Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, April 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News.

  Headlines:
  Successful season for “Mare Australis”; Lawsuits against Torres del Paine operator; Swedish training vessel visits Punta Arenas; Earthquake and tsunamis area; Icebreaker Irizar returns to Antarctica; Dengue scare in north Chile;

• Sunday, April 13th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Controversy over hake licences
  Long term access rights boost industry

• Friday, April 11th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines: Inspection critical of camp schooling; Aerolineas flight is 'speculation'; British award for Falklands choir; Give a quid; Prison for young soldier.

• Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands Holdings PLC enjoy improved prosperity.

  Once the Falkland Islands Company (FIC) owned almost 50% of all the farmland in the Falklands, and more than half a million sheep; now they own just 22 small uninhabited Islands and 300-400 acres of land in the capital, Stanley.

• Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  
  Sixty cruise calls this summer in Uruguay.“Positive” tourist season in Ushuaia. Russia “fishing” in Uruguay. OPEC ensures supply and prices. Food scandal in Punta Arenas

• Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Councillors say “NO” to air link with Argentina.

  Plans announced today by Aerolineas Argentinas to commence a twice weekly air link between Buenos Aires and the Falklands have received a firm and precise refusal by the Falkland Islands Government.

• Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News.

  Headlines:
  Antarctic Institute in Punta Arenas; Illegal drug use down in Chile

• Wednesday, April 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Time running out for Darwin Memorial summer construction.

  According to Ken McKenzie, Regional Manager of Morrisons (FALKLANDS) Ltd, unless there is a conclusion to a contract by the end of June, then there is little prospect of the proposed Argentine War Memorial being constructed in the Falklands during the austral summer 2003/04.

• Wednesday, April 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Top Award for Falklands School Girls' Choir

  A 19-strong all-girl school choir from the Falkland Islands called “Vocalise” has beaten off several thousand entrants to win a top prize at the Youth Music Awards, a national competition organised by National Foundation for Youth Music in the United Kingdom.

• Wednesday, April 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  NGO warns about over-fishing

  An Argentine non government organization, NGO, Cedepesca (Centre for the Defence of National Fishing), has publicly warned about the increase of illegal fishing in the South Atlantic, particularly regarding squid.