was the most advanced system of island. It is irresponsible of the UK disappointing on page 9 of the Blackwood in some locations around communication for sounding the government to assist the people of Sentinel, under the headings of the Island, to rehabilitate soils and to alarm) and is in a remote and aesthetic St Helena to take one step forward LIFESTYLE & CULTURE, Restoring grow species which are more suited location.