THE families of Argentine war dead will be under strict instructions to fly no national flags during the dedication of the Darwin War Memorial in March.
THE deaths of hundreds of Chinstrap penguins at Cooper Bay, South Georgia late last year have been blamed on Avian Cholera (Pasturella multocida), a bacterium that has previously been identified in the Antarctic and other sub-Antarctic islands.
South Atlantic patrol HMS Gloucester left the Falkland Islands last Friday and is heading north towards Brazil.
AS REGULAR as the arrival of the Rockhopper penguins, one of the sure signs of summer in the Falklands for the last twenty years has been the sighting in the streets of Stanley of Major Ronnie Spafford, leading yet another small group of eager visitors, usually of mature years, but often wearing, with varying degrees of self-consciousness, sweatshirts of psychedelic hue, emblazoned with the words Falklands Experience. Ronnie makes us wear them, you know, one lady recently confided.
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No certainty as illex season begins; Rockhopper and Desire agree farm-in ?understanding'; Duvall release: public safety is ?paramount'; Liners cruising in.
Falklands fishing vessels could soon be crewed by Chilean officers after discussions at the Red Ensign Conference in Stanley this week.
FOGL announces that it has completed recording approximately 50% of the planned 10,500 km 2D seismic survey in its 83,000 sq km licence areas to the south and east of the Falkland Islands.
The Falklands illex fishing season started on Tuesday, with reduced expectations from the Government for its licence fee income after last year's disastrous catches.
This year's Red Ensign Group conference was officially launched in Stanley this morning by Governor Howard Pearce.
Proposed Placing of 35,555,556 Placing Shares at 45p per share and Open Offer of 20,335,100 Open Offer Shares at 45p per share on the basis of 1 Open Offer Share for every 8 Existing Ordinary Shares.