Caught on camera – Sergio Villatoro Bran making himself comfortable in the St Helena Airport VIP lounge while waiting to board the plane on Sunday. The person supplying the photo said Sergio was sipping wine and reading a book while…
Many woke up on Sunday morning to try out the new internet speeds. Had the final switchover to the Equiano cable gone without a hitch? Everything seemed to work and all the connections connected and they worked faster. Some users…
Julie Thomas St Helena Cheif Minister joined four others for a discussion on The Race to Renewables which is part of the Virtual Island Summit (VIS) organised by Island Innovation. The Summit finishes today. This is the 5th VIS, Julie…
St. Helena’s Chief Minister Julie Thomas took part in a virtual Island summit on Zoom. She made one or two good points, and one of them instantly agreed with another speaker. Chief Minister Thomas also introduced the concept of ‘meerkating’ which…
Last week, Ruth Powell of Hugh James Solicitors, organised a public meeting at the museum which was held yesterday evening. The main intention was to explain why she is here and what she hopes to achieve. Quite a lot has…
Ruth Powell, Head of Clinical Negligence at Hugh James, said soon after her arrival on 16th September the number of people who have approached the Clinical Negligence team up to that point was “over 50”. On Tuesday this week while…
The questions raised by the SHG announcement on Friday 22nd September about the compensation scheme the government will introduce were answered yesterday, (25th September). Ruth Powell, Head of Clinical Negligence at Hugh James Solicitors met the Attorney General for the…
Concerns has been raised about the Compensation Scheme being set up by the St Helena Government for orthopaedic patients. The scheme was announced soon after Sergio Villatoro Bran was given a 23-month suspended custodial sentence last Friday. Friday’s announcement from…
On Friday 22 September 2023, Dr Sergio Bran was sentenced after pleading guilty to criminal charges brought on the basis of causing avoidable harm to patients. Whilst Dr Bran has accepted and been convicted of criminal activity, there are also…
23 months prison sentence suspended for one year £2,000 compensation to each of 5 of his patients where he was found guilty of causing criminal negligence £5,000 court costs Banned for life from being a doctor in St. Helena Guatemala…
