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Cable & Wireless £ 10.000 donation for Falklands Overseas Games association

Monday, July 16th 2012 - 02:15 UTC
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Cable and Wireless South Atlantic Ltd made a generous donation of £10,000 to the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association (FIOGA). Read full article

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  • Marcos Alejandro

    I am sure Mr Summers got some freebies from them, the regular kelper got £150 a month, wireless internet.

    Jul 16th, 2012 - 02:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    Haven't seen CFK's published utility bills. Has her slush fund reached $20 million yet?

    Jul 16th, 2012 - 09:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    Just have to say something nasty, don't you Marcos?
    You can be as nasty as you like but you'll never get the Falklands(there are no malvinas).

    Jul 16th, 2012 - 09:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    @1
    And?

    Jul 16th, 2012 - 11:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • EnginnerAbroad

    The nature of the stories emerging day on day across a large proportion of the independent press is: Argentina losing foriegn investment and support in its economy whilst the Falklands government continous to attract foreign financial support and have a growing economy.

    Maybe the FILC should offer to run Argentina!

    Jul 16th, 2012 - 12:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Benson

    You're right Marcos C&W is a rip but at least we can afford it because we have a strong economy.

    Jul 16th, 2012 - 12:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • JohnN

    Big thank you to Cable & Wireless! Totally agree with McPhee that sport a good way to raise the Falklands’ profile internationally.

    Sport in the Falkland Islands:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_the_Falkland_Islands

    Cable and Wireless Falkland Islands history:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_the_Falkland_Islands

    And for those of us far from Falklands, nice C&W webcam mosaic:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_the_Falkland_Islands

    Jul 16th, 2012 - 12:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Marcos Alejandro

    6 Benson ”You're right Marcos C&W is a rip but at least we can afford it because we have a strong economy?

    You probably can afford it but that poor tourist in Malvinas, Isolde, can't.
    Relax Isolde, when we take over the prices will be much lower.

    Jul 17th, 2012 - 04:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Benson

    Not sure why a tourist would be suscribing to a business package long term internet service, you would think they'd buy a £5 wifi card. If by some bizzare series of events you did manage to take over the prices would have to go down because after you had done to our ecomony what you've done to yours no one would be able to afford it.

    Jul 17th, 2012 - 08:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lsolde

    Well, Marcos, wrong thrice.
    l'm not a tourist & l'm certainly not short of a quid.
    And you'll never take over the Falklands.

    Jul 17th, 2012 - 10:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • lost1

    Please support this page - Falkland Islands Desire The Right - dedicated to Falkland Islands current affairs, keeping the islands free and poking fun at the lunacy of the Argentine government and their various claims and winding up their Internet trolls -

    https://www.facebook.com/Britain1592

    Jul 20th, 2012 - 05:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    @8
    “when we take over the prices will be much lower.”
    If by we you mean Argentina (?), that's a laugh because despite many many many more resources than the Falklands have , the Argentines cannot run a succesful economy.
    The Falklands is relatively succesful because it is run as a complete country. If it became a backwater province of Argentina it would become a dump fairly quickly like most Argentine provinces, the Argetines would deplete the resources. Look how unsuccesful it was when FIC was an overseas company giving little incentive to the Falklanders. Since three constitution changes giving the Islands more control, and allowing them to operate as a country rather than a backwater of the UK, their economy has increased dramatically since 1982.

    Jul 22nd, 2012 - 10:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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