Headlines:
More delays for Murrell road?; General Election candidates confirmed; Forbes/FIG dispute: ?an end is in sight'; Solo cruise liner this week.
According to a survey conducted by the Falkland Islands Tourist Board half of the cruise vessel passengers who take a cruise to Southern South Atlantic countries, do so because the Falkland Islands is on the itinerary.
THE prospect of exporting beef was discussed at the recent meeting of the Falkland Islands Development Board (FIDB).
The Daily Telegraph, Britain's best selling quality daily, has highlighted the role the Gibraltar Chronicle played in reporting Lord Nelson's famous victory at Trafalgar. In a two page special a facsimile of the original is reproduced and the story told of how news broke.
Whilst stressing Gibraltar's government's political vigilance in the current process of talks involving Britain, Spain and British Overseas Territory Gibraltar, Joe Holliday, Deputy Chief Minister, declared his ?great confidence' in Chief Minister Peter Caruana's handling of the tripartite process.
The New Zealand yacht Evohoe left this weekend Punta Arenas and will be calling in the Falkland Islands before sailing for Antarctica, reports the local press.
2D seismic - new data collection programme and update on interpretation of existing data.
Headlines:
First steps for toothfish hatchery; Hospital's precautionary plan for ?bird flu';
News in brief
Racecourse talks; Nordnorge kicks off season; Jail after night of assaults; Candidate list still growing.
The only granddaughter of the great British Antarctic expeditionary Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Honourable Alexandra Shackleton is currently visiting Punta Arenas together with Robert Headland, curator of the Cambridge University Polar Museum.
THERE is a central pool of ?brain strain' at about this time every year, when a collection of masochistic individuals gather together for the Tourist Board's annually-run Tour Guides Courses.