Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

  Falklands agrees on main topics of constitutional review

  

  The Falklands Islands Select Committee on the Constitutional Review has decided the order in which it is going to deal with the topics to be covered. The first issue to be looked at will be the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms chapter of the Constitution at a meeting that will possibly take place as soon as the middle of June.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Falklands: dual nationality voting rights triggers contention

  

  Those who did turn up to the second meeting of the Falkland Islands Select Committee on Constitutional Review on May 25 were greeted by a numbered list of 10 topics projected onto a large screen. The topics were listed in a proposed order for consideration that was produced by what was called “a small group”.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 08:41 UTC

  Visiting specialists scheduled to travel to the Falklands

  

  The King Edward Memorial Hospital, KEMH is informing the public that the following visiting specialists are scheduled to travel to the Falkland Islands in the next few months.

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

  Falklands: with an inflation index of 6,1%, salaries increase in budget of 3%, trigger long debate

  

  It briefly appeared the Falkland Islands Budget process was going to be delayed this year when MLA Leona Roberts supported by MLA Mark Pollard asked for “elements” of the 2023 Budget to be taken back to Budget Select Committee for further public consultation and engagement.

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:25 UTC

  Falklands' 35 students in UK had allowances revised to face cost of living crisis

  

  In the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly this week MLA Leona Roberts responded to a question from MLA Gavin Short on the subject of whether Falklands students were facing financial difficulties while studying overseas and what steps FIG was taking to mitigate this if it was true.

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 13:00 UTC

  Falklands lawmakers discuss food prices and market solvency to encourage competition

  

  A spirited discussion surrounding food prices was prompted by a question from MLA Teslyn Barkman in Legislative Assembly last Wednesday, 31st May. MLA Teslyn Barkman asked MLA Gavin Short about the UK’s government’s decision to investigate food pricing. “Can the Honorable Gavin Short please say whether we here in the Falklands have any mechanisms or agency that could be used to investigate the grocery retail market?”

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:45 UTC

  Anniversary of Falklands Liberation Day from Argentine military occupation

  

  To mark the Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from the Argentine occupation in 1982, Gilbert House has arranged a program for next Wednesday 14 June.

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:00 UTC

  Falklands farmers face tough times unable to have a fluid sale of their wool clip

  

  Lawmaker Gavin Short rose at the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly this week and asked MLA Teslyn Barkman if she was “aware of any farms that have been unable to sell their wool clip either fully or partially this season.”

• Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:31 UTC

  Most Britons feel the Falkland Islands should remain with UK, YouGov poll

  

  People in Britain would be more upset to see Gibraltar or the Falkland Islands leave the UK than they would if Northern Ireland did, according to a new YouGov poll published in British media.

• Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 08:56 UTC

  Operation Coldstare, air patrol in support of South Georgia's fisheries

  

  Last month the British Forces in South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, stationed in Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC, were involved in the operation COLDSTARE as part of a routine maritime patrol in support of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands' rich fisheries resources.