Opinion Piece

29 May 2020

ESCAPISM has taken on a fresh meaning in the last three months. Where once it could have meant wilful avoidance of responsibility, Coronavirus has lent it a positive – therapeutic, even – connotation. We are given book and film recommendations with the assurance that they are “pure escapism,” for instance. Anything to mute the white noise of news reports and shut out the blue light of news feeds and logarithmic scales.

29 May 2020

THE Government this week unveiled plans for a “prudent” budget that maintains the current levels of expenditure but does not propose any increase in fees and charges.

22 May 2020

FALKLANDS wool producers were officially invited yesterday May 21 to consider selling unsold wool to the Falkland Island Government.

1 March 2020

A TWO-tier housing system has developed where the quality and standard of government properties reserved for contractors is superior to those reserved for Islanders, said Member of Legislative Assembly Dr. Barry Elsby at Thursday’s meeting of the Assembly.

1 February 2020

EU funding for British Overseas Territories organisations, and the impact of Brexit on business and travel are all subjects covered in a Brexit update from the Minister for the Commonwealth, the UN and South Asia this week.

30 January 2020

THE relationship between the Falkland Islands Government and South Georgia Government “brings both direct and indirect benefit to the Falklands” assured Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI ) Chief Executive Helen Havercroft after a member of the public expressed concern on a related issue.

As I see it – with Deputy Editor Roddy Cordeiro

No fee increases in prudent Falkland Islands budget

Unsold wool purchase programme rolled out

Islanders second in FIG’s two-tier housing system

UK Brexit message: “committed to safety and prosperity of OTs”

Relationship with South Georgia benefits Falklands assures SG Government