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.
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.
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.
THE SECURITY of the Falkland Islands Meat Company (FIMCo) was the key issue at this week’s Rural Business Association, Farmers Week Organiser Samantha Marsh told Penguin News.
Chair of the Legislative Assembly, MLA Mark Pollard and Deputy Chair MLA Leona Roberts have arrived in New York in order to attend the main session of the Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24). 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of C-24, which meets annually in June to review and consider the state of affairs in ‘Non-Self-Governing Territories’ and then make recommendations in the form of draft resolutions to the United Nations General Assembly. The committee also hears the views of representatives from these territories, as well as member states; MLA Pollard and MLA Roberts will deliver speeches to the committee on Thursday.
