WITH a strong economy and the contribution made in particular by the fishing industry, along with farming, construction and in normal years tourism, the finances of Falkland Islands Government remain stable, the Financial Secretary Tim Waggott assured Members of Legislative Assembly at this year’s Budget session on Tuesday.
He cautioned: “We do, however remain mindful of the continuing global challenges of the moment.
THE Falkland Islands Government has announced that it “is supporting efforts to establish whether or not there are unidentified Argentine military personnel buried at Teal Inlet.”
Today, two mandates were signed at the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Grand Salon in Geneva, in order to enable a new stage of the Humanitarian Project Plan to proceed. The plan, which began in 2017, has led to the DNA identification of 115 Argentine soldiers who died during the Falkland Islands War, and were previously buried in unnamed graves.
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 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.
ALLOCATION of housing to the local housing pool was a key debate in Legislative Assembly on Thursday. MLA Roger Spink insisted to the Chair of the Housing Committee that it was for his Committee, to “come forward with proposals on allocations, to the MLAs.”
