Penguin News editor sets out need for rigorous reporting
The editor of the Falkland Islands newspaper, Penguin News, is the subject of the regular “My perfect weekend” feature in London’s Telegraph newspaper. She notes that 95 per cent of students return...
View ArticleEfforts continue on St Helena broadband
The campaign to divert an underwater internet cable via St Helena continues to attract publicity around the world. The latest report is on the Computer Active website, which compares the island with an...
View ArticleGays who served in Falklands War tell of their pride
Gay men weren’t allowed to serve in the Royal Navy back in 1982, but that didn’t stop some homosexuals sailing off to service in the Falklands War, reports the Pink News website. It tells of Roy...
View ArticleBulletins go live – before radio switch-on
News bulletins from St Helena’s newest media organisation are now going out on the airwaves - before it has even launched its first radio station. The St Helena Broadcasting Corporation has been...
View ArticleIsle of Man work placement for remote island residents
Two residents from one of the most remote group of islands in the world have begun a four-month work placement in the Isle of Man. Martin and Iris Green have travelled from the volcanic island of...
View ArticleMantis to Develop New Hotel on Saint Helena, Island in South Atlantic
Mantis, a collection of privately owned boutique hotels and eco escapes around the world, announces its latest project will be the development of a five star hotel on the island of Saint Helena, a...
View ArticleAstronaut chases a white herring
By Guy Gatien So, International Space Station Astronaut Chris Hadfield—commander of Expedition 35, so you better take him seriously, folks—tweeted a picture of a certain volcanic island in the Atlantic...
View ArticleBatelco completes buyout of Cable & Wireless; includes Falklands, St Helena...
Now let’s see what greater synergies and pricing are brought to the island to benefit the community. Batelco Group (Ticker: BATELCO), the regional telecommunications operator headquartered in Bahrain,...
View ArticleIntrepid South Africans playing key role in St Helena airport adventure
The first plane to officially land at St Helena’s new airport – the first airport in the island’s more than 500 years of human habitation – is scheduled to do so in February 2016. Building an Airport...
View ArticleWriter says Michel deserves top honour for Napoleon role
Film star Clint Eastwood has one, and so has the singer Bob Dylan; and now a writer on Napoleon says Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, custodian of the emperor’s homes on St Helena, deserves to receive...
View ArticleUS ‘using Ascension as secret spy base’, says website
Ascension Island is being used as a base for spying on Brazil, according to an article on the Huffington Post website. It says the revelation is contained in documents leaked by the US whistle-blower...
View ArticleWhen Jonathan met Sally – and the story went global
The BBC’s prestigious From Our Own Correspondent programme evidently has a fascination for St Helena: the island has featured on it at least four times in the space of five years. Judged against the...
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