In the 50th anniversary year of the agreement Penguin News spoke to a number of Islanders on the subject of the agreement (see Penguin News this week) among them former Radio Station Manager Patrick Watts MBE wrote of his memories
THE Chamber of Commerce has criticised Standard Chartered Bank’s changes to its business banking fees in a highly condemnatory letter published in Penguin News this week; bank CEO Simon Fenton has responded to the criticisms.
BY midweek Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Operations (FISHOPS) had cleared 36 of the 105 jiggers that will take up Falkland Islands fishing licences to fish for illex squid this season, which will run from February 15 to June 15.
The first Executive Council meeting of 2021 was held on 27th January. MLAs Bragger, Edwards and Roberts were in attendance. MLA Ian Hansen is currently out of the Islands and MLA Edwards took his place for the meeting.
THE Falklands has seen a number of significant developments in the ongoing Covid-19 situation in the last week, including the arrival of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine; reports of the virus on fishing ships bound for the Islands; two positive tests of Covid-19 from clinicians at MPC, and a subsequent change in clinical processes at the King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) due to a Covid-19 inpatient being admitted to the hospital.
THE Falkland Islands has welcomed delivery of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine tonight. Upon arrival the vaccines were carefully offloaded from the South Atlantic Airbridge and transported by road to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital where they were immediately taken to refrigeration units within the hospital.
