THE Falkland Islands Government has launched an updated website -
www.falklands.gov.fk
— which provides visitors with a comprehensive overview of today's Falklands.
The author of The secret war for the Falklands Nigel West called in Punta Arenas last week and together with local journalists visited the location in southern Chile where in May 1982 a Royal Navy helicopter involved in a failed secret mission had to land and was destroyed.
The Falkland Islands government has announced for next December 20 a major exercise to test plans, in coordination with military personnel, designed to deal with a major civilian emergency.
The accommodation facility at RAF Brize Norton, Gateway House which is available to all passengers travelling on scheduled flights, including twice weekly to the Falkland Islands, has been closed while suspected asbestos contamination is investigated.
Birkenhead based Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders has won a £16million contract to upgrade naval repair ship RFA Diligence which has seen service all over the world including the Falkland Islands.
Government House in Stanley has announced that Lord Triesman, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister responsible for relations with the UK Overseas Territories, will visit the Falkland Islands on December 15th and 16th.
THE company of HMS Endurance have spent an enjoyable few days in Stanley and around the Islands.
A group of Punta Arenas businessmen visited the Islands last week.
Rockhopper Exploration plc (RKH), the AIM-listed oil and gas exploration company
based in the United Kingdom, today announces its interim results for the six
months ended 30 September 2006
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