Tag: Falkland Islands

• Saturday, January 12th 2019 - 10:46 UTC

  Falkland Islands Representative in UK to retire next October

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced on Friday that Mrs Sukey Cameron MBE, the Falkland Islands Government Representative in the UK, is to retire in October 2019.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Falklands' health service preparing for a Brexit impact on medical supplies

  

  Brexit will hit the supply of medicines to the Falkland Islands, however, it is unclear to what extent, indicated Falklands Chief Medical Officer Dr Rebecca Edwards to Penguin News this week.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Magellanic penguins: among the most faithful couples in animal kingdom

  

  Mark Waghorn, writing for The London Economic, and based on a paper on Magellanic penguins published in the January edition of Current Biology, gives us access to some fascinating facts about this breed which is most common along the Atlantic Patagonia coast and the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, January 7th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  New pound coin goes global with rollout to British Overseas Territories

  

  United Kingdom Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies will, for the first time, be able to design and mint their own versions of the new 12-sided £1 coin. The iconic £1 coin has long been recognized around the world and Brits living in UK territories may soon be able to spend unique versions of the new pound, replacing the older coins currently in use, reports the UK Treasury in an official release.

• Friday, January 4th 2019 - 06:55 UTC

  Falklands to consider options to enlarge international airport terminal

  

  Options for the extension of the Falkland Islands' Mount Pleasant airport passenger terminal will be considered by the local elected authorities in the coming weeks. According to Penguin News, quoting lawmaker MLA Barry Elsby, options will be put before the Executive Council early in the new year.

• Friday, January 4th 2019 - 03:06 UTC

  The Falkland Islander that helped search for the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan

  

  Everybody is aware of the recent hunt for the lost Argentine submarine San Juan, but what only a few know is that Falkland maritime archaeologist Mensun Bound was one of the team on board the Seabed Constructor, the ship that conducted the search.

• Friday, January 4th 2019 - 02:52 UTC

  Relations with Falklands could improve if Argentina behaves as a good neighbour rather than a greedy colonial power

  

  Martin Ezequiel Dinatale, a member of Argentine news agency Infobae staff, sent Falklands' lawmaker MLA Roger Spinks a questionnaire on current and future relations between the peoples of Argentina and the Falklands, particularly since the announced latest agreement for a second commercial air link this time between the Islands and Brazil with a stopover at Cordoba, second largest Argentine city.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2019 - 07:49 UTC

  Falklands' fleet will have a new trawler freezer by the end of 2020

  

  Galicia's Rampesca and the Falkland Islands RBC have ordered a new 63.7 meters long and 1.500 gross tonnage freezer trawler from Nodosa Shipyard, according to shipbuilding sources in Vigo. The new vessel is expected to replace the “Castelao”, and construction will begin this January. It will replicate much of the recently delivered “Monteferro”.

• Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 07:49 UTC

  Identification Plan of Argentine remains in the Falklands to be extended

  

  Argentina and the United Kingdom are to discuss the extension of the current Humanitarian Project Plan to identify Argentine combatant remains buried in the Falkland Islands, to include possible errors in the names of some graves, and other burial sites such as Pebbles island, according to a report from Martin Dinatale published in the news agency Infobae.

• Monday, December 24th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Thousands of sailors and Royal Marines on duty during Xmas and New Year

  

  Thousands of British sailors and Royal Marines stand ready to respond to events at home and abroad this festive season. While many enjoy a well-earned break over Christmas and New Year, nearly 2,000 men and women of the Naval Service are on active duty, while over 2,500 personnel are on standby at home in the UK.