Falkland Islands

• Friday, May 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines: Ross Road residents give 'thumbs up' for No Parking; Prison sentence for sex offender; Three ships aground in South Georgia - Falklands ship included.

• Friday, May 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Second Fishing Trawler Still “Aground”.

  Desperate efforts are being made off the remote Island of South Georgia to save the Falklands registered fishing vessel, 'Lyn' (1,034 gross registered tonnes) which was driven onto rocks, at the entrance to Moraine Fjord, during hurricane force winds late on Wednesday night.

• Thursday, May 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Canners join call for EU to lift fishmeal ban; Chile invests in Patagonian grenadier plan; Strict SARS controls with Asian crews; EUR 42 million to improve Galicia ports; Namibia cuts hake quota; Chubut Fisheries Director-general resigns; Galicia, world leading turbo producer; EU reins in fishing subsidies; New research into red tide in Chile;

• Thursday, May 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  South Georgia incidents ? Korean ship evacuated.

  A Korean fishing trawler operating around South Georgia has struck a rock and the crew has been evacuated, while two other ships are also in trouble, due to extremely bad weather.

• Thursday, May 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands in UK media.

  Headlines:
  Desire Oil narrows pre-tax loss; Carrier is flagship for battle commemoration; Falklands' hero takes centre stage.

• Thursday, May 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Swiss sailor wins Around Alone.

  Seven and a half months of racing, without counting the preparations Swiss sailor Bernard Stamm has won the final leg and taken an overall win in the Around Alone.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines:
  Santiago, second best; Respiratory diseases in Punta Arenas; Crime “boom” in Chile; Sea sciences congress in Magallanes; Sharks in Rio beaches.

• Tuesday, April 29th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Government of South Georgia Increase toothfish catch quota.

  Eighteen vessels, an increase of three, have been licenced this season by the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) to catch Toothfish in the waters surrounding the two Islands.

• Tuesday, April 29th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  FIG donates £ 3,000 for drinking water in Bangladesh.

  The Falkland Islands government made a donation of £3,000 to the charity Wateraid that works for the improvement of contaminated drinking water sources and poor sanitation levels in poor countries. The donation is specifically for Bangladesh one of the world's most crowded countries.

• Monday, April 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Destruction of antipersonnel mines in Punta Arenas

  The Chilean Fifth Army Division seated in Punta Arenas, last week destroyed a batch of 2,680 antipersonnel mines stored in powder magazines and in the coming days expects to complete the elimination of 71,000 of these lethal explosives.