Falkland Islands

• Friday, January 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Friday Update

  Headlines: £4 million abattoir is 'good investment'; Discovered too late says Conservation; Cruise vessels
  crowd in.

• Thursday, January 9th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Chinese jigger arrested for illegal fishing

  Warning shots were fired during an 11 hour pursuit which ended with the arrest of the Chinese-flagged vessel Fu-Yuan 3, which was fishing without a permit in San Jorge Gulf, Santa Cruz province.

• Wednesday, January 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Great Britain liner stalwart dies

  The Royal Navy Admiral and marine engineer involved in restoration of the liner ss Great Britain, rescued from the Falkland Islands in 1970, has died in the United Kingdom, aged 79.

• Monday, January 6th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  High season in Punta Arenas

  High season in Punta Arenas, and besides the cruise vessels an estimated 600/700 travellers are arriving daily to the local airport.

• Saturday, January 4th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  FIBS Hot News

  Headlines: Oil report; 170th anniversary of the British “usurpation”; Scottish explorer William Bruce a forgotten polar hero.

• Friday, January 3rd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Growing doubts about Punta Arenas port

  There's growing concern among Punta Arenas cruise operators and local tourist authorities that current port facilities are not sufficiently appropriate to cope efficiently with the growing number of vessels that visit the area in summer months.

• Friday, January 3rd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Friday Update

  Headlines: Highlighting close bonds in 2002, Prime Minister Tony Blair addresses Islanders; More species dead; Saturday - Wireless for the Blind; Summer visitors; Pale Maiden emblem.

• Friday, January 3rd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Headlines: Brazil creates new Fisheries Department; Canadian producers launch spawn on kelp brand; Lula unveils sustainable fishery plans; Long-term changes in Chilean fisheries legislation; Fishermen seek assurances on Spanish access to Irish;

• Thursday, January 2nd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands Honour

  As well as the MBE awarded to Claudette Anderson in the New Years Honours List for public service in the Falkland Islands, a knighthood goes to Professor Lawrence Freedman, who is writing the official history of the 1982 Falklands War.

• Wednesday, January 1st 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands offered to settle Uganda Asians

  In a surprise report, it has been revealed that the Falklands were one of several countries asked by the British Government in 1972 to settle Asian Ugandans expelled by the dictator Idi Amin, and that the Falklands were one of the few to agree to help.