Falkland Islands

• Monday, February 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Gloucester heading for Brazil.

  South Atlantic patrol HMS Gloucester left the Falkland Islands last Friday and is heading north towards Brazil.

• Sunday, February 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  The end of an era for ?Falklands Experience'.

  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.

• Friday, February 18th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines :
  No certainty as illex season begins; Rockhopper and Desire agree farm-in ?understanding'; Duvall release: public safety is ?paramount'; Liners cruising in.

• Friday, February 18th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Red Ensign Conference concludes.

  Falklands fishing vessels could soon be crewed by Chilean officers after discussions at the Red Ensign Conference in Stanley this week.

• Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd.
  Seismic Survey Update

  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.

• Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands: Illex season started.

  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.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  “Please be flexible”: Councillor's plea to Red Ensign Conference.

  This year's Red Ensign Group conference was officially launched in Stanley this morning by Governor Howard Pearce.

• Monday, February 14th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Desire Petroleum plc.

  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.

• Saturday, February 12th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Gold and minerals exploration starts end of the month

  FALKLAND Gold and Minerals Ltd (FGML) is preparing to begin onshore drilling sometime at the end of February.

• Saturday, February 12th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  C-130K: RAF has not grounded its fleet.

  The RAF will not stop its Hercules C-130 planes flying despite America grounding its 30 oldest aircraft because of wing cracks, the Ministry of Defence has said.