Falkland Islands

• Friday, May 15th 2009 - 12:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Sei whale washes up on Carcass. -
  
  ONE animal’s misfortune has become the gain of hundreds of others on Carcass Island.The body of an enormous sei whale was found dead with hundreds of giant petrels around it, when the island’s owner Rob McGill discovered it on Sunday.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2009 - 15:58 UTC

  Continental shelf claim: Falklands replies to Argentina’s vehement reaction

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Director of Mineral Resources today responded calmly to the Argentine Foreign Affairs vehement reaction to the UK submission in respect of its extended continental shelf claim around the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2009 - 09:51 UTC

  Immediate Argentine reaction to UK’s Falklands’ sea shelf submission

  

  The Argentine government expressed on Monday its most vigorous rejection to “the United Kingdom’s pretension to establish maritime spaces round the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands, which are part of Argentine national territory”.

• Monday, May 11th 2009 - 08:26 UTC

  Ice patrol HMS Endurance dilemma disclosed

  

  The details of HMS Endurance’s struggle for survival last December has up until now been kept from the public domain. In this month’s edition of Navy News, however, details of the challenges overcome by the ship and crew have finally been released.

• Saturday, May 9th 2009 - 01:20 UTC

  Oil companies’ delegation visits Falklands in anticipation of drilling

  

  Representatives of oil companies intending to drill in North and South basins around the Falkland Islands say they are, “…as confident as they can be in an exploration setting,” that they will be successful in their endeavour to recover oil in commercial quantities.

• Friday, May 8th 2009 - 11:03 UTC

  Dismal Ilex Season in Falklands; All Jiggers Leave Zone

  

  Weekly Penguin News Update. Headlines: Fun trials create new challenges; Dismal Ilex season; Firearm stolen from vehicle at Goose Green; BFBS 3 will be available to Falkland’s viewer; Swine flu pandemic is less likely.

• Friday, May 1st 2009 - 13:31 UTC

  Falklands’ customers disenchanted with telecoms provider

  

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update. Headlines: Lack of trust between Cable and Wireless and the customer; Reckless driving: verdict today

• Wednesday, April 29th 2009 - 12:18 UTC

  History Channel to screen film on Falklands’ war air battles

  

  The History Channel will be screening next June a film on the Falkland Islands war and the fire baptism of the Argentine Air Force, it was announced this week in Buenos Aires.

• Sunday, April 26th 2009 - 17:12 UTC

  Skate recovered three years after tagging in the Falkland's waters

  

  THE fishery around the Falkland Islands is rich and diverse, with the main fisheries focussed on a variety of squid and finfish. Furthermore, the area is also widely inhabited by a number of skate species, a family closely related to sharks.

• Friday, April 24th 2009 - 09:59 UTC

  Weekly Penguin News Update - Falkland Islands

  

  Headlines: Saluting Her Majesty the Queen on her birthday; Dr Doyle’s visit to bring hope for greater certainty in relations between FIG and C&W; Weighty Argentine seabed claim; Ilex still absent; Action on dead pigs at dairy not in the public interest; New advice for use of Bonjela.