Falkland Islands

• 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.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  New Year Honours

  The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the 2003 Honours List, as always, reflected and paid tribute to outstanding achievements and service right across the community and the nation as a whole.

• Monday, December 30th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Hake ban set in Common Fishing Zone

  A preventive summer ban on Hubbsi Hake is being imposed from 1 January to 31 March in the Common Fishing Zone (CFZ) shared by Argentina and Uruguay.

• Saturday, December 28th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Darwin Monument moves ahead “slowly but surely”

  The Families' Commission which groups the next-of-kin of Argentine servicemen killed during the 1982 South Atlantic War responsible for building a monument to the fallen of the conflict to be constructed at the Argentine Cemetery at Darwin said yesterday that they were extremely “optimistic” that the project would get underway in the New Year.