Tag: Gov Alison Blake CMG

• Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 06:26 UTC

  Falklands' Governor Alison Blake returns to the Islands next week

  

  The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly and Government House announced on Monday 26th August that the Governor of the Falklands, Alison Blake, CMG will be back in the Islands next week,

• Monday, April 15th 2024 - 21:22 UTC

  Falklands celebrate close bonds with BAS and RRS Sir David Attenborough

  

  A year ago the Falkland Islands Governor Alison Blake CMG and members of the Falklands community were welcomed onboard the state of the art icebreaker RRS Sir David Attenborough. This week the Governor invited some of the crew of the Falklands flagged Sir David Attenborough before they departed for BAS bases in Antarctica.

• Tuesday, November 28th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Refit HMS Forth back on duty as Falklands patrol vessel

  

  Falklands' patrol vessel HMS Forth, P222 has arrived back in the Islands to resume her duties as a guard ship following a refit and maintenance operation in Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 14:35 UTC

  Falklands Remembrance Sunday 12 November

  

  Gilbert House, seat of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has made public the arrangements for Sunday 12 November 2023, Remembrance Sunday. The Annual Service of Remembrance, this year commemorating the 105th anniversary of the end of the First World War, will be held in Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.30 am.

• Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Appointment of New Officer Commanding FID

  

  After many years of service with the FIDF, in June 2023 Major Justin McPhee retired as Officer Commanding, Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF), a role he has fulfilled since October 2018.

• Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 18:28 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government publishes Budget for 2023/24

  

  On 31st May, the Governor of the Falkland Islands made her annual address, state of the Nation, to the Legislative Assembly. In her speech, Alison Blake CMG reviewed last year's challenges and highlights, set out the government's and public service priorities for the year ahead, and paid tribute to the economy.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 20:06 UTC

  Message from Falkland Islands Governor Alison Blake CMG

  

  2022 has been a momentous and busy year here in this newly created City of Stanley and across the Islands, marking the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia with a fitting and often moving program of commemorative events, events that have at their heart been about remembrance, community, and sharing.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Falklands strongly supports Ukraine Independence Day, Slava Ukraini

  

  The Falkland Islands has shown its strong solidarity with Ukraine on August 24, Independence Day of the central European country suffering the invasion of its powerful neighbor, Russia.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 21:54 UTC

  As of Saturday, Falklands have the first woman Governor, Ms Alison Blake CMG

  

  It's official, the Falkland Islands have a new Governor, and the first woman to occupy that position, Ms. Alison Blake CMG. The governor designate for the Falkland Islands, and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Ms. Blake took the oath of office on Saturday morning at the Court and Assembly Chamber.