Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, September 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  FIBS Breaking news.

  Headlines:
  New Appointment; £25,000 for Boston Seafood Exhibit; Santiago based Chamber of Commerce to visit; Artist James' London opening.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  FOG Stock Market Debut.

  Falkland Oil and Gas is to offer investors a stake on possible oil reserves near the Falkland Islands later this week, when it announces details of its planned Aim listing.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  FIBS: Caught in the Net.

  This year's loligo catch looks set to go down as one of the worst in Falkland's history.

• Monday, September 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  US and Canadian interest in Falklands oil exploration.

  Several North American companies have expressed an interest in Falklands' oil exploration, the Mineral Resources Committee heard last week.

• Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar celebrates “self-determination is democracy”.

  Thousands of Gibraltarians dressed in the Rock's national colours - red and white - celebrated their annual National Day last Friday September 10 under the banner ‘self-determination is democracy', reported The Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Friday, September 10th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Defence Force marches to victory; Falklands/Argentine scientists working together; No presidential visit; Island murder investigation; Bid farewell to Leeds Castle; Arrest made for child assault.

• Thursday, September 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Documenting the May 1982 Vulcan air raid.

  Rowland White was just eleven years old when the Falklands War was fought, however the events of 1982 clearly made an impression upon him as, twenty-two years later, he is now writing a book about the Royal Air Force's first bombing raid on Stanley Airport.

• Thursday, September 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Pardelhas to be struck off Falklands Registrar.

  Pardelhas Fishing Company which is registered in the Falkland Islands and is involved in several legal disputes in Punta Arenas will be struck off the list of registered companies in the Islands, reported this Wednesday the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Station, FIBS.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands preparing for the coming tourist season.

  The capital of the Falkland Islands Public Jetty is undergoing a face lift ready for the construction of the ?secure zone' for the forthcoming tourist season, exactly half a century after the jetty was initially concreted.

• Monday, September 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  South Georgia toothfish inspections went ?smoothly'.

  South Georgia's Director of Fisheries said this week that the island's toothfish season had run smoothly despite some early reluctance by a small number of fishing companies to have catches inspected.