Falkland Islands

• Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Best practice' approach to drilling, minerals company assures Falklands; Disappointing illex season to close two months early; Mass at St Mary's on Pope's funeral day; Racecourse housing deferred.

• Thursday, April 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Oil and Gas Limited

  Exploration Update & Appointment of Full Time Exploration Manager.
  
  Falkland Oil and Gas Limited (“FOGL”) announces the appointment of Patrick Bird as Exploration Manager.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Dumbarton Castle visits S. Sandwich Islands

  Falklands Patrol Ship HMS Dumbarton Castle recently returned from a deployment to Britain's most southerly territories, South Sandwich Islands and at the same time proceeding as far south as any warship can travel.

• Monday, April 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands attend Miami cruise convention

  THE growing Falkland Islands tourism industry has been represented at this year's Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention, held in Miami, Florida.

• Friday, April 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  
  Twenty-four hour police patrols cut for six months; Loligo fee rise upsets industry;
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• Thursday, March 31st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Tahiti calls for a OCTA “united strategy”

  “A united strategy based on common interests is always fruit-bearing”, French Polynesia President Oscar Temaru said Wednesday in his opening speech before the three-day 4th Ministerial Conference of the European Union Association of Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTA) in Tahiti, according to a report from TahitiPress.

• Thursday, March 31st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines:
  Clash over HMS Sussex treasure; Spanish television links Gibraltar to money laundering.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  South Georgia Fishing Licences Announcement

  A spokesman for the Government of the South Atlantic island of South Georgia, which has its seat in Government House in the Falklands, yesterday made the following announcement regarding the annual award of licences to fish for toothfish in the Island's waters:

• Tuesday, March 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Councillors in EU OCT ministerial meeting in Tahiti

  Two Falkland Islands Councillors will be participating at the European Union Overseas Countries & Territories EU meeting in Tahiti, French Polynesia scheduled for this week. Ian Hansen and Mike Summers left the Islands last Saturday.

• Monday, March 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands holds mysteries of world climate evolution

  A researcher from the University of Ulster is finding out what the climate and landscape was like thousands of years ago from a unique rock formation in the Falkland Islands.