FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT PRESS STATEMENT   15 September 2025   Reminder – Opportunity to Engage with The KEMH Maternity Review   The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) wish to provide a reminder that there is an opportunity for those with experience of using maternity services in the Falkland Islands […]

St Helena Airport and Emergency Planning seeks enthusiastic volunteers for major incident exercise   St Helena Airport and Emergency Planning are seeking enthusiastic volunteers to participate in a major incident exercise to simulate an aircraft emergency.   The outdoor exercise will take place on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, from 08:00 […]

Review suggests polar geoengineering ideas could do more harm than good     9 September, 2025 BAS News stories   Well-publicised geoengineering ideas are highly unlikely to help the polar regions and could harm ecosystems, communities, international relations, and our chances of reaching net zero by 2050. This is according to […]

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ORDER PAPER THURSDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2025, 09.00 COURT & ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS, TOWN HALL (Members of the public wishing to attend should be seated no later than 08.50hrs)   Prayers Confirmation of the Records of Legislative Assembly 28 August 2025 Papers to be Laid on the Table by The […]

US to retire its only icebreaker, stranding polar research   By Stephanie Maltarich   On Sept. 10, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced that the agency is terminating the lease for Nathaniel B. Palmer Icebreaker, the sole U.S. icebreaker dedicated to Antarctic research. This move, which came as a result of […]

Tristan da Cunha: The lobsters keeping Earth’s remotest town afloat   Nick Schönfeld for the BBC   The most remote inhabited island is racing to protect its seas – and only source of income.   The fishing gong is calling. At 05:00 local time, the clang of a hammer on […]

The next General Election   The next General Election is currently expected to take place in December 2025. Ahead of this, to ensure that the public well-informed about the election process and the government, the Legislative Assembly has prepared a set of resources to provide clear and accessible information on […]

FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT   17 September 2025   Laydown & New Access Road   The Public Works Department wishes to advise that construction activities south of the Airport Road, adjacent to and east of the Market Garden entrance, have now been successfully completed.   The new access road […]

Chief Minister Rebecca Cairns-Wicks today announced the Ministers she has selected and the Public Service Portfolios allocated to them. They are:   Safety, Security and Home Affairs Portfolio – Councillor Gillian Brooks Education, Skills and Employment Portfolio – Councillor Andrew Turner Environment, Natural Resources and Planning Portfolio and Economic Development Portfolio […]

Effective Thursday, 18 September 2025, all Port Control, Customs and Immigration services will operate from the new cargo management facility at Rupert’s and will no longer be available from the Customs House in Jamestown.   The Customs and Immigration sections will merge into one department and will be contactable by telephone on […]