EXECUTIVE Council has approved a framework for assessing who should be considered a ‘prohibited person’.
EXECUTIVE Council has approved a framework for assessing who should be considered a ‘prohibited person’.
THE Referendum on Thursday evening resulted in a defeat for the concept of a single constituency with neither two thirds of the Camp nor Stanley supporting a single constituency. In Stanley 346 people voted in favour (57.7%) and 253 against and in Camp 71 (32%) voted in favour with 153 against.
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 Government has expressed “disappointment” in Argentina’s latest threats to the Islands.
The tendency to stereotype victims of sexual abuse was the issue that drew the lengthiest discussion from delegates at this week’s Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Women’s Conference.
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.