Falkland Islands

• Friday, November 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines: '82 veterans bond on Falklands visit; Some difficult choices before the next budget; Former governor fined.

• Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Oil industry restates interest in Falklands' potential

  

  Phyl Rendell, Falkland Islands Director of Minerals and Agriculture attended the International AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Wednesday, November 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' farms go green; 40% organic status by 2010/11

  

  TEN Falklands farms have registered to convert their farm production units to internationally recognised organic status. Should all go well this will mean nearly 40% of the Falkland Islands will have organic status by 2010/11.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Bush-Obama begin friendly transition in the Oval Office

  

  President-elect Barack Obama held this Monday his first meeting with incumbent George W Bush since his last week's decisive election victory. Both sides described the White House talks, which lasted just under two hours, as friendly and productive.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Veteran Welsh Guard returns to Falklands to honour best friend

  

  Falkland Islands 1982 British veteran soldier Clive Davies admitted he, “…cried like a baby,” when on Monday he returned to spot where he witnessed the death of his best friend and countless comrades.

• Monday, November 10th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' Constitution: Argentine fury in Gibraltar press

  

  Britain has irritated Argentina by announcing a new constitution that shares more powers with the people of the Falkland Islands and enshrines the right to self-determination. This comes just two years after Gibraltar approved a new Constitution negotiated with UK, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle which is closely following events.

• Saturday, November 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Difficult choices for Falklands' “strained” public finances

  THE strain on Falkland Islands' public finances is “greater than at any time since the commencement of fisheries licensing in 1986”.

• Saturday, November 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' people “inalienable right to self determination”

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) welcomed the new Constitution for the Islands which provides enhanced local democracy and internal self-government and enshrines the right of self-determination.

• Friday, November 7th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines: Top dog Leo in drugs bust; New Constitution approved by Her Majesty the Queen; Fuel prices not set to fall.

• Friday, November 7th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  HMS Iron Duke arrives in Stanley for Remembrance Service

  

  Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke on deployment in the South Atlantic is scheduled to arrive Friday in the Falkland Islands capital, Port Stanley to participate in the Islands Remembrance Service to be held on Sunday.