Tag: Nigel Phillips CBE

• Thursday, November 2nd 2017 - 08:19 UTC

  Falklands announces appointment of next Attorney General

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced on Wednesday the appointment of Simon Young as the next Attorney General of the Falkland Islands. Mr. Young, is due to arrive in early December and will be coming to the Islands with his wife Claire and their three sons.

• Monday, October 30th 2017 - 06:52 UTC

  Falklands and Bermuda governments fund their governors' uniforms

  

  Who pays for the uniforms worn by the Governors of British Overseas Territories was discussed in UK Parliament last week, with Minister of State stating that since 2001, the policy “has been that those Territories wishing to keep their ceremonial uniforms pay for them themselves,” and currently the “Governors of Bermuda and Falkland Islands retain the uniform, both funded by their respective Territory governments.”

• Friday, September 29th 2017 - 21:34 UTC

  Falklands' deminers welcomed and ready to begin the next phase

  

  The BACTEC demining team was welcomed back to the Falkland Islands with a reception last Tuesday evening, hosted by the recently arrived Governor Nigel Phillips at Government House.

• Friday, September 15th 2017 - 07:00 UTC

  Falklands' Governor Phillips: “You decide how you wish to be governed, now and in the future”

  

  The new Governor of the Falkland Islands emphasized that he was in the Islands to work with, “the democratically elected representatives of the people”, and it was, “entirely proper that you (Falkland Islanders) decide how you wish to be governed, now and in the future.”

• Saturday, September 2nd 2017 - 19:16 UTC

  Falklands' Swearing in Ceremony for Governor Phillips on 12 September

  

  The Falkland Islands elected government, Gilbert House, has announced that the Swearing in Ceremony for the Governor Designate, Mr. Nigel Phillips CBE will take place in the Court and Assembly Chamber, Stanley, on Tuesday 12th September 2017 commencing at 09:00 hrs.

• Friday, July 14th 2017 - 06:15 UTC

  Farewell parade for Falklands' outgoing governor; designate arrives in September

  

  A farewell parade for the Falkland Islands outgoing governor, Mr Colin Roberts CVO, will be held on Sunday July 16, on Stanley's Victory Green and Ross Road, according to a release from Gilbert House, seat of the Falklands elected government.

• Friday, June 30th 2017 - 16:49 UTC

  Change of Governor of the Falkland Islands

  

  Mr Nigel Phillips CBE has been appointed Governor of the in succession to Mr Colin Roberts CVO who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Phillips will take up his appointment in September 2017.