Chief Medical Officer Beccy Edwards said this week that “we are still in the foothills of the global curve” of Covid-19, as Falkland Islands Government confirmed that they will not yet be reducing the 14-day quarantine requirements.
ON a recent visit to London Members of Legislative Assembly Mark Pollard and Teslyn Barkman, met with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to update them on Covid-19 restrictions and “confirm the Falkland Islands Government’s support for the humanitarian work” to take DNA samples of the remaining unidentified Argentine soldiers. A press release this week announced that the recent exchange of notes between the UK Government and Argentine Government reaffirms the support for further work.
The Falkland Islands Executive Council has approved a support measure of £500,000 for the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust to bring forward the build programme for the Lookout Gallery and Exhibition Hall.
In this week’s Penguin News Falklands Conservation examine their Seabird Summary for the 2019/20 season
NINETY-SIX percent of Year 11 students who applied to study overseas have secured the points they needed, the Falkland Islands Community School announced today after GCSE results were released.
Falkland Islands Government Schools Executive Head Karen Steen has stated that in relation to what happens to GCSE results: “Whatever is decided by Ofqual and the exam boards will also apply to our students, because we are sitting their examinations (or not as the case is).”
