St Helena - South Atlantic Media Services - St Helena's News - Week 4 - (08/05/15)

This week on Saint Helena Local TV broadcast: A commemoration of napoleon’s death on St Helena took place at napoleon’s tomb on Saturday. With the opening of the airport only nine months away SAMS investigated the input that has taken place by the saints and saint owned companies. Amd’s engineering contractors, owned by St Helenian Adrian Duncan, have been subcontracted by basil read for nearly two years. The St Helena dive club has decided amongst its members that two scuba diving scholarships should be offered to the youth of St Helena. The blue lantern hotel restaurant threw open its doors to the public for bookings on Saturday the 2nd of May after a grand opening event hosted by owners Reg and Keith yon on the evening before. And the St Helena golf club held a fund raising Texas scramble last weekend. Saint Helena is a tropical island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean, 4000 km east of Rio de Janeiro. It is part of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha. Saint Helena measures about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi) and has a population of 4,255 (2008 census). It was named after Saint Helena of Constantinople. The island was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese in 1502. One of the most remote islands in the world, it was for centuries an important stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa. Napoleon was imprisoned there in exile by the British, as were Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (for leading a Zulu army against British rule) and more than 5,000 Boers taken prisoner during the Second Boer War. Between 1791 and 1833, Saint Helena became the site of a series of experiments in conservation, reforestation, and attempts to boost rainfall artificially. This environmental intervention was closely linked to the conceptualization of the processes of environmental change and helped establish the roots of environmentalism. Saint Helena is Britain's second oldest remaining British Overseas Territory, after Bermuda. Saint Helena South Atlantic Media Services St Helena's News Week 3 (01/05/15)    • St Helena - South Atlantic Media Services ...   St Helena - South Atlantic Media Services - St Helena's News - Week 2 - (24/04/15)    • St Helena - South Atlantic Media Services ...   St Helena - South Atlantic Media Services - St Helena's News Week 1 (17/04/15)    • St Helena - South Atlantic Media Services ...   St Helena child abuse: 'a lot of dark things do happen on this island'    • St Helena child abuse: 'a lot of dark thin...   St. Helena - The Heart of the South Atlantic    • St. Helena - The Heart of the South Atlantic   St Helena Island 2014    • St Helena Island 2014   ST HELENA ISLAND - jewel in the south atlantic    • ST HELENA ISLAND - jewel in the south atla...   St Helena Tourism | 15°55'76.91"S 5°47'0.38"W https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...