Tag: Falkland Islands

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 08:31 UTC

  Next visit of Malvinas relatives to the Falklands takes off on Wednesday 

  

  Next Wednesday a group of relatives of Argentine soldiers fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict and  whose remains were recently identified will be travelling to the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin in the Falkland Islands. Relatives will be able to mourn and pray next to the gravestones which now have the full name of their loved ones. A military ceremony will also be held to honor the Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin.

• Saturday, March 9th 2019 - 08:28 UTC

  Falklands' licensed Taiwanese jigger crew member missing

  

  The Falkland Islands Fisheries and Marine Protection, FISHOPS reports that on Friday at 4:00 AM in the morning, the duty officer received a call indicating a man from a Falklands' licensed Taiwanese jigger went overboard.

• Friday, March 8th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Premier Oil reports 2018 profit as a result of record production

  

  UK-based oil and gas firm Premier Oil with interests in the Falkland Islands has announced its full-year results for 2018, reporting a post-tax profit hike to US$ 133.4m as a result of record production. These full-year results are a ‘return to profitability’ from 2017’s full-year loss of US$ 253.8m.

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands coordinates distressed yacht Paradise rescue; injured crew member will be helicoptered to Stanley

  

  Early morning Thursday a helicopter from the Falkland Islands will be lifting ashore from the search and survey vessel Seabed Constructor, a Luxembourg national who suffered head injuries during the capsizing of the French flagged yacht Paradise in the South Atlantic.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 10:54 UTC

  Falklands trip: “strongest experience of my life; it opened my head in several aspects”

  

  “An incredible experience, the strongest of my life, it opened my head in several aspects”, said Nicolás Aguiar, the Argentine 24 year old international-relations student who spent a week in the Falkland Islands as a guest of the local government.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 04:30 UTC

  World gigabyte costs: India the cheapest and Falklands among the most expensive

  

  A study into the amount people pay for mobile data has found that the UK has some of the most expensive prices in Europe. Likewise the Falkland Islands and Saint Helena figure among the five worst cases in the site Cable.co.uk. The research found that one gigabyte (GB) of data cost $0.26 (£0.20) in India but $6.66 in the UK, and US$ 47.39 in the Falklands.

• Monday, March 4th 2019 - 08:00 UTC

  EU discusses future partnership of Overseas Territories in Tahiti

  

  At a meeting on Friday in Papeete (Tahiti) in French Polynesia, the EU discussed its future partnership with the Overseas Countries and Territories and signed five cooperation programmes with them totalling €44 million.

• Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 07:06 UTC

  Reception for Falklands Representative in London, Sukey Cameron MBE

  

  Describing it as the start of a long slow goodbye, at a reception at Government House, last week Governor Nigel Phillips paid tribute to the Falkland Islands Representative in London Sukey Cameron MBE, who will retire later in the year.

• Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 05:05 UTC

  Falklands' most productive half acre and vegans' organic dream

  

  Tucked way under the hill and half hidden by 10,000 young trees it’s easy to forget how vast the area is covered by Stanley Growers Ltd. in the Falkland Islands, to the east of the capital Stanley.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands' Fortuna Ltd. implements jigger crew safety awareness courses

  

  One of the Falkland Islands leading fishing companies, Fortuna Limited has launched a shore-based safety training course for the crew of illex jiggers set to operate in the Islands in the illex squid season. Some 900 crew-members are expected to undergo the course, which is being held every day over a two week period.