Economy

The fourth Statistical Bulletin of 2020 has been released, with new estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Income (GNI) for 2018/19, and revised estimates for previous years. The new estimates indicate that the size of St Helena’s economy shrank slightly in 2018/19, by 1.1%. GDP for 2018/19 …

The East India Company Bullion Ltd in partnership with the Commissioners of Currency on St Helena have announced the release of the official 2020 #nhsheroes silver charity coin

The £5 silver coin is dedicated to Britain’s NHS Heroes

100% profit from every coin sold will be donated to NHS Charities …

A charter flight to repatriate St Helena residents from South Africa will take place on Monday, 18 May 2020.  The flight will travel on to Ascension Island, returning to St Helena the following day continuing back to Johannesburg.  The charter flight is being operated by SA Airlink on behalf of …

Journalists in Somalia routinely face many difficulties but this year, under the stress of the spread of COVID-19, they say feel even more threatened by intimidation and arrest by what they call hostile leaders.

Cautiously celebrating World Press Freedom Day, a number of Somali journalists and journalists’ rights activists shared …

Non-Saint tourist arrivals in February 2020 were a record high for that month

Committee approves proposal to amend the Agricultural Water Subsidy

The monthly meeting of the Economic Development Committee took place on Thursday, 23April 2020, and the following is a summary of the main items discussed:

A presentation …

The overall Retail Price Index was measured at 105.9 in the first quarter of 2020. This is unchanged from the rate of the fourth quarter of 2019, and an increase from 104.1 in the first quarter of 2019. This means that retail prices rose, on average, by 1.7% over the …