Constitutional Advisor Passes on - (07.03.2010)
Michael Bradley, CMG, QC, former Cayman Islands Attorney General, passed away in the UK on Monday, 22 February, at the age of 76. [More...]
Category: S.Atlantic | Legal

Falklands Assembly Member to Attend Westminster Seminar - (07.03.2010)
Mr Dick Sawle MLA has left for the UK to attend the Westminster Seminar. The Westminster Seminar is held on an annual basis and is described as a perfect learning ground for recently elected politicia [More...]
Category: Falklands | Gen - Government

£11,000.00 for Haiti Earthquake Appeal - (07.03.2010)
Mr Keith Biles, sponsor of the Haiti Earthquake Appeal, Falkland Islands, reports that the balance on the Haiti Earthquake Appeal account today is £11,000, [More...]
Category: Falklands | Geological Events

Chile Earthquake Committee Formed - (07.03.2010)
A committee to begin fundraising for victims of the 8.8 earthquake in Chile has been set up [More...]
Category: Falklands | Geological Events

Falklands Send Letter of Condolence to Chile - (07.03.2010)
On 2 March 2010 Members of Legislative Assembly sent a letter of condolence to the Chilean people. [More...]
Category: Falklands | Geological Events

Why a Caveat on the South Atlantic Federation? - (07.03.2010)
I am not so certain about including the British Overseas Territories from the Caribbean in the scheme, given their assent to Argentina’s trade sanctions against the Falklands, agreed by the Rio Group, [More...]
Category: S.Atlantic | Business News

Falklands Summary of Executive Council Meeting 25 February 2010 - (04.03.2010)
The first Executive Council items this month were one of the drilling company’s oil spill contingency plans and a safety case for the rig to drill in deeper water. These are part of the regulatory app [More...]
Category: Falklands | Legal

Falklands Legislative Assembly Meeting 26 February 2010 Part 1 - (04.03.2010)
A meeting of Legislative Assembly was held at 1030hrs on Friday, 26 February 2010 in the Court and Assembly chamber of the Town Hall [More...]
Category: Falklands | Legal

Falklands Legislative Assembly 26 February 2010 Part 2 - (04.03.2010)
Mr Speaker, Honourable members, in continuing the theme of trying to start the Motion for Adjournment on happy news rather than sad news or criticism, I would like to bring to the attention of people [More...]
Category: Falklands | Legal

Revamped Falklands Lease Back Scheme a Non-starter - (28.02.2010)
Falkland Islanders took in their stride the Times Online article by Matthew Paris entitled “Think of Hong Kong. Give the Falklands Back.” [More...]
Category: Falklands | Business News

Argentina Blocks Danish Ship Over Falklands Visit - (11.02.2010)
Bloomberg reports that Argentina has blocked a ship from leaving a Techint Group plant after it traveled to the Falkland Islands without government permission, the Argentine Foreign Office said. Ph [More...]
Category: Falklands | Business News

BRIGADIER IMPRESSED WITH FALKLANDS’ TRAINING FACILITIES - (11.02.2010)
Brigadier Justin Maciejewski of 3 Yorks Alma Company, 12th Mechanised Brigade based at Warminster, Buford near Salisbury has spent the past week in the Falklands visiting training facilities. [More...]
Category: Falklands | Education

Commissioner Pays Official Visit to South Georgia - (11.02.2010)
Commissioner Alan Huckle and his wife Helen visited South Georgia in January. Travelling with them was Jane Rumble, Head of the Polar Regions Unit at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and GSGSSI Se [More...]
Category: Br.Ant.Territory | Business News

Shall Falkland Islanders be Embattled Oil Barons? - (08.02.2010)
Articles touting untold riches for the Falklands when crude is discovered in commercial quantities are of late abounding. [More...]
Category: Falklands | Mineral Resources

ENTHUSIASM FOR FALKLANDS OIL OUTWEIGHS ARGENTINE PROTEST - (03.02.2010)
On Tuesday Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana protested to the Acting British Ambassador over offshore oil exploration in waters surrounding the Falkland Islands. [More...]
Category: Falklands | Mineral Resources

CDR DONDE TO DEPART FALKLANDS ON MONDAY - (30.01.2010)
Commander Dilip Donde, a naval officer seeking to become the first Indian to sail solo around the world, will be departing from the FIC jetty at 1000hrs on Monday, 01 February 2010. Photo (c) Photo [More...]
Category: Falklands | Heritage

DR Chris Doyle’s Statement About Telecommunications in the Falklands: - (30.01.2010)
The sector is widely recognised as being an important neighbour for economic development and in the Falklands it also plays a pivotal role in enabling social cohesion. [More...]
Category: Falklands | Business News

SHOULD CHRISTIAN VALUES BE CHOPPED FROM ST HELENA’S CONSTITUTION? - (21.10.2009)
A recent debate in the Foreign Affairs Committee about the Constitutions of British Overseas Territories has sparked interest in territories in the South Atlantic. [More...]
Category: Tristan | Legal

Jobless and Poverty Rates are key to Economic Recovery - (12.08.2009)
Policy makers in the US Federal Reserve Bank are sitting down to discuss – amongst other things – interest rates, which are expected to remain the same at near zero percent. Also on the agenda, couch [More...]
Category: All | Business News

ARGENTINE CLAIMS TO FALKLANDS SEABED CONTAINS NOTHING NEW - (25.04.2009)
Both Argentina and the United Kingdom are claiming a vast area of seabed from South America to the Antarctic in their latest bids for control of the South Atlantic. [More...]
Category: Falklands | Business News