Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, March 18th 2009 - 13:54 UTC

  Falkland Oil & Gas and Billiton ready to drill in Falklands’ waters

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd (FOGL.L), which has a farm-in-deal with BHP Billiton, said on Tuesday it expected to be “drill ready” by the end of the third quarter or early 2010. The announcement was made after having posted a narrower full-year pre-tax loss.

• Wednesday, March 18th 2009 - 02:44 UTC

  Princess Anne to meet British ’82 veterans during Falklands visit

  

  THE Princess Royal will take the opportunity to meet Falklands War veterans when she visits the islands this month. She will, however, begin her visit to the Falklands and South Georgia with the unveiling of a plaque to open the extension to the Royal Falkland Islands Police Station.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 23:30 UTC

  “Peaceful and emotional” Falklands visit for Argentine marathon runners

  

  PEACEFUL and emotional is how five Argentine runners, including three 1982 war veterans, describe their visit to the Falkland Islands and their participation in the Standard Chartered Bank Stanley Marathon on Sunday.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 06:28 UTC

  Diplomat who drummed US support for UK in Falklands war dies

  

  Sir Nicholas Henderson, a former British ambassador to the US who helped build support for Britain's war effort in the Falkland Islands in 1982, died in his sleep Monday morning in London, his family said. He was 89.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 03:23 UTC

  Falklands surprised with unexpected arrival of 60 Argentine veterans

  

  FALKLAND Islanders have expressed surprise at the unexpected arrival in Stanley of around sixty Argentine veterans of the 1982 War.

• Monday, March 16th 2009 - 20:01 UTC

  Destroyer HMS Manchester in Falklands forces exercise

  

  BRITISH Destroyer HMS Manchester, fighter jets and troops has been involved in an important exercise around the Falklands.

• Monday, March 16th 2009 - 19:54 UTC

  Cruise visitors spend £3million per year in Falklands

  

  VISITORS arriving in the Falklands in Cruise and Expedition vessels spend over £3 million per annum on tours, shopping, and food and beverages, according to a survey conducted over the summer season.

• Friday, March 13th 2009 - 12:57 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Falklands representative joins Saints’ airport protest; Stanley Co-op members hoping for a final dividend; Mrs K may get her meeting with Brown.

• Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 09:00 UTC

  HMS Endurance begins month long piggy-back journey to Portsmouth

  

  British Ice patrol HMS Endurance is ready to be piggy-backed from the Falkland Islands to Portsmouth because of a week’s delay in welding her to the deck of heavy load ship Target. She’s expected back in a month’s time.

• Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 07:59 UTC

  Falklands working for organic certification with Australian support

  

  Forty per cent of the 1.1 million hectares of agricultural land in the Falkland Islands is working toward organic certification with Australian certification company ACO, according to Biological Farmers of Australia.