Falklands : INTERNET NEWS RELEVANT TO THE FALKLANDS (07/12/08)
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 07.12.2008 (Article Archived on 21.12.2008)
We take a brief look at how other newspapers view what’s happening in the Falklands as well as news about people related to thw Islands in many ways.
INTERNET NEWS RELEVANT TO THE FALKLANDS
Compiled by J. Brock (FINN)
We take a brief look at how other newspapers view what’s happening in the Falklands as well as news about people related to thw Islands in many ways.
TO market to market: Ken Bebbington and his partner Joan travelled from the Falkland Islands especially for the market reopening Ken’s love for his home town has even rubbed off on partner, Falklander Joan, who made the trip with him.
http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1083300_welcome_home
(BFBS)
British Forces Broadcasting Service, the television and radio service for UK servicemen and women, is in consultation with staff over redundancies with up to 30 jobs likely to go.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/03/british-forces-broadcasting-service-redundancies
(Argentina)
It is no illusion that the tone and substance of the Argentine military seems to have deteriorated in the last several decades, from imprudently aspiring to control the nation in the 1970s and early 1980s (during which time it committed massive human rights abuses, rendering it the worst human rights violator in the hemisphere), to an ill-advised escapade in 1982 to re-claim the Falklands/Malvinas Islands from British jurisdiction.
http://www.coha.org/2008/12/honor-shame-and-duty-the-reality-of-argentina%E2%80%99s-tattered-armed-forces-today/
(Offshore Banking)
The Government today announced that Michael Foot, currently Chairman of the UK office of Promontory Financial Group, will lead the independent review of British offshore financial centres announced at Pre-Budget Report 2008. The review will look at the immediate and long-term challenges facing British offshore financial centres in the current economic climate, including:
- financial supervision and transparency;
- taxation, in relation to financial stability, sustainability and future competitiveness;
- financial crisis management and resolution arrangements;
- international cooperation.
http://www.mondovisione.com/index.cfm?section=news&action=detail&id=79258
(Government Contractor)
Its client base has broadened considerably, to include education, government and the banking sectors. Customers include Kiwibank and Biosecurity New Zealand. It also has the Falkland Islands government as a customer.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/B104D6E1D9A0042ECC2575120010603B
£1M DRUGS STOLEN FROM COP SHOP
By Dennis Ellam, sundaymirror.co.uk 30/11/2008
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sunday-mirror/2008/11/30/1m-drugs-stolen-from-cop-shop-115875-20935399/
Note: This article is full of inaccuracies.
Clive Shorters, 47, of Walsall, in the Black Country, served in the Falklands as a front-line paramedic treating wounded and dying soldiers on the battlefield and at a military hospital.
The article continues..
When fire tore through the same hospital he risked his own life to help dozens of servicemen and civilians escape, his bravery being mentioned in a British government report on the tragedy in which eight people died. But Mr Shorters, who has been a colour sergeant in Walsall Sea Cadets for 16 years, is facing a court trial over an allegation that he poisoned a 14-year-old boy.
http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2008/11/29/midlands-falklands-war-veteran-accused-of-poisoning-child-66331-22369744/
Note: It is Mr Shorters that later was tried and acquitted of starting the fire at the hospital.
(Tourism)
D Peregrine Adventures: Peregrine Adventures is one of the few operators in the world to specialise in tours to icebound destinations such as Antarctica. The exciting South Pole route takes in some incredible outposts, including the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, the Antarctic Peninsula and the mist-shrouded South Orkney Islands. The company also operates Arctic excursions, visiting Iceland, Greenland and Baffin Island, and departures to a range of other destinations. www.peregrineadventures.com
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24705780-5002031,00.html
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