Tag: Falkland Islands

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands/Sao Paulo weekly air link details uploaded in LATAM's website

  

  Flight details of the new air link of the Falkland Islands with the South American continent, Sao Paulo in Brazil, were uploaded to the LATAM website on Wednesday. After a hiccup in the loading which suggested prices were in the £1000s the computerization was completed and a more attractive price was shown to be available.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Falklands' Chamber of Commerce Board elects Mike Summers as Chair

  

  Ex-member of the Legislative Assembly Mike Summers was elected as Chair of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce Board following the 2019 Annual General Meeting last week.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Falkland’s delegates successful round of contacts at Labour Party conference

  

  A delegation of Falkland Islands' lawmakers and staff are attending the annual round of UK political parties’ conferences. This week was the turn of the Labour Party which met at Brighton

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 08:53 UTC

  Falklands' port facilities reopen following incident with trawler

  

  Falkland Islands main sea terminal, FIPASS, (Falklands Interim Port and Storage System) this week resumed normal activity after the incident in which the trawler Pesca Vaqueiro collided with the dock on September 5.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Falklands recognizes the twelve year service of HMS Clyde

  

  A special service has been held at Christ Church Cathedral on the Falkland Islands to celebrate the work of a long-standing community member - HMS Clyde. The Royal Navy's River-class vessel is recognized as the Falklands patrol ship, having been dedicated to the South Atlantic for the last 12 years.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Argos Resources looking new partners to participate in Falklands oil industry

  

  Argos Resources Ltd on Monday swung to an interim loss and said it is adequately financed for the next 12 months as it continues to receive quarterly cash payments from two companies that withdrew from a production license offshore the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  CPC/CPA conference opened in Uganda; Falklands' delegation attending

  

  The Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) has kicked off Monday morning at the Speke Resort Munyonyo. Uganda, with closed meetings of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) regional secretaries. A delegation from the Falkland Islands is attending the meeting.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 12:13 UTC

  FIDF examines ‘future military capabilities’ at London Show

  

  A detachment from the Falkland Islands Defence Force visited London last week to attend Defence and Security Equipment International 2019 show (DSEI2019) at the Excel centre.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  First-ever Falklands competition in a full sized international Cup: Hockey medallists in Miami

  

  The Falkland Islands competed in the LATAM Cup in Coral Springs FL, for the first time ever this year and came away with two medals, one each for the under 16’s and the senior team. This is the first time the Falkland Islands has ever competed in this size of tournament and on a full-sized rink.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Image of Virgin of Lujan taken to Falklands during the war to be returned at ceremony blessed by the Pope

  

  An image of Argentina's saint patron, the Virgin of Lujan, which was carried to the Falklands during the 1982 conflict, and remained unaccounted for during years, will be returned by the United Kingdom. In retribution, the Argentine military bishop will hand a replica of the image to the head of British military chaplains in a ceremony to take place next month in the Vatican with Pope Francis blessing the images.