Tag: Falkland Islands

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 16:41 UTC

  Falklands’ commercial oil production projected to commence in 2017

  

  By Alicia Dunkley-Willis (*) - With commercial oil production projected to commence in 2017 for the 3,000 population Falkland Islands, efforts are now underway to ensure that the impending wealth does not upset the order here.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:11 UTC

  Gibraltar hosts Labour party conference; Falklands’ MLAs also attended

  

  Chief Minister Fabian Picardo hosted the annual Gibraltar Government reception at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on Sunday which was also attended by Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly, Jan Cheek and Ian Hansen.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 06:48 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum will be done under scrutiny of “international observers”

  

  The referendum to decide the political future of the Falkland Islands will be done under the scrutiny of a “whole series of international observers” come early 2013, Legislative Assembly member Dr Barry Elsby has said.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 21:07 UTC

  Shackleton Fund with new website; makes important Falklands’ announcements

  

  The Shackleton Scholarship Fund which is closely linked to the South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands has announced the launch of their new website: www.shackletonfund.com.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 22:59 UTC

  MLA Summers tells Tanzania Falklands don’t want to be colonized by Argentina

  

  A Falkland Islands lawmaker was scheduled to meet on Tuesday with Tanzania top officials to explain the Islands support for post-colonial status and the coming referendum next year to determine its political future, faced with the insistent sovereignty claims from Argentina.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 22:23 UTC

  Falklands names new Director of Health and Social Services

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced the appointment of David Jenkins to the post of Director of Health and Social Services. David, the current Director of Health and Education, will take up his new role with effect from January 2013 following a restructure which will see Education form a separate Directorate.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 06:24 UTC

  HMS Dauntless called in Colombia and joined major UNITAS naval exercise

  

  After a major naval exercise in the Caribbean with the participation of 13 warships from several countries of the Americas and following some anti-drugs patrolling in the Caribbean HMS Dauntless is expected back in Portsmouth at the end of October.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 22:05 UTC

  Argentine marine who headed invasion of the Falklands on 2 April, dies

  

  The Rear Admiral who headed the landing and invasion of the Argentine forces in the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982 died over the weekend. Carlos Büsser was under house arrest for his alleged participation in crimes against humanity during the last military dictatorship although he was never convicted.

• Saturday, September 29th 2012 - 09:53 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmaker anticipates cracks in Argentina’s blockade of the Islands

  

  Lawmaker Jan Check is “cautiously optimistic” about the future of the Falkland Islands despite Argentina’s blockade and attempts to wreck the Islands economy, but if development continues to thrive, some neighbours will think twice before continuing to support the aggressive policy of President Cristina Fernandez towards the disputed South Atlantic Islands.

• Saturday, September 29th 2012 - 08:56 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmakers at party conference meet Argentine ambassador Castro

  

  The Falkland Islands Government stand at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference in Brighton welcomed a number of senior party members including the leader Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and the Argentine ambassador in London, Alicia Castro who was also attending the event.