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21 April 2020

THE number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Falklands increased to 11 (in the week ending April 17), MLA Leona Roberts confirmed on the Tuesday. All confirmed cases correspond to individuals living in Mount Pleasant. Of the 11 cases, one patient continues to receive treatment in the King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH), while another nine remain in self-isolation in Mount Pleasant.

21 April 2020

Tim Waggott has been appointed as the new Financial Secretary, taking up his position from April 24 2020.

3 April 2020

THE Falkland Islands received its first positive result for Covid-19 today (April3 ). 87 results had been returned from the UK negative but a test sent for an in isolation was returned positive.

17 March 2020

DUE to COVID-19, UK exam boards have confirmed they will not run GCSEs and are working with stakeholders to plan a methodology for awarding grades, Executive Head Teacher Karen Steen told Penguin News on Thursday.

13 March 2020

A FALKLAND Islands woman was arrested on Friday March 6 accused of ‘use of words or behaviour or display of written material to incite racial hatred’.
An issue of trespass is also under consideration by the Attorney General.

1 March 2020

A TWO-tier housing system has developed where the quality and standard of government properties reserved for contractors is superior to those reserved for Islanders, said Member of Legislative Assembly Dr. Barry Elsby at Thursday’s meeting of the Assembly.

Covid-19 cases double but none in Stanley

New Financial Secretary for Falkland Islands

First case of COVID-19 in the Falkland Islands

COVID-19: GCSEs cancelled and medical evacuations limited

Facebook post leads to arrest and ‘racial hatred’ accusation

Islanders second in FIG’s two-tier housing system