FALKLAND ISLANDS: Current Articles
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1: Shall Falkland Islanders be Embattled Oil Barons? - Falklands (Mineral Resources) - 08.02.2010

Articles touting untold riches for the Falklands when crude is discovered in commercial quantities are of late abounding.

2: Report of an Executive Council meeting held on 3 February 2010 - Falklands (Legal) - 06.02.2010

An extra-ordinary meeting of Executive Council was held on Wednesday, 3 February to address some urgent oil exploration matters.

3: PHYL RENDELL’S REPORT ABOUT THE WED, 03 FEBRUARY 2010 EXCO MEETING - Falklands (Mineral Resources) - 06.02.2010

There was an extraordinary meeting of Executive Council on Wednesday, 03 February to address some matters that really couldn’t wait until the next scheduled EXCO.

4: DIRECTOR OF MINERAL RESOURCES REACTION TO ARGENTINE PROTEST ABOUT OIL EXPLORATION - Falklands (Mineral Resources) - 06.02.2010

The Argentine Government has this week protested about the up-coming drilling campaign in Falklands’ waters. Director of Minerals, Phyl Rendell (PR), doesn’t believe that this is concerning the Falklands’ oil industry.

5: PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE 06/02/10 - Falklands (Business News) - 06.02.2010

Graham France updates us on the latest planning and building committee activity.

6: Falklands Summary of Executive Council Meeting 28 January 2010 - Falklands (Legal) - 06.02.2010

The Task status report (legislative drafting) was discussed briefly. Members felt that the Road Traffic Bill (which commenced in January 2006) needed to have further periods of public consultation and debate given that it had been dormant for some time now.

7: Falklands General Purposes Committee Brief 01.02.2010 - Falklands (Gen - Government) - 06.02.2010

The General Purposes Committee met at 0800hrs on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 and the meeting lasted all day.

8: ENTHUSIASM FOR FALKLANDS OIL OUTWEIGHS ARGENTINE PROTEST - Falklands (Mineral Resources) - 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.

9: TONY BANKS GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM AT 1982 MEMORIAL - Falklands (Heritage) - 30.01.2010

Unlike his experience on a terraced street in Liverpool, Tony Banks was greeted with warm enthusiasm when he completed his yomp from San Carlos to Stanley via Goose Green.

10: CDR DONDE TO DEPART FALKLANDS ON MONDAY - Falklands (Heritage) - 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 Section MPA HMS York Shadows commander Donde's yacht

11: DR Chris Doyle’s Statement About Telecommunications in the Falklands: - Falklands (Business News) - 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.

12: FALKLANDS PUBLIC MEETING REPORT 26.01.10 - Falklands (Business News) - 30.01.2010

A public meeting was held in the Court and Assembly Chamber of the town hall at 1700hrs on Tuesday, 26 January 2010. Present were The Hon Dick Sawle (DS), the Hon Jan Cheek (JC), The Hon Roger Edwards (RW), The Hon Emma Edwards (EE – Chair), The Hon Bill Luxton (BL), The Hon Sharon Halford (SH) and The Hon Glen Ross (GR) The Hon Gavin Short (GS) did not attend presumably due to work commitments.

13: THE REV PAUL EVANS RETURNS TO HELP OUT AT THE TAB - Falklands (Heritage) - 30.01.2010

The Rev Paul Evans, who paid a pastoral visit to the Tabernacle Church during June and July last year travelled back to Malawi in November and is currently in Zimbabwe, his plans are that he will return to the UK in late February and already has plans for a return visit to the Falkland Islands.

14: Falkland Islands Tourist Board Facebook page reaches 1,600 fans - Falklands (Tourism/Travel) - 30.01.2010

The official Facebook page for the Falkland Islands has attracted over 1,600 fans in its first five months.

15: ARGENTINE CLAIMS TO FALKLANDS SEABED CONTAINS NOTHING NEW - Falklands (Business News) - 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.

16: A Falklands Poem - Falklands (Heritage) - 13.11.2007

Gus Hales tells it like it is in a moving poem recited at the Cathedral in Stanley on Remembrance Sunday. Photo (c) J. Brock (FINN) The Sama'82 Standard

17: Falklands Threatened with the Torah - Falklands (Heritage) - 12.08.2006

I'm positive that the first five books of the Word of God were originally written for the Hebrew Nation - Israel - so why does Deuteronomy 28: 52 apply to the Falklands?