Falkland Islands

• Friday, November 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News

  Headlines:
  Competitive cuisine; MRSA found in hospital; SAMA group arrives; Carlisle coaching team; Thatcher Jnr plans filming; MPs begin Falklands tour; Dockyard views; Encouraging wool news; This week's cruise ships.

• Thursday, November 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Melbourne wool sales offer a ray of hope for Falklands farmers

  Wool sales held in Melbourne Australia on October 31st saw prices peaking higher than for some years and offered a ray of hope to Falklands farmers.

• Thursday, November 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Decision on Falklands finfish quotas by Executive Council

  Falkland Islands Governor, Mr Alan Huckle, reported Wednesday on the local radio station, FIRS, that Executive Council, the South Atlantic archipelago's senior governing body, had approved the methodology for determining applications for Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) and Provisional Quotas (PQs) in the various finfish fisheries.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Two MPs FIG guests expected this week in Falklands

  Conservative MP Mike Penning and Labor MP Sarah McCarthy-Fry are due to arrive on November 3, accompanied by the Falkland Islands Government's (FIG) Representative in the UK, Sukey Cameron.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' “first” for team of United coaches

  Carlisle United will make history this week when a team of five coaches become the first delegation from a professional football team to visit the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Forum on modern Falklands in London next April

  The Falkland Islands government will be displaying an intense public relations campaign in the United Kingdom next April in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict.

• Monday, October 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands observance of Remembrance Sunday

  Next Sunday November 12th. Remembrance Sunday will be commemorated in the Falkland Islands with the following arrangements, according to a release from Gilbert House.

• Sunday, October 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Morrison's new Antarctic challenge

  Construction firm Morrison (Falklands) Ltd has been awarded a contract in Antarctica.

• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines:
  Redundancies at C&W; Visiting economists to examine government reserves; Visiting economists to examine government reserves; Complaints system needed: Governor; Tourism website launched; Military fireworks invitation.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Three marines return to Falklands to keep a pint promise

  Next November 2, three Falklands veterans are returning to the Islands to keep a promise they made 25 years ago at the start of the conflict: “yomp” 75 miles to claim a pint of beer in Port Stanley.