Tag: Stanley

• Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Independent inspection of the Royal Falkland Islands Police

  

  The Royal Falkland Islands Police reported on Monday that two representatives from the UK Red Snapper Group, Dave Roberts and Neil Hunter, have arrived in the Islands commissioned by the local government to carry out an independent inspection of the force.

• Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Crew of Taiwanese jigger that caught fire in Falklands' waters en route to Montevideo

  

  The Falkland Islands government confirmed on Wednesday that the Taiwanese jigger Jung Ron which caught fire approximately 60 nautical miles north of Stanley, is now drifting to a position 110 nautical miles NE of Stanley and continues to head away from the Falkland Islands coastline.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 12:05 UTC

  Taiwanese jigger on fire in Falklands' waters: 64 crew members evacuated

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that a Taiwanese jigger by the name of Jung Ron has caught fire approximately 60 nautical miles north of Stanley.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Falklands' government and BFSAI plan to build 70 new houses in the next three years

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) with the support of British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) are seeking expressions of interest from developers and investors wanting to find out more about an ambitious range of housing development opportunities in the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government appoints new Head of Finance

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced the appointment of Debbie Ferriby as Head of Finance. Debbie is an experienced and qualified accountant, and is currently the Chief Finance Officer at Sure South Atlantic, based in Stanley.

• Thursday, August 30th 2018 - 08:46 UTC

  Falklands' tender process for construction of vulnerable person' care facility

  

  The Falkland Islands Executive Council has selected Galliford Try as the preferred company for the construction of the new Vulnerable Person’s Extra Care Facility in Stanley. The decision follows a detailed scrutiny of the bids received by Members of the Legislative Assembly and Government officers, who subsequently submitted recommendations to the Executive Council.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2018 - 19:25 UTC

  New Waste Management Strategy for the Falkland Islands

  

  Today the Falkland Islands Government announced the adoption of a new Waste Management strategy for the Islands.

• Friday, June 1st 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentina delists Malvinas petitioner Betts, and his shady turncoat past begins to surface

  

  Alejandro Jacobo Betts, Argentine citizen, born as Alexander Jacob Betts in the Falkland Islands, where he lived with a family until the end of the 1982 conflict, has been delisted from the Argentine delegation to this year's United Nations Decolonization Committee or C24 meeting scheduled for this month in New York.

• Thursday, May 17th 2018 - 10:38 UTC

  “Gauchos in Malvinas”, part of Falklands' history is a collection of watercolors

  

  “Gauchos in Malvinas” is the title of the book launched at the recent Buenos Aires Book show which is mainly a collection of water colors by William Dale, painted in 1852 when he spent time in the Falkland Islands. He was the son of John Pownall Dale, at the time General Manager of the Falkland Islands Company, and his paintings are considered a unique and only testimony of the gauchos in the Falklands.

• Thursday, May 17th 2018 - 10:29 UTC

  Falklands: outages across television and radio services next Friday, 18 May

  

  Falkland Islands residents of Stanley and surrounding areas are advised that a further outage to TV and Radio services from Sapper Hill and the island wide MW service from Mt William is required.