A MEETING of the Falklands Fisheries Committee has confirmed that the new Fisheries Ordinance will be implemented by July 1, 2006.
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£102k for police investigation; Argentine munitions discovered in Stanley home; Missing man; Clipper and Minerva II to visit; Commemorating Battle Day.
Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Vessel, HMS Endurance which is scheduled to arrive this week in the Falkland Islands during its brief visit to Montevideo met up with her old friend the Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth 2.
The first meeting of the new Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) took place in Stanley last week.
The Falkland Islands government and Gordon Forbes Construction have settled a several years dispute which will finally demand the disbursement of almost three million pounds.
Headlines: Councillors opt to keep GPC; ?Order, order': new Speaker appointed; British delegation in Argentina; Investigation team leaves; Cruising in this week.
Commonwealth leaders will warn rich nations this week that failure to reach a new global trade deal would signal to developing countries they do not care about poverty and could undermine democracy in poorer nations.
Significant changes making the workings of the Falkland Islands government more transparent and accountable were approved during a meeting Wednesday, of the new Legislative Council.
A rare volcanic eruption is expanding the size of Montagu Island in the uninhabited British Overseas Territory South Sandwich Islands chain in remote southern Atlantic Ocean, reported Wednesday scientists from the British Antarctic Survey, BAS.
The first meeting of the newly elected Falkland Islands Legislative Council (LegCo) took place Tuesday in Stanley with new Speaker of the House, Lewis Clifton, chairing the meeting for the first time.