Falkland Oil and Gas to conduct new 2D seismic survey Falkland Oil and Gas Limited has signed a contract with Wavefield InSeis AS (Wavefield) to undertake a 10,000 km 2D seismic survey over the company's licences in the South and East Falkland Basins.
Today, Thursday, 7th September saw the naming ceremony in Portsmouth of the British Royal Navy's 80m offshore patrol vessel, HMS Clyde, which it is expected will arrive in the Falkland Islands in 2007.
Britain and Argentina will be holding talks in London this Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the mandate of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission, SAFC, according to a release from the Government House in Stanley, Falkland Islands.
Marine Officer, Jon Clark, used the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Service (FIRS) mid-day News Direct programme to announce that the Falkland Islands second loligo season will close at one minute to midnight today, Tuesday.
Lakeland Timber Framed Homes, of East Holywell near Whitley Bay, has picked up a one million pounds order from the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence to build twelve cabin homes in the Falkland Islands, reports Monday's editions of The Journal, Northern Business Daily from Newcastle.
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New Governor, same message; Tourist Board directors take ?hands on' approach; Coastal tender talks continue; Airbridge fares rise; Clocks change this weekend.
Four British Members of Parliament left the Falklands on Saturday at the end of a five day visit as the guests of the Royal Navy, under the auspices of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme.
In a ceremony, which possessed the degree of formality befitting his status as Her Majesty The Queen's representative, the new Governor of the Falkland Islands, Mr. Alan Huckle, was sworn into office on Monday morning in the Court and Council Chamber of Stanley's Town Hall.
The process of bringing about changes to the Falkland Islands Constitution, took a further step forward last week with the publication for public comment of proposals by the Select Committee on Constitutional Reform.
Falkland Islands Government spokesperson and Member of its Executive Council, Mike Summers, told local media last Friday that an internal review had taken place of the process by which he and his colleagues were chosen to represent the Falkland Islands Government at important overseas meetings.