Falklands, after 'boom' years, announces a prudent mid/term sustainable budget

Wednesday, June 1st 2016 - 03:11 UTC

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The Falkland Islands Financial Secretary Nicola Granger presented on Tuesday to the Legislative Assembly the 2016/17 financial budget bill with appropriations of £62.9M, funded from revenues anticipated in the year of £61.3M with the remainder coming from the reserves built up from wind-falls in Illex catches and oil and gas exploration in recent years. Read full article

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Where does one put all that money,

does the islands have a big bank.
Jun 01st, 2016 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pete Bog
Malcorra:
Hey, Kelpers, I will soon be in Ban ki Moon's job so all this talk of people on NSGT's deciding their future will be replaced by an Argentine 19th century colonialist mindset. So thinking in advance, to help us rule you from Tierra del Fuego and to settle nicely into Argentine nationality could you kindly replace prudent, economically sustainable budgets, with the Argentino model which is to totally f**k up your economy, waste all your resources and get into debt as soon as possible.

Love Choosy Susie.
Jun 04th, 2016 - 08:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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