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Letters and Contributions“The St Helena Police Directorate is at an all-time low”

“Shame on you Mike”“SHG once again cannot keep its knickers from twisting”Meeting with SA Airlink On the Trail of Whale

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Part threeThe Airlink Story: Freedom of the Africa skyThe Airlink Story: Freedom of the Africa skyThe Airlink Story: Freedom of the Africa skyThe Airlink Story: Freedom of the Africa skyThe Airlink Story: Freedom of the Africa sky

Tammy Williams

Airlink has just celebrated its’ 27th anniversary , it’s a storythat is rooted in humble beginnings, back then, no one couldhave imagined that this very small airline would someday be-come the largest, independent, regional airline in South Af-rica connecting passengers from around the world and nowSt Helena.Airlink’s origins are entrenched in three other small airlines,City Air, Magnum Airlines and Border Air which during the1980’s came together in the creation of Link Airways, it wasduring 1992 that Rodger Foster and another partner BarrieWebb in a successful bid for the takeover of the airline that anew name was established -‘Airlink’ and the rest I suppose ishistory.Although Airlink are the third and final chapter in the storywithout them there would be no story, as an independent jour-nalist I first became interested in the wine exhibition throughMichel Martineau, to be able to cover this important event Ineeded sponsorship and so my first upshot was to contactRodger Foster, CEO and managing director and Karin Murray,the Marketing and sales manager, incredibly they agreed andthe wheels were set in motion, the other aspects of my jour-ney were kindly sponsored by St Helena tourism, a classiccase of partnership working, now who said nothing works onSt Helena?The sponsorship was very specific in that it would allow me tovisit with them, learn all I could about the organisation andthen write an article – it had already occurred to me severalmonths earlier that while they were the service providers theirstory had not been told.It was on Monday 25th February that my final part of the jour-ney took me to the headquarters of Airlink at Greenstone HilllOffice Park on Emerald Boulevard in Modderfontein, graciouslycollected from the airport by Karin whom I have had muchcorrespondence with and it was great to finally touch base.My first impression of the headquarters was its’ immaculateappearance, the reception area is warm and welcoming, thecomparison continued in my mind when Karin showed methe Headquarters of South African airways further down theroad, it looked, to put it poetically rather sad.

Due to time constraints I was unfortunately not able to seethe Embraer E-Jet and ERJ 145 flight simulators at Airlink’srecently established Training Centre of Excellence in BonaeroPark but does seeing one when I was 16 years old on my firstvisit to South Africa then as part of a church youth group andguests of the mayor at that time count? We even had a chanceto use the controls needless to say we crashed numeroustimes!Airlink employs just over 1,650 people and my observationsare that it’s run much like a ‘family’ company, small and con-scientiousness it has avoided many of the pitfalls of larger

companies, training and opportunities for professional growthform an integral part of the company’s ethos. Rodger Fosterhas remained as CEO for the past 27 years preferring to beinvolved in operations rather than the backseat approach.

Students in trainingAfter a tour and tea we all met in the board room, Rodger,Karin and Chris Hoare, lively and light hearted discussionsensued – we had much to talk about and learn from eachother, Airlink is mindful of the fact that they now occupy thespace that Andrew Weir once did and while the island hasmade that huge jump from access by ship to plane they arealso conscious of the challenges this presents us as a verysmall community.In addition to providing an air service they are tasked withassisting in promoting the island, part of this is done via amonthly magazine called ‘Skyways’ which is available on all4500 flights and, something which I was not aware of, canalso be found at private game reserves and airport lounges,133 Embassies, Consulates and the diplomatic corps of over95 countries represented in SA. Every passenger gets theirown copy to take home which contains advertising and pro-motional material about St Helena. Chris Hoare, Chief Rev-enue officer observed that “People are still very curious about

Karin Murray, Marketing Manager at reception


the destination and we together with St Helena Tourism needto do the hard work to translate interest to action to convincepotential travellers to take advantage of the new opportunityto experience this unique destination. To find out more go tohttps://www.skywaysmagazine.co.za/ Opportunities to visitthe island are shared widely on their websites which alsofeature local businesses.

Chris Hoare, Karin Murray and Rodger Foster Chris describes the role of his team as “Embracing all of theforward facing aspects in terms of the Customer, Sales, Mar-keting, Customer Care, Social Media together with the Res-ervations and Reservations support roles and then the back-office functions, route planning and flight scheduling whichare in collaboration with Flight Operations”One of the biggest complexities facing Airlink have been de-layed flights due to the weather, the frustrations experiencedby travellers have spilled over into island wide debate anddiscussion, the final decision on whether a flight will happenis a collective decision taken in conjunction with the St Helenaairport authority and will on the basis of passenger safetynever be compromised. The question on rescheduling of flightsis answered by Rodger “Weather delays are caused by theforecast or actual weather being below the prescribed minimain terms of ETOPS rules, and often the meteorological con-dition (such as fog or very strong winds) can prevail for sev-eral days. This is the primary reason for delay extensions.Additionally the aircraft and crew can have other pre-plannedassignments, and it can happen that when the weather con-ditions permit a flight that either the aircraft or crew are notavailable. However, Airlink will always manage its resourcesand assets in the best interests of our customers”

Part threeThe Airlink Story: Freedom of the Africa skyThe Airlink Story: Freedom of the Africa skyThe Airlink Story: Freedom of the Africa skyThe Airlink Story: Freedom of the Africa skyThe Airlink Story: Freedom of the Africa sky

Tammy WilliamsAirlink ensures that two Captain Pilots fly into St Helena, thissolidifies their commitment to providing a quality service forthe people, in addition to providing an air service to the islandagainst what can only be described as a challenging back-drop Rodger added “Airlink is proud to have provided the airbridge to St Helena since October 2017. Delivering this serv-ice has not been easy. Having regard for the difficult mete-orological phenomena prevalent at St Helena, and consider-ing the topography at and around the St Helena airport, Airlinkis delighted that no flights have been cancelled for technicalreasons, that our aircraft have been 100% dispatch reliable,and that despite the challenging operational environment 8%of flights have been impacted (all by weather). Reliable airaccess is known to stimulate economic growth, especially inthe tourism and hospitality sector, and we are pleased to becontributing in this way. Airlink is committed to continuing toprovide customer centric air services to and from St Helenainto the foreseeable future”There is no experience quite like taking off and landing at ourown airport and if we’re honest a little tear may appear at thecorner of the eye in jubilant delight (or if your experience wasa little more white-knuckled), as we approach the landingand are facing ‘touch-down’ in a number of different ways Ihope we can continue to work together in a spirit of coopera-tion and unity, everything about my recent experiences saywe can.

Thank youThank you for joining me on my journalistic expedi-tion, I would like to publically thank SA Airlink, StHelena Tourism and ESH, Groot Constantia, ConsulGeneral Laurent Amar, Michel Dancoise-Martineau

and all the other friends and contacts I have made inhelping to make the journey memorable.


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At the Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey onMonday the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May read from StPaul’s Letter to the Corinthians chapter 12. She did so with-out introduction or explanation; this is an extract, “If a footshould say, “Because I am not a hand I do not belong to thebody,” it does not for this reason belong any less to the body.Or if an ear should say, “Because I am not an eye I do notbelong to the body,” it does not for this reason belong anyless to the body. If the whole body were an eye, where wouldthe hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where wouldthe sense of smell be?”

I discovered later that chapter 12 covers the subject of Unityand Variety but listening to Theresa May at the time I wassure (and alarmed) she was using that reading from the Bibleto make a point about the many splits in her own Conserva-tive Party and across the entire House of Commons overBrexit. But no, it was to support the 2019 CommonwealthDay theme – Connected Commonwealth. The service startedin true Anglican High Church fashion but soon opened up toembrace the Dhol Foundation drummers from South East Asiawho made a pulsating noise which filled the clerestory andWilliam Barton, an Australian aboriginal, playing the didgeri-doo in a masterly, eye-opening way. Yes! The eye and theear were now definitely connected.

William Barton plays the didgeridoo to an attentiveWestminster Abbey congregation

There is a fair bit on marine matters in this edition so I may aswell continue the theme on this page by quoting from a re-cent description of a visit to St Helena in a Condé Nast travelreview. Here goes, “Brothers Craig and Keith Yon own thesnorkelling and dive operation Into the Blue and were 95 per-cent sure we’d see one of these docile giants. On one tripthey’d encountered 19 alone.Offshore of a foreboding-looking black basalt cliff called BarnCap, Craig duly sighted one. I donned mask and flippers andtumbled excitedly into the choppy sea and for 25 minutes

floated above a slow-moving 30-foot colossus oblivious to thequantity of seawater I was imbibing down my snorkel. In pris-tine clear seawater I could count every dot on the whale shark’spatterned body and I watched adhesive remora fish feedingoff its parasites. I remained on cloud nine for the entire flightout, convinced St. Helena’s future as an outdoors destinationlooks brighter than the inky-blue ocean surrounding it.” Maybe someone, somewhere is able to quantify the cash value toSt Helena in keeping our part of the South Atlantic “pristineclear” and making the “docile giants” forever welcome.Next week I will write about Georgia Aquarium’s response toits critics who are against them keeping whale sharks cap-tive in large tanks. Until then, enjoy the next seven days.Vince

Supeme CourtMr Rick Thomas of the Colts Sheds was formally sentencedyesterday in the Supreme Court, Judge Charles Ekins handeddown a sentence of 3 years for assault occasioning greviousbodily harm (GBH) with intent to do grevious bodily harm

Mr Thomas has been in custody since August of last yeartherefore this time will count as part of his sentencing, he isdue to be released in August 2021 however with good con-duct there is a possibility of parole from August 2020

Interserve: Key UK contractor facescrunch vote on rescue plan

Key government contractor Interserve faces a crunch vote onFriday which could lead it into administration.The outsourcing giant has been trying to persuade share-holders to back a rescue deal which would see 95% of thefirm pass to lenders.It reached a deal with creditors lastmonth to prevent its collapse.But if shareholders reject its debt-for-equity-swap plan in thevote, Interserve’s lenders could apply for a pre-pack adminis-tration.This would mean the firm would avoid a Carillion-style col-lapse, but it would wipe out existing shareholders.A pre-pack administration lets a company sell itself, or itsassets, as a going concern, without affecting the operation ofthe business when administrators are appointed.The administrators take over the running of the business toprotect creditors.In a pre-pack, the lenders take 100% of thebusiness.The outsourcing firm is one of the UK’s largest public serv-ices providers, and employs 45,000 people in the UK.It started in dredging and construction, and from there hasdiversified into a wide range of services, such as healthcareand catering, for clients in government and industry.It sells services, including probation, cleaning and healthcare,and is involved in construction projects.


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ment Debate - CouncillorCruyff Buckley 11th March

2019Mr SpeakerIt is with great shame that I have to nowaddress a serious issue that is bubblingjust below the surface of St Helena.That concern is the St Helena PoliceDirectorate.Following on from the questions I haveasked previously I stand here today withthe voice of my constituents and theyask:Is St Helena becoming a Police State?Mr Speaker there are countless con-cerns and during theses 10 minutes Ican only outline a few of them.Unannounced Recent Firearms trainingexercises at Ladder Hill adjacent to resi-dential areas have caused needlessanxiety to the people living there. At 3O’Clock in the afternoon when kids arearriving home from school, they aregreeted by officers carrying guns. Thisis completely unacceptable and dem-onstrates a lack of leadership, co-ordi-nation and most of all common-sense.St Helena is not a playground for toysoldiers, I would expect far more fromsenior officers.Recent so called “Raids” have left is-landers bewildered. Officers approachcitizens as if they are guilty until proveninnocent. Many raids are unsuccess-ful and one particular constituent wastold it was based on a single Anony-mous Phone Call. Did any real investi-gation take place? A single anonymousphone call was enough for almost 20officers and a riot shield to enter thisman’s home turn his house upsidedown, search through all his wife’s cloth-ing, defame his name and cause need-less anxiety to his children and neigh-bours. Sorry is an understatement.Another resident saw numerous policevehicles and officers turn up at his hometo search for vehicle documentation.Fully dressed in riot gear. Surely MrSpeaker a simple search on a databasecould confirm and clarify this issue. Asimple letter could have been sent. Is

there something more sinister at play?Overkill seems to be the order of the day.Constituents seem to be at the businessend of some kind of over-the-top trainingregime and are being used as cannon-fodder. A concerning number of theseincidents have not led to any conviction.What concerns me in particular MrSpeaker is the basis on which warrantsare issued and what threshold has to beexceeded to acquire such. There hasbeen an occasion whereby an officerclimbed through a residents windowwhilst the resident was absent from theproperty and then attempted to producethe warrant the day after. Needless tosay this person was incensed and re-fused to accept the warrant retrospec-tively.Mr Speaker I read an extract out of the10yr plan with an update under the head-ing “altogether safer”.St Helena Police continues to make peo-ple who have committed offences ac-countable through robust policing andenforcement. For the period April 2017to March 2018, a total of 118 cases weretaken to Magistrates Court of which atotal of 62 resulted in convictions.My interpretation of these statistics sug-gests that almost half of all these caseseither lack evidence or shouldn’t’ havebeen in court in the first instance. Thisheavy handed approach is killing the is-land socially and economically and iscausing much disturbance in our judi-cial system and to be blunt is just awaste of the courts time.During a recent court sitting the presid-ing Judge was deeply concerned aboutthe delays from the prosecution and/orthe Police Directorate before evidenceand disclosures can be made available,to the point whereby he threatened totake action. It is a regular occurrencewithin our court system and is frustrat-ing for our newly appointed Public So-licitor to do his job effectively. This inturn has knock-on effects for the accusedand offenders who are being left hang-ing, again this has caused needlessanxiety. Meanwhile the public haveseen CID officers sit in court practicallyall day even when they are not requiredto give evidence. The public wishes formore foot-patrols like in the old days.Traffic is also out of hand. It would seemthese officers have spare time on theirhands, or are they training to becomelawyers? Mr Speaker how is this valuefor taxpayer’s money? Are there noother cases to be solved? Is there anyPaperwork to be done? These Questions

have to be asked. Is evidence beinggathered retrospectively? Is the cartbefore the horse? Is it in the public in-terest to charge these people withoutbeing 90% sure of a conviction. Thestatistics speak for themselves, theseducks are not in a row. It seems to be arolling of the dice in many cases andcareer advancement and job validationat the expense of the St Helenian pub-lic. People can and will make mistakes,are we incriminating them before we canhelp them?This case in particular is a prime exam-ple. A young man decide to create atattoo business. He is quite good at itand is doing well. He then tattoos aminor with consent from the parents. Heis then approached by the police andcharged with the offence of tattooing aminor. Under UK law this is not allowed.However this is not the UK and I’m notgoing to get into any moral issues sur-rounding this. He is then cautioned forthis offence and now has a blemish onhis record which will undoubtedly affecthis future job prospects especially re-lating to overseas employment. Thepoint I’m trying to make is a question Iasked before. Are we incriminating peo-ple before we can help them? Aproactive approach between the parties,a meeting with a councillor or a note ofconcern to safeguarding would haveaddressed this issue. Instead we havea young innocent man unaware of hisaction and consequences, who is leftwith a criminal record. Why draw yourgun when a knife will suffice?

Mr Speaker the level of charging is alsoalarming. I understand the prosecutionmust hold the case in the highest. How-ever the hifalutin level of these chargesare seriously damaging St Helena’s in-ternational reputation. Coupled with in-ternational media coverage, to the po-tential tourist St Helena doesn’t seemlike the island paradise we all know itto be. On one side of the coin we arepromoting economic developmentthrough tourism and on the other sidewe destroy the island’s credibility withoutrageous charges that perhaps won’teven stack-up. Mr Speaker I am all inthe pursuit of Justice, but let’s not al-low individual mistakes tarnish an en-tire nation’s reputation. We need to bemore realistic and align our strategicobjectives.

Mr Speaker the public are disgusted at

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Mr Speaker I feel it is high time for anindependent review of the St Helena Po-lice. There have been complaints sub-mitted in relation to certain officers andthen there are others who feel there isno-one to turn to in fear that they willthemselves become targets. This is thereason I am speaking today, Mr SpeakerI speak for those who cannot, for thosewho are in fear, for those that are inno-cent and are being harassed unjustlyand who’s homes are being raided withlittle or no evidence other than ananonymous phone call without any apol-ogy or acknowledgment they werewrong, and because they are in a posi-tion of authority think they can get awaywith it. Mr Speaker this cannot con-tinue, we need accountability for theseactions for they are in breach of theRights of the individual. When you havepolice officers who abuse citizens, youerode public confidence in law enforce-ment. That makes the job of good po-lice officers unsafe.Mr Speaker I will finish with a quote Ifound online and I think it is somewhattelling of the cultural difference acrossthe Atlantic.In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman

is a working class traitor. Who are the traitors on this little islandof St Helena?Cruyff BuckleyMember Legislative Council.

Legislative Council Adjourn-ment Debate - Councillor

Brian Isaac 11th March 2019

Mr Speaker,When speaking to family, friends andmembers of the Public, the topic of thestate of the economy, high cost of livingon the Island, cost of air fares, freight,utilities and other related issues is al-ways the most stressing point for every-one. The most common topic is the highcost of living and the low income of thosepeople on social benefits. People arefrustrated, struggling day by day andbehind many smiling faces we aregreeted with on the street are some formof hardships.

Many people are thankful and appreci-ate what Government provides in the formof social benefits and basic island pen-sion but the levels paid equate to thestrength of the economy and with thecurrent state of our economy it is diffi-cult to strike the right balance.

The Airport has brought much develop-ment to the Island but it is not deliveringits full potential as there are many un-knowns and knows, which requires sus-tainable financial funding to have an Air-port that will support tourism, privatesector and the Islands economy.

Mr Speaker, I only spoke yesterday witha couple who returned to the Island fol-lowing the opening of the Airport and wasencouraged to return to the Island to in-vest in the prosperity of a stronger tour-ism industry. This couple was inspiredby the many travel shows motivated bythe ESH through Tourism and the meet-ings with Saints held in various countiesin the UK, sadly this Couple will be re-turning to the UK next week after invest-ing in a Bakery in HTH producing highquality bread and related bakery prod-ucts to meet the tourism demand. Againsadly because of the low income of tour-ists and the predicted figures not mate-rializing, this couple will reluctantly re-turn to the UK. It was asked if a market-ing survey was undertaken by this cou-ple, and the response was that they were

made to understand with the advice pro-vided through the tourism Roadshows,that the predicted tourist industry num-bers would be over whelming. Unfortu-nately I shared the frustration of thiscouple investment which proved in somerespect to be fruitless, this is not theonly returning Saints who invested in thetourism industry and found out the hardway.

Flight delays are one of the most dis-tressing and costly situations that hasstruck fear in the heart of many Saintsreturning for a short holiday, who has tofit the full cost of returning air fares incertain scenarios, because the plane isdelayed due to weather conditions. In-surance Agency’s do not really welcomeclaims made in respect of weather con-ditions. I was also confronted by themany stranded Saints here on Islandlast week because of the delayed flighton Tuesday, which has resulted in theadditional cost of accommodation andrelated social inconveniences

Mr Speaker, despite those concernsthat affect the wellbeing of most Saintsthis is another concern that has madethe Public uneasy, the proposal to con-vert the ex-Blue hill school into socialhousing.Despite the concerns of some Cllr’s ofLegislative Council not to proceed withthis proposal in respect of public con-cerns, the decision was over ruled in aclosed meeting of Ex-Co for the proc-ess to continue. I am not aware of anysocial impact assessment which wasto be undertaken or made with the bestinterest of Public perception in mind orwas the democratic process ignored bythe powers to be?.

It has been proven that in the best inter-est of Public concern, the Public is notlistened to, this has been revealed re-cently when a petition signed by some1700 saints was not adhered to and thepublic felt let down by the freedom ofexpressing their rights.

The Island awaits the announcement ofthe DFID settlement for the next finan-cial year and the approval of a capitalprogramme for St Helena. Following thewithdrawn of the Capital Programme byDFID the growth of the Private Sectorhas declined rapidly and the impactshas weakened the economy. More andmore staff of the Private Sector has hadto seek alternative employment, some


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has left the Island and others were forcedto seek unemployment benefits

We also await further information of theOptic cable and the PASH connectivity,these two major projects we hope willbring much needed resources to the Is-land, but we must ensure that the peo-ple of St Helena benefits from this in-vestment and that we are ready to useit as efficiently and effectively as possi-ble. We must ensure that the predictivegrowth is protected by legislation to pro-tect the Island against the financial ben-efits of the investment going off Island.

The recent increase in diesel prices hascome at a bad time for the Island, asthe increase in diesel fuels will have amajor impact on the Islands economyas everything depends on diesel for themany business and controls inflations.The question I have been asked by Con-stituents, why the cost of diesel couldnot be shared with an increase on thecost of petrol?

As I am speaking of fuel, the new fuelfarm at Rupert’s appears to be anotherWhite Elephant, I been told of variousdates for completion and operations tocommence. I stand to be corrected butunderstand that corrosion is becominga major problem for maintenance at thefarm, which will become a demandingfactor in the future for the St Helena Gov-ernment. Will we ever see the farmoperating to it full capacity as predictedwith the cost benefits reaching the con-sumers, in my professional opinion isno.

The delay in having a fully operationdock in Rupert’s with related infrastruc-ture for cargo operations appears to bea nonstarter, unless DFID and the UKGovernment really think seriously of thesituation, we have been put in by notsupporting a breakwater in Jamestownbut saw that Rupert’s been the appro-priated site.

The money in transporting Containersfrom Rupert’s to Jamestown can be bet-

ter spent on other related issue that isimpacting the Island and the vulnerable,I understand that the cost to transportone Container from Rupert’s to James-town is £200. I dear not mention the costof sea freight, I do not see this servicedecreasing in cost but will sadly be in-creased and beyond the controls of thePublic Purse.

In Conclusion, Mr Speaker I wish to takethis opportunity inthanking the Prison Board for allowingthe services of Inmates at H.M.Prisonto assist in having the Longwood Greenbrought back to a standard that is wel-coming and appreciated by all who wishto use the Green as a family environ-ment.Brian IsaacMember Legislative Council.

Dear Editor,Re: Thank You – Page 32 of the St

Helena Independent on8th March 2019

Firstly, I would like to offer my deepestsympathy to the women (those who havecome forward and those who have not)who suffered at the hands of EricBenjamin. I also offer my deepest sym-pathy to those who have suffered at thehands of others. I cannot begin to imag-ine the pain you have had to live withover the years.

Secondly, I would like to offer my heart-felt thoughts to Mr Benjamin’s family whoindeed will now have to manage their ownterrible suffering. I am so sorry. I hopethe ‘sins of the father’ will not provide aplatform to discharge wrongful ‘justice’on the members of his family.

I read with aghast and could not believethat approximately 30 % of the final pagein last week’s St Helena Independentwas not only dedicated to a man whohas been found guilty of crimes againstvulnerable women but that views hadbeen given a platform which would surelyaggravate the years of pain these womenexperienced.

Mike, you and I have agreed in the paston many things, however, I utterly disa-gree with your facilitation of these insinu-ations of falsehood (as I have interpretedit) against people who we now need toapplaud. You made a judgement call,which perhaps may pay well in the ‘bigworld’ but this is St Helena - these women

didn’t want money or fame – that willnot help them find peace. Can you im-agine the pain they have had to reliveby going through this entire ordeal?Shame on you Mike.

I have made many mistakes in my lifeand so this letter is not aimed at ‘cast-ing the first stone’. This letter is simplyto voice my profound sadness that thesevictims continue to be ostracized andrebuked for their incredible strength andcontribution to our society. Gamechangers……

The courage these women have shownon a small island where gossip is rifecan never be understated. I salute all ofyou, including those who continue to livewith guilt and pain associated to thesekinds of crimes. Let us throw our armsaround these people (including familiesripped apart by the actions of familymembers) and thank them, not try toundo what has been done.

You did nothing wrong ladies; hence youare not incarcerated.

I live by one sentiment. There is noright and wrong, there is only con-sequence. We can go about living ourlives in a certain way, day in and daybut our actions echo into tomorrow. So,we cannot blame others for our actions,as the adage says, “you do the crime,you do the time”. Sadly, these crimesare committed by many who are held inhigh esteem. Perhaps this standing insociety incenses lack fear in beingbrought to justice. We as a world-widecommunity have not done enough. Al-lowing people to fly under the radar be-cause of who they are and what theyhave done. Yet, what they have done,cannot be undone. The good and theterrible.

Harvey Weinstein works no more, noone will employ him or have him makemovies for them again. Whatever con-tributions he made to the film industrywill be lost because his contributionscame at the cost of many aspiring wom-en’s discomfort. He must have thoughtat times that he was on top of theworld……a God even! We mortals areso deluded.

R Kelly – one of music’s most success-ful RnB artists is beginning to see hismusic disappear from radio stations and


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Countssocial media. All those years of hardwork, he has not yet been found guiltyof the said crimes, but he will never beseen in the same positive light again.Unfortunately, even striking a match canstart a wildfire.

This kind of behaviour not only affectsthe individuals involved, but a whole hostof others including wives, children,grandchildren, victims’ families, compa-nies, governments, churches.

Only now has Catholicism faced the wallof shame associated with many priestsand choir boys. The argument about aman being asked to live a life of celi-bacy hence resorting to these heinouscrimes goes on, but the man hadchoices. We all have choices in life. Welive by those choices.

Whilst it is very liberating to forgive, it isalso extremely difficult, especially whenvictims do not get the right level of sup-port. Forgiveness allows us to grow asindividuals and I would certainly encour-age forgiveness wherever possible, yetwe should never revert to thinking thatthe crime was ‘ok’ or start to make ex-cuses for the accused. It happened, itwas wrong, the person/s are now serv-ing their time and it is hoped that thistime of reflection will change their deci-sions and actions in the future.

Thank you again to all those people onthe island who are providing the right plat-form for people living with this kind ofpain and have no one to turn to. Yourcontributions will surely echo into tomor-row.If people cross to the other side of theroad when they see you coming as aresult, so be it. If they don’t speak toyou in the work place anymore, howsmall-minded of them. Silent intimida-tion is sometimes the primary weaponto silence victims and issues, don’t beput off by feelings of isolation with suchimportant work being done within ourcommunity.Yours sincerely,Adelene Thomas, London

Dear Editor,It would appear that SHG once againcannot keep its knickers from twisting.The much hyped conference kicked offthis week with SHG’s position clearlystated as ‘the Natural Capital approach… will give us another instrument in ourtool box … to manage and preserve theparts of nature which we value’ along with‘our robust planning laws and legislationwhich controls what can be done’, pre-sumably some of the other tools. Goodsentiments indeed. How does this fitsalongside that same Government de-stroying a Wirebird Sanctuary for a largescale development project? Perhaps weshould make all those speakers andattendees stay back one more day todiscuss? Of course the speakers buzzword would be ‘Mitigation, mitigation’.

Also, I find it odd that the self-appointedand rather fancily titled ‘Visioning Group’seem to be having trouble with theirspectacles recently. Calling out to thepublic for help with ideas for the Napo-leonic Commemoration event before theend of April deadline they need to makefor the ‘high level’ document we are wait-ing on. I suggested a trip down to seeBridget at the Hospital for a new prescrip-tion maybe.Regards,Spike Woodlouse, On a Bush, Diana’sPeak Road.

Dear Editor,Team Carpe Diem and the St HelenaYacht Club Commodore would like tosincerely thank all those businesses andindividuals who so kindly supported theSt Helena Team before, during and afterthe Cape to St Helena Yacht Race. Weare so grateful for your kindness, gener-osity and prayers. The race was a greatsuccess with the StHelena team comingin 6th place with theassistance from lo-cal HAM operatorsgiving updates all theway and StHelenians around theworld sending mes-sages of support toour Satellite phone.We have had a verypositive responsefrom race competi-tors and the RoyalCape Yacht Club andthey look forward to

the next yacht race in 2020.

To all those special individuals and fami-lies that tirelessly worked night and dayto ensure that the yacht club was wellequipped and that all visiting yachtieshad what they needed. You are amaz-ing people and your efforts have notgone unnoticed! Huge thanks and praiseto you. It was not an easy time and wereally do appreciate all that you havedone!

This message is coming to you all ratherlate but it has been an immensely busytime in the yacht club and for our fam-ily. Thank you for your continued sup-port.

The St Helena Yacht Club continues tofunction and all support is most grate-fully received. Visiting yachts continueto grace our shores and they are look-ing for a safe refuge, preferably with wifi,a cold beer and local information!

If you are interested in helping in theyacht club rooms please get in touchwith any of the committee who will behappy to inform you more about the club.James Herne 66519, Gillian Fowler22980, Monica Constantine 22419 andHannah Herne 66606.

We look forward to another exciting yearwith the St Helena Yacht Club!

James and Hannah HerneSt Helena Yacht ServicesSt Helena IslandSouth Atlantic OceanSTHL 1ZZ00290 [email protected]


The 2019 St Helena Conference was very different from thefirst conference in 2018. The first conference had speakersgiving presentations on wide ranging subjects with the focusalmost entirely on St Helena. Rare species brought backfrom the brink, marine research in St Helena waters and theimportance of pole and line fishing were some of them. Thisyear’s conference brought together people from every inhab-ited island in the South Atlantic, and beyond, who providedvery specific research results which gave assessments ofthe state of the environment on land and in the sea acrossthe South Atlantic. Research work has been undertaken bya range of organisations across a wide array of subjects.

The South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute has beenpulling together the different strands of research to provide anoverall picture of the state of our world in the South Atlantic;bearing in mind the effects climate change, plastic pollutionof the ocean, the spread of invasive species, the increasingpressures on the survival of endemic species, the introduc-tion of Marine Protected Areas and much more. The 2019 St

The Conference message; there is still so much we don’t knowHelena Conference brought together the leading participantsin various areas of research to share the results of their effortswith other people engaged in related work. The result being abetter understanding of the current overall position among manyof the main people who strive to acquire a better understand-ing of how the natural environment works, what affects it ei-ther for good or for bad and how to limit the damage humansare inflicting upon it.

Conference delegates found the sharing of information veryuseful. As is so often the case with research of any sort, themore that is known the more it is realised how much morethere is to know. As the former US Secretary of Defence DonaldRumsfeld famously said “as we know, there are known knowns;there are things we know we know. We also know there areknown unknowns; that is to say we know there are somethings we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns-the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” The quest for knowl-edge and information is a bottomless pit. This is almost liter-ally the case with whale sharks.

In 2015 Dr Alistair Dove, Vice President Research and Con-servation at the Georgia Aquarium arrived in St Helena for thefirst time. On that occasion he had one assistant with him;their purpose, to find out about the whale sharks that congre-gate in St Helena waters every summer. Observations hadbeen made of whale sharks mating; St Helena was, and stillis, the only place in the world where male and female whalesharks meet in roughly equal numbers and where sightingsof them mating had been reported. It was this informationwhich drew Al Dove and the Georgia Aquarium to St Helena.The 2015 visit was a pilot expedition to start to find out wherewhale sharks come from before congregating in St Helenawaters and where they go to when they leave. Al Dove re-turned in 2016, this time with a team of six to get more re-search work completed in the time available. Two other visitsfollowed, in 2018 and 2019. On each occasion the researchwas expanded and developed with links to various St Helenaorganisations strengthened.

Whale sharks have been tagged during every visit since thefirst visit in 2015 to help find out their movement patterns.Forty whale sharks now have acoustic tags and a further thirty-two satellite tags have also been fitted. Acoustic tags fittedto whale sharks will send a signal to a stationary receiverwhen it comes within range. The signal will identify the taggedwhale shark and give information on how many times a par-ticular whale shark returns to St Helena. Satellite tags allowwhale sharks to be tracked over long distances, recordingthe direction and route as well as provide information on thedepths descended by the whale shark. The information isstored in the tag until its release mechanism by triggeredremotely. The tag then ascends to the surface and transmitsthe stored date to a satellite and subsequently picked up fordata processing at the Georgia Aquarium.

Whale sharks do not follow a migratory route. When theyleave this island they swim away in all directions. It is thoughtpregnant whale sharks congregate around the Galapagos Is-lands but it is still yet to be proven. DNA data and the whale

On the trail of whale sharksshark genome sequence shows that Atlantic whale sharksare an isolated population and never enter the Pacific Ocean.Do pregnant Atlantic Ocean whale sharks also congregate?If so where? The information obtained through tagging hasnot yet given up this whale shark secret.

It is not yet known how deep a whale shark will or can de-scend. About half the satellite tags used by Georgia Aquariumon St Helena whale sharks have been crushed by the pres-sure of water as the whale shark descends deeper than about1,500 metres. One satellite tag managed to survive to 2,000metres but the whale shark presumably kept diving deeper.It’s not necessary for a whale shark to swim too far out fromSt Helena before it’s possible for it to dive down to 4,000 me-tres. Most marine life, and therefore food, is either at thesurface or on the ocean floor. There is no logical reason whya whale shark should want to swim at mid-ocean depths; it is


A custom deep hardened satellite tag developed as acollaboration between Georgia Aquarium and iSea Solutionsprincipal engineer Thom Maughan, with funding from SHNT

and Blue Marine Foundation. Pic: Al Dove


On the trail of whale sharks(Continued)

assumed the whale sharks, having descended to 2,000 me-tres, continues to the ocean floor. But it has not yet beenproved, and if they do dive that far down why do they do it?Why is it important to know the answers to these questions?The world population of whale sharks is estimated to havereduced by half since the 1980s due to man’s harmful ac-tions. Where do whale sharks feed? Where do they mate?Where do female whale sharks ‘pup’ (give birth)? What arethe whale shark movement patterns in the different oceans?These questions and more need to be answered if humansare to help repair the damage done to whale shark populationsover the last four decades.

This year the engineer working with the Georgia Aquarium,Thom Maughan of iSea Solutions, has produced a satellitetag which is designed to withstand water pressure to a depthof 4,500 metres. Three of these tags have been made so farand have been brought to St Helena for use on whale sharkshere before the last of them swim away for another year. Ofthe three tags it is hoped one of them at least will unlock thisparticular mystery in whale shark behaviour. A tag can be-come detached from the whale shark, the whale shark that’sbeen tagged may decide not descend to the limits of its ca-pability or the tag may just not work properly at some pointduring its association with a whale shark. All those risksapart, if all goes well, some new and important informationabout whale shark behaviour may be revealed in the monthsto come.

This year’s St Helena visit by the Georgia Aquarium has alsoincluded closer liaison with organisations in St Helena aswell as close collaboration with other overseas organisationsof international repute. The Marine Megafauna Foundation(MMF) is one of them. Simon Pierce, co-founder and princi-pal scientist at MMF is here this week. Simon is also arenowned wildlife photographer, as is confirmed by the ac-companying photographs.

Also here are researchers from the Okinawa ChurashimaFoundation. They have a marine research centre and anaquarium where work continues to gain knowledge of the re-

productive systems of manta rays and whale sharks by breed-ing them in captivity. Research also includes coral reefs,sea turtles and whales.

When the RRS Discovery arrives in April one of the expedi-tion’s tasks will be to place acoustic tag receivers on theCardno and Bonaparte seamounts. The receivers will recordsignals sent from a variety of tagged marine life includingwhale sharks. The information is stored in the receivers untilthey are retrieved and the data they hold is processed.

Stronger relationships have been forged between the GeorgiaAquarium, the St Helena National Trust and SHG’s Environ-ment and Natural Resources Directoratewho are GeorgiaAquarium’s ain partner in St Helena. The working arrange-ment with the National Trust also embraces the Blue MarineFoundation who provided funds for further whale shark tag-ging. The closer relationship with island organisations meansthe work Georgia Aquarium has started will continue when AlDove and his team leave St Helena. The association with theGeorgia Aquarium continues and Al Dove will return with hiscolleagues to push forward with unlocking the secret behav-iour of whale sharks.

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Kiyomi Murakumo from the Okinawa Churashima ResearchFoundation taking a blood sample from a St Helena whale

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Head O ce | ESH Business Park | Ladder Hill | Tel: +290 22920 | Email: [email protected] Enabling Tourism and Economic Growth

Visit us online Business and Investment: www.investinsthelena.com

Tourism: www.sthelenatourism.com

Farm to Fork - Supply Local, Buy Local!

Celebra ng Local Ingredients & Local Dishes!

When: 16 March 2019

Where: Prince Andrew School

Time: 11am ll 2pm

The Agriculture Programme and Hospitality Upskilling will be co-

hos ng this event with the main focus of the day being on finding St

Helena Chef of the Year as well as Street Food Chef of the Year.

These compe ons are open to anyone over the age of 18 years.

For the Chef of the Year category, you will be required to produce a

main course as well as a dessert using a selec on of ingredients

from the chef’s larder table.

Compe tors for the Street Food Chef of the Year category would

need to produce their signature dish as well as a healthy local street

food dish. The public will assist the judges with the judging in this

category.

The prizes for both categories are as follows:

Gold medal from Cra Guild of Chefs & a set of Tsuki chef knives

Silver medal from Cra Guild of Chefs & a set of Saba er chef knives

Bronze medal from Cra Guild of Chefs & Tzuki Cleaver

This will also be an opportunity for producers to sell fresh and

secondary produce, plants, cra s, etc.

To enter the compe ons or to book a stall please contact

Mike Harper (email [email protected]) or Delia Du

Preez ([email protected]) on 22920.

For more informa on please contact

Delia Du Preez, Business Development

Co-ordinator on telephone 22920 or

email [email protected]


VACANCY Teller/Operations Assistant

£7656 pa

Bank of St Helena Limited is seeking to recruit a suitable person to fill the vacant position of Teller/Operations Assistant. This position will incur significant contact with the Public and other Bank staff. The successful candidate must be flexible, demonstrate courtesy and provide excellent customer service at all times. They must have a keen eye for detail, exhibit high accuracy levels and have the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines, whilst working well with others as part of the wider Bank Team. The main duties of the post include:

Undertaking counter transactions for customers and posting these to the Bank’s computer system;

Cash handling and assisting customers in meeting their banking needs and queries; Providing assistance in the delivery of Remote Banking services; Assisting in the Operations/Compliance section with the checking of daily work and any other Duties.

Bank of St Helena Limited also offers an excellent staff benefits package. Interested persons can contact Lilian Andrews, Teller Supervisor on 22390 or Merle Peters, Human Resources & Customer Services Manager on 22102 for more information.

H e a d O f f i c e : M a r k e t S t r e e t · J a m e s t o w n · S t H e l e n a I s l a n d · S T H L 1 Z Z T . + 2 9 0 2 2 3 9 0 · F . + 2 9 0 2 2 5 5 3 · e m a i l . i n f o @ s a i n t h e l e n a b a n k . c o m · w e b w w w . s a i n t h e l e n a b a n k . c o m

Established and regulated under the Financial Services Ordinance, 2008, the Company Ordinance, 2004 and the Company Regulations 2004

An application form and a job profile are available upon request from the Bank.

Completed application forms should be addressed to Miss Merle Peters, HHuman Resources & Customer Services Manager, Market Street, Jamestown or emailed to

[email protected]

Closing date for applications is Friday, 29 March 2019


Enterprise St Helena is seeking to employ a suitably qualified and experienced individual to work within the Human Resources department.

Repor ng to the Director of Resources, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing all human resource related ac vi es.

Ensuring that the overall administra on, coordina on, and evalua on of human resources plans and programmes are realised.

The successful applicant must:

Hold a CIPD qualifica on or working toward one.

Have at least 5 years’ of proven HR generalist experience.

Have excellent decision-making, strategic thinking, leadership, interpersonal and ethical conduct skills.

A copy of the Terms of Reference and an applica on form can be obtained via email or collected from the Enterprise St Helena O ce at

Ladder Hill Business Park. Completed applica on forms should be submi ed to the Director of Resources, Enterprise St Helena, Ladder Hill

Business Park by no later than close of business Friday 29th March 2019.


Visit us online Business and Investment: www.investinsthelena.com | Tourism: www.sthelenatourism.com

For further informa on please contact: Marilyn Caswell on telephone number 22920 or email

[email protected]

Vacancy

Human Resources

and Administration

Manager

Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc

has a vacancy for a ancyyy for a

Trainee Underwriter

Within the St Helena Insurance Cell Captive

For further information,

including the Company’s

attractive benefits package,

please contact

Mervyn Henry,

Underwriter

on telephone number: 22682

or via email address:

[email protected]

Application forms may be

collected from Solomons Reception

Desk, in the Main Office Building,

Jamestown or alternatively an

electronic copy can be requested

via e-mail address:

[email protected] and

should be completed and returned

to Nicola Essex, Human Resources

Manager,

Solomons Office, Jamestown,

By 26 March 2019

Job Outline

To assist in the day-to-day operations of the department and to provide an efficient service to both

external customers and the St Helena Insurance Agency

Interested Persons Should:

Have Grade C or above in GCSE Maths & English

Be computer literate

Have good Customer Service skills

Have some knowledge and experience with administrative duties

Salary will start at £644.68 per month, £7,736.16 per annum

Solomon & Compan

hhas a vaca

nFor further informmation



Visit us online Business and Investment: www.investinsthelena.com | Tourism: www.sthelenatourism.com

For further informa on please contact: Michielle Yon,

Director of Resources

on 22920 or email: [email protected]

Units availab

le

at the

Jamestown Market

&

ESH Business Park,

Ladder Hill

Enterprise St Helena (ESH) have units available for rent to local entrepreneurs for non-industrial /

clean business at the Jamestown Market & ESH Business Park, Ladder Hill.

Applica ons should be submi ed to Emma Peters, Recep onist/Administra on Support, in the

form of an extended business brief detailing your planned business and intended opening hours

with a 3 year cash flow via email [email protected] or in hard copy to the Enterprise

St Helena O ce, ESH Business Park by no later than 1200 hours (GMT) on Monday 25th March

2019.

Terms and Condi ons apply.

Location Date Time

Scotland Thursday, 221 March 09:30 — 12:30

HTH Supermarket Monday, 225 March 09:30 — 13:00

Longwood Enterprise Park Friday, 229 March 09:30 — 14:30

Bank of St Helena would like to advise the public that Remote Banking for March will take place as follows:

Save yourself the trip into Jamestown

REMOTE BANKING MARCH 2019

Head Of f ice: Market Street · Jamestown · St. Helena · South Atlantic · STHL 1ZZ Tel: +290 22390 · Fax: +290 22553 · e-mail: [email protected] · web: www.sainthelenabank.com

Established and regulated in St. Helena under the Financial Services Ordinance, 2008 the Company Ordinance, 2004 and the Company Regulations, 2004


SAFEGUARDING DIRECTORATEVACANCIES

The Safeguarding Directorate has the following vacancies:

Children’s Residential Home Supervisor (one year fixed term)The Supervisor will be responsible for providing high quality care and protection to children of all ages, residing in theHome.Potential candidates should possess Grade C or above in GCSE Mathematics and English, an NVQ in Health andSocial Care Level 3, experience in dealing with children and young people and a valid Driving Licence, Class A.

Some of the key tasks of the role are:·Assist in assessing the children’s needs and promoting their independence.·Participate in Looked after Child reviews and contribute towards the child’s care plan and attend any multi agency meetingsas deemed necessary.·To ensure health and safety standards are maintained for the Children’s Residential Home.·To be responsible for maintaining the staff roster and ensuring safe cover at all times when children are resident.

The salary for this post is grade D, commencing at £11, 034.00 per annum.

IDVA/SDVA/CIDVA Domestic Abuse Service LeadThe domestic abuse lead will have overall responsibility for managing and facilitating the provision of outreach advocacy andsupport to survivors of domestic abuse, male and female, and their children, who reside within the local community. Thisalso includes supporting the women and children who reside in our Safe Haven facility.

Duties of the post include:·Manage the access to the Safe Haven accommodation and support services to ensure provision of services effective insupporting victims/survivors of domestic abuse. ·Assist in assessing the service user’s needs, and their children’s needs (where applicable) and promote empowerment andtheir independence.Construct support plans for resident and non-resident service users, in partnership with other agencies and professionalswhere appropriate.Attend, and participate in, multi-agency meetings regarding service users and/or their children as and when necessary.

The successful Candidate should be in possession of GCSE in Maths and English Language at Grade C or above, NVQ inHealth and Social Care Level 3 or equivalent and have relevant experience of working with vulnerable adults and safeguardingchildren. The applicant must have a valid driving license (and access to own vehicle for work purposes).

The salary for this post is grade D commencing at £11, 034.00 per annum.

Please contact Mrs. Tracy Poole-Nandy, Director, on telephone number 22713 or on email address [email protected] for further information.

Job profiles and application forms can be requested from Lisa Thomas, Administration Assistant on telephone number22713 or email [email protected] Applications should be returned, through Directors where applicable, toSherrilee Phillips, Human Resources and Administration Officer, Safeguarding Directorate, Brick House, or [email protected] by Friday, 22nd March 2019.

All appointments are subject to the successful candidate providing satisfactory clearances, including a medical check andvetting/DBS clearance. SHG reserves the right to have information provided on the application form independently verified.

SHG positively accepts applications from all members of the community regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexualorientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applications on the basis of merit, in accordance with the person specifi-cation. All disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria listed in the job profile will be guaranteed an interview.

Tracy Poole-NandyDirector06th March 2019Safeguarding Directorate


VACANCY FOR TRAINEE ROCK GUARD

The Environment and Natural Resources Directorate has an opportunity for someone who is looking to start or change theircareer to work in the Rockfall Section as a Trainee Rock Guard.

The successful candidate will be required to be available for on-call duties, to assist with mountain rescue operations, havea valid drivers’ licence in Classes A, B and C and have an awareness of Health and Safety techniques.Candidates will be required to undertake an assessment to determine their physical fitness and ability to work from heights.The successful candidate will be trained in current international abseiling and rope techniques, hillside inspections and willhave the opportunity to obtain a certificate for safe working from ropes.

The salary for this post is at Grade B7 which is £7,730 per annum.

If you are interested in finding out more about this post please speak with the Maintenance Supervisor, Mr Darin Francis ore-mail [email protected]

Application forms and Job Profiles are available from the Maintenance Supervisor or from Receptionist at Essex House.Completed application forms should be submitted to the Human Resources Manager, Essex House or email [email protected] by no later than Tuesday 26th March 2019.

All appointments are subject to the successful candidate providing satisfactory clearances, including a medical declarationand vetting/DBS clearance. SHG reserves the right to have information provided on the application form independentlyverified.SHG positively accepts applications from all members of the community regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexualorientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applications on the basis of merit, in accordance with the person specifi-cation. All disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria listed in the job profile will be guaranteed an interview.

Derek HenryDirector, Environment and Natural Resources11 March 2019

APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Application has been received in respect of the following proposal:

1. Application 2019/33: FULL Planning Application for Extensions to Existing House to form a Foyer,

Garage and Patio, Kunjie Field on Parcel 0232 Scotland, adjacent to David Yon. Applicant: Anthony

Reynolds

Copies of the Application and Plans may be inspected by prior appointment with the Planning Section, Essex

House, Main Street, Jamestown Monday to Friday, from 8.30am to 4pm. Appointments can be made with the

Secretary on Telephone 22270 or email [email protected] stating the Application Reference Number they

wish to inspect.

Any person who wishes to make Representations on the above Application should make them in writing within 14

days, to the Planning Office, Essex House, Main Street, Jamestown or Email [email protected]

Public Review Commencement Date : 15 March 2019

Public Review Closing Date : 29 March 2019

Andrew Chawora

Locum Chief Planning Officer


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NOTIFICATIONMEETING OF THE LAND

DEVELOPMENT CONTROLAUTHORITY

The Land Development Control Authority will hold itsmonthly meeting on Wednesday, 27th March 2019, at9 am at the St Helena Community College,Jamestown.Meetings of the Authority are open to members of thepublic, applicants and objectors.Should you require a copy of the Agenda, please contactthe Secretary of the Land Development Control Authorityon telephone number 22270. Agendas will be availableon Monday, 25th March 2019.Applicants and objectors may speak at the meetingproviding that a summary of the points to be raised hasbeen submitted to the Secretary at least 24 hours beforethe meeting.


The Ascension Marine Protected Area (MPA) was originallyintended to be half the total area of Ascension’s territorialwaters. This week it was announced all of Ascension’s wa-ters will be designated as MPA.The announcement was made by the UK Chancellor of theExchequer who included it in the part of his Spring Statementwhen he acknowledged that environmental damage has a cashcost and environmental preservation or improvement has acash benefit. On the Ascension MPA he said, “We in thisHouse Mr Speaker should be proud that the UK, with its Over-seas Territories, has already declared more than 3m squarekilometres of Marine Protected Area. And today I can announceour intention to designate a further 445,000 square kilome-tres of ocean around Ascension Island as Marine ProtectedArea.” The UK Government’s ‘money-man’ is guilty of doublecounting. With half of the territorial waters (or Exclusive Eco-nomic Zone) already committed as an MPA it is a “further225,000 square kilometres (approx) of MPA” that he is an-nouncing.

The Evidence and Options document submitted by the As-cension Island Government to the UK Government was com-piled with the help of the Blue Belt Programme, the Universityof Exeter and the SAERI Natural Capital Project. On thesame day the work involved in providing evidence in favour ofall Ascension’s territorial waters being made an MPA wasdescribed at the St Helena Conference , the UK Governmentannounced the increase in marine protection for Ascension. The St Helena Conference on Natural Capital also chimedwell with the UK Chancellor’s Spring Statement. His speechin the House of Commons included, “The UK’s 1,500 speciesof pollinators deliver an estimated £680 million annual valueto our economy – so there is an economic, as well as anenvironmental, case for protecting the diversity of the naturalworld.” He added, “later this year, the UK government willlaunch a comprehensive global review of the link betweenbiodiversity and economic growth”. Natural capital includesputting a monetary value on the benefits the natural environ-ment gives us. It appears the present UK Government isstarting to get the message.

A 2nd announcement about the importance ofour South Atlantic Ocean

Also this week the UK Government announced the departureof the Royal Research Ship Discovery to the South Atlanticwhere the team of scientists on board “will focus on exploringthe underwater mountains in two remote UK Overseas Terri-tories, Tristan da Cunha and St Helena, about which very littleinformation is known.” Irritatingly called the RSS Discoveryin the press release, it continued, “The upcoming expedition,known as Discovery Expedition 100, is the second marinesurvey the islands have seen in recent years. During the lastsurvey on the RRS James Clark Ross the team mapped anunderwater mountain, donated thousands of ocean animalspecimens to the Natural History Museum and even discov-ered a possible new species of octopus.” Dr Martin Collins,who is becoming a frequent visitor to St Helena explained,“Our knowledge of Tristan da Cunha and St Helena’s marineenvironment is surprisingly scarce. Last year’s marine sur-vey significantly improved the information we hold - but there’sso much more to discover. The better we understand these

Ascension Marine Protected Area doubled in size

ecosystems and the marine life they support, the better sci-entific advice we can offer on how to protect biodiversity andsupport thriving ecosystems.” While in St Helena waters timewill be spent at Cardno and Bonaparte seamounts laying re-ceivers to record the movements of tagged whale sharks andtuna when they come within range.

A green turtle preparing her nest at Long Beach, Ascension

VACANCY FOR TEMPORARYOFFICE ASSISTANT

The Education & Employment Directorate is seeking inter-est from those interested in offering a Contract for Serviceas a Temporary Office Assistant, to provide support to oth-ers in the St Helena Community College and the Manage-ment and Administration sections.

Applicants should be self-motivated, an effective teamplayer, be responsive to change and be reliable and trust-worthy.Previous work experience in reception and/or customer serv-ice duties would be advantageous.The Hours of work required will be 35 hours per week andthe rate payable will be at £3.05 per hour.

For further details about the post and for a list of duties,interested persons should contact Santana Fowler on tel-ephone 22607 or e-mail: [email protected]

Expressions of interest should be submitted, to GillianLithgow, Education Learning Centre or [email protected] by no later than 4pm onMonday, 25 March 2019.

SHG positively accepts applications from all members ofthe community regardless of race, gender, disability, age,sexual orientation, religion or belief, and will consider allapplications on the basis of merit, in accordance with theperson specification. All disabled applicants meeting theminimum criteria listed in the job profile will be guaranteedan interview.Mrs Wendy BenjaminActing Director, 15 March 2019


With Liverpool playing on Sunday, Man City stretches theirlead at the top to 4 points after they defeated Watford 3-1with Sterling scoring a hat-trick. After a goalless first half,City took the lead a minute into the second half when thedefenders attempted clearance cannon into Sterling who wasstanding in an offside position and rebound into the goal. Theassistant referee signal for an offside by was wrongly over-ruled by the referee. I think the referee wrongly though thatSterling was only in an offside position when the defenderkicks the ball; he was actually in an offside position whenAguero attempted to chest the ball to him. There was nodisputing the legality of Sterling’s second goal, which cameonly four minutes later when he tapped in Mahrez’s cross atthe far post after a fluid City move.And, just before the hour mark, the 24-year-old England for-ward made it 3-0, running on to a David Silva pass and cut-ting past two defenders before slotting home his 18th goal ofthe season.Watford, who had made seven changes ahead of their FACup quarter-final with Crystal Palace this weekend, threw onTroy Deeney and Gerard Deulofeu - two of those to be leftout.The pair combined seconds later to pull a goal back with theirfirst touches when Deeney flicked on a long ball for Deulofeuto fire home with his side’s first shot, after 66 minutes.Liverpool responsed brilliantly to City win as they picked upall 3 points at home against Burnley. Burnley took the leadhen Ashley Westwood scored direct from a corner, althoughit appeared Reds’ goalkeeper Alisson had been impeded byJames Tarkowski. Within 13 minutes Liverpool was level whenFirmino scored. In a first half played in strong wind and hail-storms, Liverpool took the lead when Sadio Mane curled ashot past Heaton.Firmino scored his second following Heaton’s poor clearanceand Burnley pulled one back late on through Johann BergGudmundsson from six yards out.But there was no comeback as Mane then went around theClarets’ keeper in injury time for his second and Liverpool’sfourth to seal the win, which leaves Klopp’s side one pointbehind City with eight league games of the season remain-ing.In the battle for the Champions League spots Spurs loss 2-1away at Southampton in an entertaining game. Kane scoredhis 200 club goal to put the London team ahead only for de-fender Valery to equalised after a mistake by Danny Rose.James Ward-Prowse earned the win with a sensational free-kick from 25 yards to keep the Saints two points clear of thePremier League relegation zone. This free kick was almostidentical to the one he scored at Old Trafford only a weekearlier.Chelsea misses the opportunity to capitalise on Spurs lossas they too dropped points at home against Wolves. It tookan injury time goal from Eden Hazard to earn a point. Wolveshad taken the lead in the 56th minute and were worth all 3points.The match of the weekend took place at the Emirates Sta-dium and saw Arsenal inflict a first defeat for ManchesterUnited Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Xhaka beat David deGea with a swerving shot from outside the penalty area, whichthe United keeper was expected to stop to give the Gunnersthe lead.

Lukaku hit the bar while the game was goalless,.Brazilianmidfielder Fred struck a post for United.Arsenal keeper Bernd Leno also produced two crucial savesto keep out Lukaku, before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang dou-bled the hosts’ lead from the penalty spot after Fred’s foul onAlexandre Lacazette.This win saw Arsenal move above United into 4th place and isjust a point behind 3rd place Spurs. Despite the loss therewas enough evidence in this match that Solskjaer has gottenhis side on the right track to compete at the top and in myopinion should be given the manager’s job permanently.In other matches Crystal Palace loss at home to Brighton;Cardiff defeated West Ham 2-0 and would have been disap-pointed not to have moved out of the relegation zone. Thebottom side Huddersfield loss 2-0 at home against Bourne-mouth; Brendan Rogers picked up his first win as LeicesterCity manager after his side defeated Fulham 3-1. Newcastlecame from two goals down to beat Everton 3-2.

Great wins for Manchester City and Liverpool in the Champi-ons League means that all four Premier League teams will gointo todays’ quarter final draw. City’s defeated Schalke 7-0 athome to win 10-2 on aggregate. Liverpool put in a brilliantperformance in Germany as they beat Bayern Munich 3-1.The first leg at Anfield ended 0-0.In the other games Juventus overturn a two goal deficit againstAtletico Madrid with Ronaldo scoring a hat trick. Messi scored2 and had 2 assist as Barcelona booked their place in thequarter finals with a 5-1 win over Lyon.

Only 5 matches will take place in the Premier League thisweekend as FA cup football returns. On Saturday Bourne-mouth will play Newcastle; Burnley host Leicester and WestHam play Huddersfield. On Sunday Liverpool will have thechance to go top as they travel to London to play Fulham.Late game on Sunday will see Everton host Chelsea.

FA Cup quarter finals on Saturday will see Watford play Crys-tal Palace at 12.15; Swansea City host Man City at 17.20and Wolves will play Manchester United at 19.55.The match on Sunday will see Millwall play Brighton at the‘Den’.

St Helena International Team Ynys Mon 2019After a week of rest the St Helena International Football squadreturn to training on Monday. After the warmup they did a 6station circuit which was made up with Plyometric exercises.After doing this circuit twice they move onto 8 laps (3200m)

Armchair Supporters View by Nick Stevens


of jogging; sprinting and walking. Session ended with twolots of 20 minute 6 aside matches where players was re-stricted to no more than 4 touches. This session certainlykick started everyone and gear them all up for what is tocome as we now have only 11 more weekends before theteam departs.Fund Raising is on-going; our Gofundme campaign is stillactive. https://www.gofundme.com/st-helena-football-team-to-ynys-mon-2019. Right now every little is a great help. Helpus to take the maximum number of players to the tourna-ment in Ynys Mon. after all the hard work that has been putin by everyone it would be a disaster if we have to cut oursquad to 18 or even 16.

Armchair Supporters View by Nick Stevens

The SHFA Grand Raffle will take place on 22nd April EasterMonday. So you have just over 5 weeks to purchase yourticket. Star Prize is a Ford Focus ST (net worth £13,000).Tickets cost £20

GOLF REPORT FOR SUNDAY10th March 2019

On Sunday 10th March 2019 St Helena Golf Club hosted an18-Hole stroke play competition. It was a breezy day withoccasional low clouds. The temperature seemed to be justright for the golfers to perform at their best. A total of 20 play-ers turned up for the Sunday battle. At the end of 18 holeswhen all the scores were in we had a completely new set ofwinners compared to last week. Returning an impressive net66 playing off handicap 5 and breaking his dry spell in win-ning was Mr Lawson Henry who was top on the leaderboard.Followed in second place by 14 handicap Mr DouglasAugustus who returned a net 68. In the two ball pool Mr PatHenry was in tip top form with his putting. He scored 2s onthe 2nd and 7th holes. The only other two ball pool winner wasMr Neil Joshua who scored a birdie on 2nd hole. The prize forsecond place was collected by Mr Gerald George on behalfof Mr Douglas Augustus. The prizes were presented by thepresident of the club Mr Ron De Reuck.The next competition is one of the biggest annual competi-tion on SHGC calendar. The 36-Hole Arnold Flagg Competi-tion will take place in two consecutive Sundays 17th and 24th

March 2019. Tee off time 12:00. Registration is ongoing. Youcan register by; adding your name to the list on the club-house noticeboard, Leave a Voice mail on 24421, or drop a

message to our Facebook page @SGHC.org.sh Parents andguardians are reminded that Junior golfers training will resumeon 15th March 2019 at 1630hrs.Wish you all a great golfing weekend…..!Contributed by;SHGC

A trick of the eye to make them thinkIceland is introducing a zebra crossing with a difference. Athree dimensional effect is given as the zebra crossing ispainted on the two dimensional surface. It should makepeople slow down, at last to start with.


RMS T20 2019 ResultsSaturday 9 MarchJamestown Heat 228/4Ryan Belgrove 129*Damien O’Bey 62Christian George 3/33Jason Thomas 3/38Sandy Bay Pirates 136Matthew Benjamin 26Rhys Francis 26Rico Thomas 2/30AJ Bennett 2/27Performance PointsR Belgrove 3, D O’Bey 2, C George 1

Sunday 10 MarchMustangs 112Shane Williams 42Jason Williams 9Cruyff Buckley 2/22Andy Williams 1/3Lions 114/4Simon Scipio 30Christopher Herne 29Simon Scipio 2/14Perry Leo 2/15Performance PointsS Williams 3, C Herne 2, S Scipio 1

Woodpeckers 62Alistair Buckley 25Anthony George 6*Trystan Thomas 1/17Allstarz 63/2Gareth Johnson 40Brendan Leo 14Sanjay Clingham 3/4Stefun Leo 2/0Performance PointsG Johnson 3, S Clingham 2, S Leo 1

FixturesSaturday 16 March1.30 pmLions V PiratesUmpires: Heat

Sunday 17 March10.00 amHeat V MustangsUmpires: Mustangs

1.30pmAllstarz V ChallengersUmpires: Lions

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FOR SALE BY TENDER

Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc hasfor “sale by tender” the following vehicles.

RENAULT SPORT CLIO HATCHBACKFormerly registered as 2812Damaged as a result of a road traffic accident and canonly be used for spare parts

ROVER HATCHBACKFormerly registered as 2739Damaged as a result of a road traffic accident and canonly be used for spare parts

Viewing has been set for Monday 18 March 2019 at10am and persons interested in viewing should, inthe first instance, contact Solomon’s Insurance Of-fice on telephone number 22860.

Offers should be made in writing to the Tender BoardSecretary, clearly stating the registration number on theenvelope and placed in the Company’s Tender Box intheir Main Office Foyer by no later than 4pmon Wednesday 20 March 2019.

13 March 2019


Commonwealth Day 2019 was celebrated on St Helena Is-land with a ceremony held at St Helena Airport on Monday, 11March 2019.The large crowd, made up mostly of the Island’s school chil-dren, was welcomed to the event by Councillor Kylie Herculesin front of the Airport terminal building.Key messages were then read. Prince Andrew School’s Stu-dent Council President, Isaac Greentree, read a messagefrom the Right Honourable Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, with the Vice-Presi-dent of the School’s Student Council, Marcella Mittens, read-ing the Commonwealth Affirmation.HE Governor Lisa Honan read the message from Her MajestyThe Queen, Head of the Commonwealth. The message in-cluded the following:“We are able to look to the future with greater confidence andoptimism as a result of the links that we share, and thanks tothe networks of cooperation and mutual support to which wecontribute, and on which we draw. With enduring commit-ment through times of great change, successive generationshave demonstrated that whilst the goodwill for which the Com-monwealth is renowned may be intangible, its impact is veryreal.”At 10am, newly-appointed Speaker of Legislative Council, JohnCranfield, raised the Commonwealth Flag as part of the ‘Fly aFlag for the Commonwealth’ initiative, which aims to act as acollective public expression from Commonwealth countriesaround the world of their commitment to the Commonwealth.The ceremony then moved to the Airport combined buildingwhere presentations were given. Deputy Director of Innova-tion for the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute(SAERI), Tara Pelembe, spoke about ‘A Connected Common-wealth through the Environment’, whilst Networks Manager atSure South Atlantic Ltd, Adam Yon, along with SHG’s Corpo-rate IT Section, gave a presentation on ‘A Connected Com-monwealth through Information Technology’. Following a refreshment break, during which the Prince AndrewSchool Choir performed two songs, Chairman of the NationalSports Association St Helena, Nick Stevens, gave a presen-tation on ‘A Connected Commonwealth through Sport’. Hethen invited all in attendance to take part in some sports ac-tivities on the Airport Apron, much to the excitement of theschool children.The day’s event closed with the forming of a human 70, mark-ing 70 years of the Modern Commonwealth, and closing re-marks by Member of the Falkland Island’s Legislative As-sembly, Hon. Mark Pollard.SHG, 12 March 2019

COMMONWEALTH DAY 2019A CONNECTED COMMONWEALTH

COLLECTION OF ITEMS FROMJAMESTOWN WHARF

The following is a Public Announcement fromPort Control:Port Control today gives noticeto all boat owners and members of thepublic that they have until 1pm on Friday,22 March 2019, to claim any unidentifiedand personal items from Jamestown Wharfincluding from the area known as the CoalYard.

In recent months, members of the public haveleft items at the Wharf including plasticcontainers, pallets of rope, scrap metal andwooden trusses used for supporting boats,unauthorised vessels and related boatingequipment. Any unclaimed items will be takeninto SHG possession if not removed by 22March 2019 and may subsequently be disposedof in accordance with the Harbourmaster’spowers under the Ports Ordinance 2016.

SHG, 8 March 2019


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TILL/SHOP ASSISTANTPART TIME (full time also available)This roll involves shelf stocking, using an epos tilland dealing with customers.· Free home to duty transport· Attractive leave and sick leave package· Salary to start at £3.30 per hour.· Salary to increase considerably with

proficiency in the job role and furtherincreases with time spent in thecompany.

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Contact: Henry Thorpe or Carol Yon Tel: 22781,email: [email protected] or come and see us inour office above Thorpe’s grocery shop

Seed PotatoesSifra brandGeneration 425kg (aprox 280 tubers)Contact Doreen Peters in Thorpe’s Wholesalestore on 22393 or [email protected] arrival V015 arriving 15/04/2019.Please note the potatoes come starting to chit/sprout so are ready to plant.

£34.95per 25kg bag

VACANCY FOR PRIMARY TEACHERSThe Education & Employment Directorate is seeking to employ suitably qualified Teachers to work in the PrimarySector. The successful applicants will be required to teach all subjects across the primary curriculum.

Applicants must have qualified teaching status and recent experience in teaching would be advantageous. Theideal candidate must be self motivated and have good interpersonal skills.

Salary for the post is based on qualifications. The salary band for teachers on the Directorate’s Scheme ofService ranges from £10,550 - £18,114 per annum. Opportunities are available for career progression.

For further details regarding this post, interested persons should contact Mrs. Carlean Crowie, HeadteacherHarford Primary, on telephone number 24719 or e-mail [email protected]

Application forms which are available from Education & Employment Directorate and Corporate Human Re-sources should be completed and submitted, through Directors where applicable, to the HR Officer at the Educa-tion Learning Centre or e-mail [email protected] by no later than 4pm, on Tuesday, 18 March2019.

SHG positively accepts applications from all members of the community regardless of race, gender, disability,age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applications on the basis of merit, in accordancewith the person specification. All disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria listed in the job profile will beguaranteed an interview.

Mrs. Wendy BenjaminActing Director of Education & Employment15 March 2019


CONTRACT FOR SERVICES IN THEEDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT

DIRECTORATEThe Education and Employment Directorate is urgently seek-ing interest from persons who are able to offer contractualservices as a Temporary Teaching Assistant within the Pri-mary sector. This contract for services is being advertisedlocally.The rate payable will be at £5.16 per hour.Applicants should ideally have GCSEs in English and Mathsat Grade C or above or equaivalent qualification. Recent andrelevant work experience would be desirable. The ideal can-didate must be self-motivated, have good interpersonal skillsand a sense of humor.

For further details and a list of duties, interested personscan contact Miss Elaine Benjamin, Headteacher, Pilling Pri-mary School on telephone no 22540 or [email protected] of interest should be submitted to the HumanResources Officer at the Education Learning Centre or e-mail [email protected] by no later than 4pmon Monday, 25 March 2019.SHG positively accepts applications from all members of thecommunity regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexualorientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applicationson the basis of merit, in accordance with the person specifica-tion. All disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria will

be guaranteed an interview.Mrs. Wendy BenjaminActing Director of Education & Employment,15 March 2019

Last Saturday’s refuelling stop in Namibia for the flight fromJohannesburg was, for the first time, at Walvis Bay. It hadbeen reported the switch to Walvis Bay would start on Satur-day 7th April (which is a Sunday) but information received bythe Independent told us otherwise. The change to WalvisBay has an important advantage. The airport runway is 299feet above sea level and the air temperature at this time ofyear is 23 degrees centigrade compared with Windhoek whichis at 5,600 feet with temperatures often reaching 30 degrees.It is reported the more favourable flying conditions at WalvisBay means an additional eleven passengers can be carriedwhich will bring the maximum passenger capacity to 98. WhenAirlink started the air service the maximum passenger ca-pacity was 76. After an engine upgrade this was improved to87. The most passengers an Embraer E190 can hold is around114.Walvis Bay does not offer the range of onward destinationsavailable at Windhoek however since passengers on St Helenaflights are not allowed to get off the plane at any Namibianairport this does not matter – at the moment. Windhoek wasselected as the refuelling stop so that passenger from and toSt Helena could use Windhoek as a connecting point for otherdestinations or from other originating airports. The Cape Townconnection was an early casualty when the Namibian avia-tion authorities stopped Airlink using their airports for every-thing apart from refuelling.Cape Town is introduced as a temporary starting point forflights to St Helena when the additional Tuesday flights startagain on Tuesday 3rd December. The additional Tuesday flightswill continue through to 31st March, apart from Christmas Eve,but Tuesday flights to Cape Town will stop on 11th February2020. From Tuesday 18th February the additional weekly flightwill switch to Johannesburg. There is no change to the start-ing point for Saturday flights, all will start from Johannesburg.While many will welcome Cape Town being introduced intothe flight schedule the switching back and forth between Jo-hannesburg and Cape Town could cause some confusion fora few passengers.The average number of passengers on the current round ofTuesday flights is said to be around twenty-five. One reasonfor the low take-up of seats for the additional flights is thoughtto be the late timing for the announcement when additionalflights would be introduced. Last year the official announce-ment was made in May; there is a two month improvementfor the 2019-20 additional flights.There were hopes last September that an agreement couldbe reached with Namibia for passenger connections to startat Windhoek but so far nothing has changed, apart from themove from Windhoek to Walvis Bay. Passenger connec-tions at Windhoek would give the option of connecting to aflight for Europe and elsewhere without going to Johannes-burg. The Independent has been assured that the move toWalvis Bay does not mean all hope has been give up forestablishing passenger interchange capability at Windhoek.Talks continue, we are told.

They like our loinsA few weeks back the Independent reported on a trial sampleof premium tuna cuts being sent to a South African customerto try out. The trial was successful and the premium cuts oftuna loin from St Helena tuna is proving popular with South

Move to Walvis Bay increases passenger capacityAfrican taste buds. The General Manager at the Fisheriestold the Independent “The South African market cannot getenough of our product; they love the quality and taste. Wecannot supply enough of these” and, “Interestingly the popu-larity of the Premium Tuna on the local market is growing aswell.”There is plenty of room to increase exports of tuna loins andto help achieve this St Helena Fisheries Board recently ap-proved a 31% increase in the price paid to fishermen for pre-mium tuna. The increase is of course to encourage localfisherman to land more of the higher quality fish product. Thequality depends very much on how the fishermen land the fishimmediately after it is hooked.In another development SHFC are working on developing areliable supply chain into the United States. Prices for fish inthe USA are better than in South Africa or Europe. With oneeye on Brexit and the clear possibility exporting to Europewill become difficult, SHFC see the USA and a useful andmore rewarding alternative. Whatever happens with Brexit,efforts continue to establish a better trading relationship withFrance.Fresh fish exports for this year so far are 754.64kg in Januaryand 1,081.32kg in February.


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MR JOHN CRANFIELDELECTED AS SPEAKER

Mr John Cranfield of Jamestown has been duly elected toserve as Speaker of Legislative Council, following a secretballot by Elected Members during today’s formal Legisla-tive Council Meeting (see photos attached). As a result of Mr Cranfield’s election to the role of Speaker,the position of Deputy Speaker for Legislative Council hasbecome vacant.

The election to fill the Deputy Speaker post will take placeat the formal Legislative Council Meeting, scheduled to beheld on 22 March 2019.SHG8 March 2019

Eat like an Emperor –St Helena Bananas

The ‘Visioning Group’ who are tasked with putting together arange of ideas and activities to commemorate the bicente-nary of Napoleon’s death (5th May 2021) are asking for ideasand suggestions. The vice chairman of the Tourism Associa-tion (Matt Joshua) got the Association’s members to thinkabout special menus with a Napoleon ingredient and lots morebesides.Jacques Chandelier, Napoleon’s often quoted cook, lists pot-tage, filleted breasts of mutton served with clear gravy androast chicken or two pork loins as being among Napoleon’sfavourites – and that’s just for breakfast. Pottage is a kind ofthick soup or thin stew depending on what goes into it. Na-poleon liked sorrel pottage as a refreshing opener for break-fast. It is said sorrel can cause an upset stomach and inlarge doses is no good for the kidneys, liver and digestiveorgans.

Cake, anyone?Dinner, for Napoleon appeared to be a larger version of break-fast with another pottage, roasted fowl and two main courses.All this was topped off with sweetmeats or pastries. Chan-delier the cook says Napoleon’s only fruit was St Helenabananas, frittered and served with lashings of rum sauce.That’s a local dish which could easily be included on localmenus to commemorate Napoleon’s bicentenary.Rum sauce ingredients;- 2oz butter, 2oz plain flour, 1 pint milk,4 tbsp of rum, 2oz brown sugar.Cooking method;- in a medium saucepan, combine brownsugar, butter, and milk. Bring to a boil slowly, stirring con-stantly to prevent scorching. Cook until sugar is dissolved.Remove from heat. Stir in the rum and then store in the re-frigerator, simple! The rum could be from the distillery justaround the corner from Napoleon’s Tomb.

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