Tag: Gavin Short

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:25 UTC

  Falklands' 35 students in UK had allowances revised to face cost of living crisis

  

  In the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly this week MLA Leona Roberts responded to a question from MLA Gavin Short on the subject of whether Falklands students were facing financial difficulties while studying overseas and what steps FIG was taking to mitigate this if it was true.

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 13:00 UTC

  Falklands lawmakers discuss food prices and market solvency to encourage competition

  

  A spirited discussion surrounding food prices was prompted by a question from MLA Teslyn Barkman in Legislative Assembly last Wednesday, 31st May. MLA Teslyn Barkman asked MLA Gavin Short about the UK’s government’s decision to investigate food pricing. “Can the Honorable Gavin Short please say whether we here in the Falklands have any mechanisms or agency that could be used to investigate the grocery retail market?”

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:00 UTC

  Falklands farmers face tough times unable to have a fluid sale of their wool clip

  

  Lawmaker Gavin Short rose at the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly this week and asked MLA Teslyn Barkman if she was “aware of any farms that have been unable to sell their wool clip either fully or partially this season.”

• Saturday, May 6th 2023 - 13:48 UTC

  Falkland Islands joins in historic coronation celebrations of King Charles III

  

  Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory, joined in the celebrations of the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty Queen Camilla on Saturday. The Islands were represented by a group of individuals who took part in the festivities in London, including Members of the Falkland Islands Defence Force, DC Helen Taylor from the Royal Falkland Islands Police, MLA Teslyn Barkman, Her Excellency The Governor, Alison Blake CMG, and Falkland Islands Representative, Richard Hyslop.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Argentina and C24 members want a return of real colonialism to Falklands and Southwest Atlantic, MLA Short

  

  My name is Gavin Short and I am a democratically elected representative of the Government and people of the Falkland Islands and my family have lived there for 173 years.

• Friday, November 5th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Environment top priority as Falklands elect new Legislative Assembly

  

  Falkland Islands voters yesterday elected a new Legislative Assembly with a clear mandate to put the environment front and center of the coming legislature.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands election: manifestos of candidates for Stanley's five benches

  

  The Falkland Islands General Election is scheduled for Thursday, 4 November, and in our previous edition, we published the manifestos of the four candidates for the three benches representing the Camp circumscription in the Legislative Assembly.

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 07:49 UTC

  Falklands: Second flight statement meets approval and dismay

  

  A statement entitled ‘Progress made towards establishing a second commercial Falkland Islands air link’ released last week by the Falkland Islands Government, but too late for publication in the Penguin News, has met with a mixed reception in the Islands. While some have expressed favor others have reservations and questions as witnessed by readers’ letters in this Friday edition.

• Friday, January 12th 2018 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands radio station with new old faces

  

  Falklands Radio has new staff members from this week. Corina Goss has returned as Station Manager, while Gavin Short has joined the team as Senior News Correspondent.
  Corina was also the station manager from 2005 to 2016, having joined the station in 1993, aged just 16, as a continuity announcer.

• Monday, October 30th 2017 - 22:20 UTC

  Candidates in General Election in Falkland Islands propose a wide-ranging agenda

  

  Residents of the Falkland Islands are due to go to the polls to elect their new Legislative Assembly on Thursday 9th November 2017. Seventeen candidates are standing for the eight available spots on the Assembly. The Assembly is responsible for the internal government of the Islands and sets the national agenda. It also liaises with the United Kingdom Government on issues of defence and is increasingly actively involved in foreign affairs efforts on behalf of the Islands.