Falkland Islands

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 20:36 UTC

  Cable and Wireless Monaco and Islands division sold to Bahrain Telecoms

  

  Cable and Wireless Communications have announced the sale of the majority of its Monaco and Islands division which includes the Falklands. The company has accepted 680m dollars (£420m) from Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) for the division which operates broadband and telephone lines.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 05:02 UTC

  Falklands’ mission to learn from the oil experiences of Norway and Shetlands

  

  Senior members from the Falkland Islands government have left for Norway and the Shetland Islands on an experiences-fact-finding mission as the Islands prepare for oil production in the near future.

• Saturday, December 1st 2012 - 07:25 UTC

  Unasur summit rejects Falklands’ referendum and wants to limit ‘vulture funds’

  

  The Union for South American Nations (Unasur) agreed to limit the actions of ‘special situation funds’ (hedge funds or ‘vulture funds’) and categorically rejected a referendum that will take in place in the Falkland Islands in March to decide the political status of the archipelago, during the summit that took place in Lima.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 20:07 UTC

  Excellent weather for “Seabourn Sojourn” on her Friday Falklands’ call

  

  Despite claims by the Argentine media that the Bahamas flagged cruise vessel “Seabourn Sojourn” had no plans to visit Falklands the 431 passengers on board have enjoyed a wide range of tours around the Islands after they anchored in Port William, just outside of Stanley Harbour on Friday at 9am.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 19:39 UTC

  RAF honour guard at former Falklands’ governor Sir Rex Hunt funeral

  

  Personnel from 34 Squadron RAF Regiment and No 609 (West Riding) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) have attended the funeral of Sir Rex Hunt, former Governor of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 18:50 UTC

  Falklands debates full time lawmakers and how to attract younger generations to elected posts

  

  With the next general election for Legislative Assembly Members for the Falkland Islands Government less than a year away, public consultation has begun on whether the posts should become full time with an appropriate salary paid.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 06:15 UTC

  Falklands’ fishing company seeking good management label from MSC

  

  For the first time a Falkland Islands fishing company is seeking to have its good management certificated by the internationally recognised Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 06:02 UTC

  Seabourn Cruise Line no longer will call at the Falklands, reports Ushuaia media

  

  The Bahamas flagged cruise vessel ‘Seabourn Sojourn’ that on Thursday berthed at Ushuaia reported to Argentine port authorities it has no plans to visit the Falklands/Malvinas Islands according to press reports from the capital of Argentine Tierra del Fuego.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 22:18 UTC

  Mixed bag for Noble Energy: oil in Gulf of Mexico and plugged well in the Falklands

  

  Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) unveiled a discovery in the Big Bend exploration area in the Gulf of Mexico as it also abandoned another well off the shore of the Falkland Islands that yielded a low-quality reservoir.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 12:35 UTC

  Poor quality hydrocarbons in south/east Falklands; new round of 3D program begins

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd. (FOGL) focused on exploration in areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands reported on Tuesday that the well drilled at its Scotia prospect discovered poor quality hydrocarbons.