Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Punta Arenas in brief

  World conferences / Spanish investment in port / Ozone hole splits / Unemployment at 8,5% / Eco-tourism in wildlife parks / Blackout in Town Hall? / Fourth methanol plant / Spanish partner for DAP airlines / Juvenile delinquency / Academic advance / Regional government in the red / UN ozone research in Punta Arenas.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  UK's new “Flexi-Carriers”

  Britain's two new super aircraft carriers will be much more versatile and adaptable than those that fought in the Falklands War, according to new details announced by the Ministry of Defence.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  MP who aborted Argentine invasion visit

  A former Member of Parliament, Sir Frederic Bennett, who criticised what he regarded as the complacency of the British Embassy in Buenos Aires on the eve of the Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands, has died aged 83.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Bingham blasts Falkland's fishery policy

  Marine biologist Mike Bingham claims that in 1982 the Penguin population in the Falkland Islands was six million, however twenty years later and as a direct consequence of the indiscriminate fisheries policy of the Islands government, only 600,000 are left.

• Monday, September 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  How much do Islanders know about Falklands

  PAY a visit to the Falkland Islands and you will invariably be told that Falkland Islanders are a well informed lot when it comes to local knowledge and current affairs.
  But can we believe our own publicity?
  Penguin News put it to the test this week and asked forty residents, including a few visitors, six questions about the Islands.

• Monday, September 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  No Falklands trip for Lady Thatcher

  Contrary to what was reported in the Argentine press a few days ago, Lady Thatcher will not be travelling to the Falklands next November when hundreds of British war veterans are expected to visit the Islands.

• Friday, September 27th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Friday Update

  Headlines: Johnston says 'sorry' for Argentina trip blunder / Falklands filming starts Saturday / New face new show / Sorry state of sewage / Sodexho lose value.

• Friday, September 27th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Actualización Penguin News

  Titulares: Johnston se disculpa por la torpeza del viaje a Argentina / Filmación en Falklands comienza el sábado / Cara nueva, programa nuevo / Lamentable estado en
  planta de saneamiento / Acciones de Sodexo caen.

• Monday, September 23rd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Prince Andrew will be visiting Uruguay

  Prince Andrew, Duke of York will be officially visiting Uruguay next November 5 and 6 according to a release from the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Friday, September 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Friday Update

  Headlines: Councillor to Gib in solidarity visit / Gang go West 2004 / Loligo fleet leave zone / Funds for officer / Dennis's charity tea / FIG says no need for no fish zone / BBC presenter Aled delivers War widow's ashes into care of Cathedral.