Falkland Islands

• Friday, April 23rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Nurse jailed for drug theft; Was speeder let off? £2m+ terminal rejected; Hughes replaces Christopher.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  FIBS Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  Queen's Birthday parade; Falklands Landholding; Medivac.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Argentina opens squid fishery north of parallel 44°S; Galicia cautions about European alliances; Most Chilean salmon farms ignore labour regulations; Steady growth of fish consumption in Spain; EU reaches new fishery agreement with Madagascar; Galicia builds aquaculture centre in Namibia.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Viarsa 1 Officers Launch New Bid to Leave Australia.

  Five fishermen from the alleged pirate vessel Viarsa 1 have been given 48 hours to prove why they should be given their passports back in a new bid by the detained men to leave Australia.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  A true Islander dies in the Falklands.

  Falklands' legend, Harold Theodore Rowlands C.B.E. who bestowed ?The Freedom of the Falklands' and an unexpected big kiss on the cheek of, ?the incomparable Mrs. Margaret Thatcher' in 1983 has died suddenly, aged 72.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines: Spain's strong ties with illegal fishing; “Maya V” haul attracts buyer's interest; Aquaculture promotion in developing countries.

• Monday, April 19th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  New housing development planned for Stanley.

  A new housing development plan involving 344 plots in Stanley the capital of the Falkland Islands has been announced.

• Friday, April 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Scores flock to see giant squid; Islander in charge of Public Works; Tough budgeting to follow illex closure; Sanders to Ascension; Nurse trial begins Monday; Change your clocks.

• Thursday, April 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Cruise season brings 33.000 visitors to Falklands.

  Recently released statistics show that a record number of tourists visited the Falklands during the 2003/4 season. Ten years ago less than 4,000 people went to the Islands, but more awareness of the Falklands excellent wild-life and increased promotion of the destination, resulted in more than 30,000 visitors stepping ashore in the summer of 2003/4.

• Thursday, April 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Giant squid heads for Natural History Museum in London.

  While the Falklands Government and International Fishing Companies bemoan the current lack of commercial squid in the Falklands Economic Zone, considerable excitement has been created in the Islands by the catching of a 'giant' squid weighing 200 kilos.