Falkland Islands

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  MPs and Falklands' Councillor invited to Gibraltar Day

  A group of UK MPs and one MEP led by Lindsay Hoyle will be guests of the Government of Gibraltar for the National Day festivities this Sunday 10 September.

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  New Fishery patrol ship for South Georgia

  The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) and Byron Marine Ltd. announced this past week that the MV Pharos IX is soon to replace the MV Sigma as Fishery Patrol Ship for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Friday, September 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines:
  Kids celebrate as nursery turns 1; Workboat Services Ltd wins coastal shipping bid; Fisheries meeting breakdown;
  Wool co-op must be considered: RBA.

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Bingham: moral high ground lost to ?greed and corruption'

  CONSERVATIONIST and former Falklands resident, Mike Bingham is hoping the launch of his new book in Argentina will alert the world to the decline of “political morality” in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland's coastal shipping contract awarded

  In a country which consists of two large islands and a multitude of smaller islands, many of which are occupied by wool and meat producers, as well as providers of tourism opportunities, there has been considerable interest expressed recently in which company would be awarded the contract to provide internal shipping services to the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd signed contract for seismic survey

  Falkland Oil and Gas to conduct new 2D seismic survey Falkland Oil and Gas Limited has signed a contract with Wavefield InSeis AS (“Wavefield”) to undertake a 10,000 km 2D seismic survey over the company's licences in the South and East Falkland Basins.

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Naming ceremony for new Falklands patrol vessel

  Today, Thursday, 7th September saw the naming ceremony in Portsmouth of the British Royal Navy's 80m offshore patrol vessel, HMS Clyde, which it is expected will arrive in the Falkland Islands in 2007.

• Wednesday, September 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Britain/Argentina fisheries meeting in London

  Britain and Argentina will be holding talks in London this Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the mandate of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission, SAFC, according to a release from the Government House in Stanley, Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands second loligo season closes to preserve stocks

  Marine Officer, Jon Clark, used the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Service (FIRS) mid-day News Direct programme to announce that the Falkland Islands second loligo season will close at one minute to midnight today, Tuesday.

• Monday, September 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Twelve homes for British Forces in Falklands

  Lakeland Timber Framed Homes, of East Holywell near Whitley Bay, has picked up a one million pounds order from the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence to build twelve cabin homes in the Falkland Islands, reports Monday's editions of The Journal, Northern Business Daily from Newcastle.