Falkland Islands

• Saturday, September 16th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' veteran: “richest sergeant in Afghanistan”

  Caked in mud as he digs trenches and lays explosives intended to thwart the Taleban, he may not look like a man who has a lot of money.

• Friday, September 15th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News

  Headlines:
  New staffing structure for education; MV Pharos IX to patrol South Georgia waters; Morrison workers return from Ascension.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Conservation grants up for grabs

  The grants of up to £1,000 can be used to assist projects that benefit conservation in the Falklands, through education, such as site leaflets, or through works, such as fencing or tussac planting that help site protection or restoration.

• Monday, September 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Councillors Summers from the Falkland Islands talks to gibnews.net

  On September 10th every year Gibraltar celebrates the anniversary of the first referendum, which was held in 1967, as its National Day.

• 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.