Headlines – Penguin News

18 November 2021

The Falkland Islands will see the arrival of its first expedition vessel as part of a scaled down summer tourist season on Thursday November 25 2021. The vessel, Silver Explorer, will call to Bleaker Island and Bull Point for the day and passengers will be permitted to disembark and visit the areas. The following day it will call into West Point and Saunders Island. Vessels are expected to arrive in Stanley from the first week in December and passengers will be permitted to leave the ship to visit Stanley and neighbouring areas.

7 October 2021

“THE last Assembly failed to deliver on the Islands Plan objective to create a long-term labour force strategy for the Islands, which is sorely lacking,” according to a document that has been released to 2021 election candidates by the Chamber of Commerce.

23 September 2021

THE Falkland Islands Government Executive Council has agreed the provision of a capital grant of up to £1m and a loan facility of up to £750,000 to support the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust (FIMNT) to progress the development and construction of the new Lookout Gallery and Exhibition Hall. The package is designed to mitigate ongoing financial pandemic pressures, including the continued absence of international tourism.

16 September 2021

INSUFFICIENT supply of rental homes to meet demand is currently a critical issue, underlines ‘Housing for our Future’ – the Falkland Islands Housing Strategy launched this week.

12 August 2021

The Coroner’s Court has judged that there was no neglect in the case of Ramdan Assidiq, an Indonesian fisherman who died of pulmonary tuberculosis on May 19, while aboard the Taiwanese jigger Jih Da Yng.

23 July 2021

AN annual amount of 75,000 tonnes of Falkland Calamari (Loligo/Patagonian squid) can now be imported into the EU, for processing, with a 0% duty according to an EU Council Regulation published on Thursday.

Arrival of first expedition vessels into the Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce seeks government that will deliver labour force

£1m capital grant for museum’s Lookout Gallery and Exhibition Hall

Falklands Housing Strategy tackles lack of rental homes

‘No neglect’ found in death of fisherman

Tariffs lifted on 75,000t squid but with condition