Falkland Islands

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Falklands donates £5,000 for a Chilean NGO which works with homeless people

  

  The Falkland Islands Government confirmed that, as part of its efforts to contribute to the worldwide Coronavirus relief response, it is making a donation of £5,000 to Fundación Gente de la Calle, (Homeless), based in Santiago, Chile.

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 06:21 UTC

  Falklands conflict “iconic” collection of medals sold in auction for £130,000

  

  A collection of “iconic” Falklands War medals has been sold at auction for £130,000. Capt Pettinger served as Patrol Commander of D (Patrol) Company during 11 days of operations in and around the Mount Longdon area on East Falkland.

• Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Falklands new port: contractors unveil details of the major infrastructure project

  

  The planned new port for the Falkland Islands to be constructed at Stanley Harbor was analyzed during a presentation this week to members of the public in the Town Hall, by a team from BAM Nuttall and Royal Haskoning, the companies responsible for the planning and construction of the project.

• Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Falklands: Standard Chartered Bank donates £12,000 from its Covid-19 assistance fund

  

  Standard Chartered has announced further details on how the Bank is providing both short-term relief, and longer-term assistance, to communities across its British, European and American markets via the Bank’s recently launched US$ 50 million Covid-19 global charitable fund.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  Historic event: Falkland Islands' Junior Ambassadors appointed

  

  Penguin News reports that on Tuesday night at Government House a truly historic event took place with the appointment of the first-ever Falkland Islands Junior Ambassadors (FIJA), Hannah McPhee and India Clarke.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2020 - 13:43 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government announces the prospective appointment of new Chief Executive

  

  The Falkland Islands Government is pleased to announce that, following an extensive and thorough recruitment process, they have made a conditional offer to Mr Andy Keeling to take up the post of Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands Government.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2020 - 07:00 UTC

  Islands' Bits and Bobs

  

  As a result of Covid-19 impacts and restrictions the Falkland Islands' Department of Agriculture has redirected surplus funds towards a salary for a third Agricultural Advisor. Director of Natural Resources Andrea Clausen told the Agricultural Advisory Committee that the move had been made in light of the high workload on the current Advisors, particularly with the need to support the investigation of Responsible Wool Handling and of businesses managing a future of lower wool and red meat prices due to uncertainties in the world market, the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  Falklands restored peatlands could become a piggy bank, University of Manchester paper

  

  A new study by the UK Center for Ecology and Hydrology suggests that restoring the Falkland Island peatlands could lead to up to £47 million worth of carbon offsets. The findings came in a report co-authored by Jonathan Ritson, a Research Associate at the University of Manchester.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina regrets the presence of Falklands' stand at the Prado Rural Show

  

  The display of a stand promoting the disputed “Islas Malvinas” as a British dependency, at the UK pavilion in a Uruguayan agriculture and productions show, was rejected by the Argentine government.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Falklands presents “State of Environment 2020” report

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has released of the ‘State of Environment 2020’ report. The publication combines environmental facts and figures to provide a summary of the overall state of the Falkland Islands' natural environment towards the end of 2019.