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Montevideo, April 27th 2025 - 02:42 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Friday, May 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands: Penguin News Weekly Update

    Headlines:
    Tourist Board: no confidence vote for directors; Pension reversal; Harriet lands new job; War losses remembered; A long distance interview; Expo plans progress.

  • Thursday, May 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Record skate for Falklands Fishery

    A rough-skinned skate (dipturus trachyderma) measuring 2.5 metres in length and described as the biggest recorded in Falklands waters, was displayed to the public recently.

  • Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Disaster management team in the Falkland Islands

    Former British Gov. Frank Savage, (FCO/OTD) and his colleague, Roger Bellers (DFID) Photo PN

    “To spread the word that preparedness does save lives” This was the reason given by Frank Savage, adviser on disaster management to the British Foreign and Commonwealth's Overseas Territories Department (FCO/OTD), why he and colleague, Roger Bellers of the Department for International Development (DFID) are in the Falkland Islands this week.

  • Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Decisive Falklands War actions recalled. Vulcan bomber raid and Belgrano

    Harold Briley reported on both actions at the time as the BBC Latin America Correspondent in Buenos Aires and subsequently met the captains of both the Belgrano and Conqueror

    Two of the most dramatic actions of the 1982 Falklands War have been recalled in a series of media reports in the United Kingdom 25 years after they took place - the sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano with heavy loss of life and the attack on Stanley airport by a British Vulcan bomber in the longest air raid flight in history.

  • Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    No confidence vote for Falkland Islands Tourist Board

    Dissatisfaction turned into action on Friday 27th April when members of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB) passed a vote of no confidence in the Board, at an extraordinary general meeting.

  • Monday, April 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Gibraltar recommends trilateral dialogue process for Falklands

    Gibraltar Government agrees with Rafael Estrella, one of the architect's of the current Spanish government dialogue policy and now Spain's Ambassador to Argentina, that the Trilateral Forum of Dialogue model could be usefully applied to the Falklands, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

  • Monday, April 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Desire Petroleum: pretax loss and no rig on sight

    Desire Petroleum PLC swung to full-year pretax loss due to the strengthening of the pound against the dollar reported the company.

  • Friday, April 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands: Penguin News weekly update

    Mirabelle 'Tim' Simpson MBE

    Headlines:

    Tim picks up her MBE; Exploring the southern wilderness; Smoking ban looms; 'Frustrated' Argentines; Tourism meeting today.

    Inside Penguin News: Past Finders repair historic corral; Queen's Birthday Parade; HE's First trip to South Georgia.

  • Friday, April 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands: Penguin News Weekly Update

    Director of Fisheries, John Barton, addresses the delegates in the Consolidated Fisheries Ltd-sponsored session on “Balancing commercial activities and conservation.”

    Headlines:
    'Falklands of 2007' showcased; Jigger sinks as Uranie Rock claims new victim; Her Majesty's day; Public meeting planned.

  • Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands: little environmental threat from stricken fishing vessel

    Fears of major environmental damage, prompted by the news that a Taiwanese fishing vessel the HWA JAAN 161 had grounded off one of the Falkland Islands' prime natural visitor attractions, have somewhat abated today in the light of the latest reports.