Tag: Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 07:00 UTC

  Falklands: PICTO 21 group told to expect no help from FIG or MLAs

  

  The so-called PICTO 21 group of Argentine visitors to the Falkland Islands looking for an accounting approach with which to measure ”the economic impact of the illegal occupation ... by the British government” will have no assistance from the local Legislative Assembly, it was announced.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 09:24 UTC

  “The Falklands are and will remain British,” MPs from the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme

  

  Rob Butler MP, Conservative MP for Aylesbury, and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP Labour for Slough are in the Falklands as part of the UK Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, a program ongoing for more than thirty years with the purpose of better-educating Members of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and others in military matters.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 14:55 UTC

  Winners of the Falklands40 Schools Competition begin their adventure in the Islands

  

  On Tuesday afternoon Members of Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly met with the Falklands40 UK Student competition winners, who arrived in the Islands on Monday. MLAs thanked the group for their interest in wanting to visit the Islands, and for sharing their insight on the modern Falklands.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Dual nationality and right to vote in Falklands: Assembly's Speaker draft statement

  

  This week, Falkland Islands’ Legislative Assembly Speaker Keith Biles gave a draft statement on the matter of persons holding dual nationality to vote in elections or to hold office.

• Friday, October 14th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Falklands constitutional debate: can dual nationals vote and stand for office?

  

  Questions surrounding dual nationality have been raised in the Falkland Islands, which could potentially leave a Legislative Assembly seat empty and trigger a by-election, as well as remove the ability to vote for an unknown number of Falklands residents.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2022 - 23:02 UTC

  Next British Prime Minister strong supporter of the Falklands

  

  On Monday 5 September 2022, it was announced that the Rt Hon Liz Truss MP had been elected the new leader of the Conservative Party, following the resignation of Boris Johnson MP and subsequent leadership election.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Falklands governor dissolves the Legislative Assembly and tries a cueca on a crutch

  

  Busy days for the Falkland Islands Governor Nigel Phillips CBE, despite his plastered left leg and crutch. Last Friday morning he signed the proclamation to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and the writ to instruct that election take place in six weeks, next November 4.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 11:11 UTC

  Falklands lawmakers: eternally grateful to those who liberated us and continue to protect our sovereignty

  

  This Sunday we will mark Liberation Day, the day when we commemorate, and indeed celebrate, the liberation of these Islands from Argentine invasion in 1982.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 00:25 UTC

  Falkland Islands Falkland Islands expenses figures for 2019

  

  Gilbert House, seat of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has released its expenses figures for 2019, detailing the money paid on claims by each of the Members of the Legislative Assembly. The expenses are broken down into headings such as flights, accommodation, meals, telephone, and internet.

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Falklands' delegation in UK meets oil representatives, trade partners, ministers and MPs

  

  Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly along with the Chief Executive Barry Rowland visited the UK in mid-May to undertake a number of meetings with the oil industry, trade partners, Government officials, ministers, and parliamentarians.