The Falkland Islands will celebrate the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II next Tuesday, April 21st with a Parade and fly-past and the attendance of the Islands dignitaries headed by the Governor and representatives from the elected Legislative Assembly.
Headlines: Stolen property tracked to Australia, Combined police efforts land former dairy managers in court; Takings soar at the new-look Chandlery; Time change.
The story of how 22 British Royal Marines held off an entire Argentine invasion force on the eve of the 1982 Falkland Islands War has finally been told for the first time, according to a Books Review article from the Daily Mail published on Tuesday.
The South Atlantic Royal Navy patrol HMS Manchester conducted a maritime capability demonstration of her task unit’s diverse capabilities last Monday in the Falkland Islands.
Albeit intensely debating the global economic downturn and its impact on tourism, this year’s Seatrade Miami Cruise convention – the world’s most important gathering of cruise industry professionals – has emitted a generally positive signal: The industry believes in continued growth.
Headlines: Drug importers sent to prison; Chief of Police to be formally reprimanded; Illex slow to reach FI zones.
Ten cruise ships visited South Georgia Island in March, the last month of the main tourist season. According to SGIsland News Alert these included the unusual and beautiful 38-passenger sailing ship Bark Europa and one ship had a expedition group aboard who successfully completed the Shackleton Crossing from King Haakon Bay to Stromness.
The United Kingdom has no doubts about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, or its right to make a submission to extend the continental shelf under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea, but it is considering its approach in view of the May 2009 deadline.
Argentine next of kin have “unfettered” access to the Falkland Islands since 1999 and “only last week 60 of them and families visited the Islands” points out Sukey Cameron, Falklands’ government representative in London in a response to an article published in The Guardian which referred to the recent meeting between Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
The Illex fishery has been a “no show” for Falkland Islands zones so far this year, confirmed Director of Fisheries John Barton.