Start of the 2022/2023 Fishing Season Report by Clinton de Bod We have had an extraordinarily good start to the 2022/2023 Fishing Season. We had one fishing day around Tristan island at the end of July, and another five days in August. We have currently landed just over 41 tonne […]

Batelco’s Sure to buy Channel Islands MNO Airtel-Vodafone   October 06, 2022 By   Paul Lipscombe    The Channel Islands telco Sure has acquired Channel Islands mobile network operator Airtel-Vodafone.   The acquisition is tipped to bring investment to the Channel Islands, according to Sure’s parent company, Bahrain-based telco Batelco. […]

Rockhopper Completes Navitas Transaction   By J Brock (FINN)   Further to signing a definitive document announced by Rockhopper on 19 April 2022, the transaction enabling Harbour Energy plc to exit and Navitas Petroleum LP through its UK subsidiary to enter the North Falkland Basin with a 65% stake in, […]

Four women to run post office and count penguins in Antarctica   Text by BBC   Photos by UK Antarctic Trust via PA Media     IMAGE SOURCE,PA MEDIA / UKAHT   (L-R) Lucy Bruzzone, Clare Ballantyne, Natalie Corbett and Mairi Hilton will spend five months on Goudier Island   […]

40th Anniversary Veteran’s Pilgrimage – appeal for accommodation   The 40th Anniversary Committee is keen to hear from anyone in our community who may be able to host visitors on a four-day pilgrimage from Wednesday 9 to Monday 14 November. It has been confirmed that there will now be 135 visitors […]

Report on Executive Council   27 September 2022   A meeting of Executive Council was held on 27th September 2022.  MLAs Hansen, Roberts and Spink attended the meeting.  All papers were approved unanimously unless stated otherwise.   The first paper was an exempt paper covering the Internal Audit Annual Report […]

Study hints at how fishes in the twilight zone evolved   29 September, 2022 BAS News stories   A new study, led by British Antarctic Survey and the University of Bristol, provides the first evidence that a controversial evolutionary process may be responsible for lanternfishes becoming one of the most diverse […]

Text of a letter from the Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt. Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, to St Helena Speaker, Cyril Gunnell. On behalf of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament and the peoples of the United Kingdom, I would like to thank you for your […]

VISIT OF THE UKHSA TEAM FOR JOINT STRATEGIC NEEDS ASSESSMENT   The Health & Social Care Portfolio would like to inform the public that a team from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will be arriving on-Island on Saturday, 8 October 2022. The team will deliver the analysis of St […]

Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce AGM 2022 2022-10-04   The Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce held its 29th Annual General Meeting on Friday, 30th September 2022.   During the meeting, members re-elected Mike Summers as Chairperson and Marika McKay as a Director of the Board.  Mark Neves stepped down as […]