IF circumstances weren’t the way they were I’d feel quite sorry for Argentines. Imagine believing you were the coolest people in South America and then having Javier Milei for a president.
NEXT week the Falkland Islands newspaper Penguin News will increase its cover price to £2.50. It’s not a decision I’ve taken lightly, but is one I believe is necessary. For the past two years the newspaper has received a relatively small but quite important subvention through the Falkland Islands Government’s funding of the Media Trust. Following this year’s budget, that subvention to the Media Trust was reduced, as were the allocations made to other organisations and government departments.
WHILE Members might find it hard to believe the staff at Penguin News are a warm and empathetic lot and we do understand that the Falkland Islands Government faces genuine challenges.
THE Falkland Islands National Sports Council’s excellent idea to use National Girls and Women in Sport Day to encourage women into local clubs was the inspiration for this week’s centre pages, looking back at some of our sportswomen in recent history.
Now it’s over, we can talk about the election again. From looking at the words of the successful candidates, my opinion is that MLAs have a mandate from the electorate to pursue:
We know, from lived experience, that illegal acts don’t become acceptable all of a sudden simply because the aggressor claims moral justification.
