Falkland Islands

• Friday, September 1st 2017 - 08:06 UTC

  Falklands' preparations and registration for November 9 General Election

  

  The Falkland Islands General Election is planned to take place on the November 9, “and the Registrar General has the necessary preparations in hand,” announced Member of Legislative Assembly Michael Poole at Thursday’s meeting of Legislative Assembly.

• Friday, September 1st 2017 - 07:58 UTC

  Falklands' Argentine cemetery DNAs “good quality” so far, says Red Cross

  

  About 50% of samples from exhumed remains of Argentine war dead buried in the Falkland Islands have been analyzed and all of them have provided good quality DNA, ICRC Operational Coordinator for Humanitarian Project Laurent Corbaz, stated this week. He provided an update on the work undertaken in recent months at the Argentine cemetery in Darwin.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2017 - 11:36 UTC

  Premier Oil expects 2017 production in the range of 75.000/80.000 boepd

  

  Premier Oil has lifted its full-year production guidance as well as estimated resources at a huge oilfield it discovered off the coast of Mexico. Premier Oil, the operations of which stretch from Indonesia to the Falkland Islands, now expects 2017 production in the range of 75,000-80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), up from the previous forecast of 75,000 boepd, thanks to its strongly performing North Sea fields.

• Monday, August 28th 2017 - 08:30 UTC

  Famous faces and new endemic Falklands species revealed at Birdfair

  

  Famous names including Sir David Attenborough, Bill Oddie, Chris Packham, Simon King and Nigel Marvin were all attendees of Birdfair where Falklands organizations annually promote the wealth of wildlife around the Islands.

• Monday, August 28th 2017 - 07:52 UTC

  Falklands: Premier Oil is asking for export funds to develop Sea Lion, reports Financial Times

  

  The Financial Times is reporting that Premier Oil is negotiating with the UK government about securing export finance to fund just over half of the US$1.5bn investment needed to develop a large oilfield in waters north of the Falkland Islands. If all works out as planned first oil in the Falklands would be in 2021.

• Friday, August 25th 2017 - 14:34 UTC

  Falklands secondary education students achieve excellent results

  

  The Falkland Islands have reported another education success. A 62% of Falkland Islands Community School GCSE students have gained five or more GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) at Grade C or above.

• Friday, August 25th 2017 - 12:05 UTC

  Falklands' war Peruvian air force Mirage on exhibition in Cordoba

  

  One of the ten fighter bombers donated by Peru to Argentina during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict is being exhibited in the Velez Sarsfield Plaza, at the heart of Cordoba City, as part of the 105 anniversary celebrations of the Argentine Air Force.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2017 - 10:29 UTC

  An option for Falklands? Prototype technology for unearthing minefields in peat soil with fire

  

  Engineers have developed prototype technology that uses controlled burning to partially reveal landmines buried in peat soil. The researchers from Imperial College London have developed technology called O-Revealer that ignites peat, causing a smoldering fire that strips the upper layer of soil to reveal the landmines, making it easier to dispose of them.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2017 - 09:32 UTC

  Falklands issues coins in recognition of fisheries conservation policies

  

  The government and treasury of the Falkland Islands have issued new coins which recognize 30 years of work conducted by the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department (FIS) to help maintain fish populations around the Islands. FIS, responsible for the sustainable development of fisheries in the Falklands, was established in 1987.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2017 - 14:05 UTC

  Falklands commends officers, and Toby, for drug seizure in a trawler

  

  The Falklands government and the UK Ministry of Defense held an event to congratulate officers involved in a drug seizure from a trawler. Corporal Amanda Matthews and Customs Officer Matt Jenkins attended Government House on Tuesday night to receive commendations for their recent successful joint operation which resulted in a drug seizure.