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• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 16:03 UTC

  Camp representative Bill Luxton steps down from Falklands’ Legislative Assembly

  

  The Governor of the Falkland Islands accepted Friday the resignation of Bill Luxton from the Falklands’ elected Legislative Assembly (MLA). Bill Luxton was elected for the Camp constituency and is the third member of the current Legislative Assembly that steps down: Glen Ross and Emma Edwards are the other two.

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 19:36 UTC

  Falklands Councillor, Emma Edwards, resigns from Legislative Assembly

  

  In a statement from Government House, issued last Friday, the 21st October, it was confirmed that Emma Edwards has resigned as a Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly (MLA). And that His Excellency the Governor, Mr Nigel Haywood CVO, had accepted “with regret” the resignation.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 13:50 UTC

  New environmental forum brings Falklands’ oil industry and environmentalists together

  

  Representatives of local conservation organisations, the oil industry, and the Falkland Islands Government recently attended the first meeting of the Falkland Islands Offshore Hydrocarbons Environmental Forum held on the 27th September in Stanley.

• Saturday, October 15th 2011 - 04:16 UTC

  Falklands’ government contracts highly qualified staff for senior posts

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of two senior officials. Simon Fletcher has been appointed to the role of Director of Central Services and succeeds Andrew Lee who previously held the position when it was titled Director of Procurement and Efficiency.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 21:44 UTC

  Falklands’ government responds Argüello’s ‘poorly researched comments’ in Mexico

  

  The Falkland Islands government responded Friday to the Argentine ambassador to United Nations Jorge Argüello for his comments on the Falklands’ economy and self-sufficiency while in Mexico.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:45 UTC

  UK support for the Falkland Islands strongest ever

  

  “We’ve always had support from the British Government before but now it is just so strong” said Falkland Islands Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Sharon Halford this week on her return from the United Kingdom Party Conferences.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 08:18 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Chief Executive resigns effective next February

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Chief Executive Dr Tim Thorogood has tendered his resignation to the Governor, reported on Wednesday Government House.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 22:27 UTC

  UK Deputy PM very much interested in Falklands’ relations with ‘neighbours across the sea’

  

  UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was very much interested in the Falkland Islands situation, oil prospects and relations with “our neighbours across the sea”, said Islands’ lawmaker MLA Roger Edwards present at the Liberal-Democratic party conference this week in Birmingham.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 20:36 UTC

  Foreign Office to meet Rockhopper investors over Falklands oil plans

  

  Britain will meet shareholders from explorer Rockhopper to discuss the Falkland Islands and the location for the company's proposed 2 billion dollars oil project based on recent discovery estimates.

• Sunday, September 18th 2011 - 12:26 UTC

  Falkland Islands: 2016 for oil says Rockhopper but Islanders cautious

  

  Rockhopper Exploration’s announcement this week that they expect to begin pumping oil in 2016, set the international media off on a further round of speculation about future wealth, but Falklands stakeholders and interested parties are taking a more cautious approach.