Tag Archives: Falkland Islands

Breakthrough at last on Ascension-St Helena flights

Posted on October 10, 2015 by

Monthly flights between St Helena and Ascension Island have been negotiated, after months of discontent over the vital link being excluded from the original deal with winning contractor Comair. Each month, of the the airline’s Saturday flights from Johannesburg will … Continue reading →

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Raymond and Cynthia achieve a uniform kind of fame

Posted on December 29, 2013 by

Nearly a million people read The Observer newspaper. And in the final issue of 2013, they have been treated to a picture of Cynthia George and Raymond Hudson, posing in their scouting uniforms on Jamestown seafront. The photographer, Jon Tonks, … Continue reading →

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Work ‘in hand’ on inter-islands link – but no answer yet

Posted on July 31, 2013 by

The British government has been asked how people and supplies will be transported between St Helena and other islands in the South Atlantic after the RMS St Helena is withdrawn from service in 2016. But no clear answer has emerged … Continue reading →

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New stamps honour Maggie. She had the Argies licked

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

The Falkland Islands Post Office is to issue a set of stamps to honour Baroness Thatcher for liberating the islands after the Argentinian invasion of 1982. The islands already celebrate Thatcher Day each year on 10 January, the anniversary of … Continue reading →

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Stanley’s no toy town for UK to play with, says Penguin News

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Suggestions that the capital of the Falklands should change its name from Stanley to Port Margaret, or even Port Margaret Thatcher, have been treated with scorn by the islands’ newspaper, Penguin News. “Once the laughter had died down,” it said, … Continue reading →

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Marathon relief: chef in bomb suit gets more than a red nose

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Falklands governor Nigel Haywood has completed the Stanley Marathon in a time of 3 hours, 30 minutes and 1 second – on his birthday. He was nearly three times as fast as chef David Bradley, who predicted he’d be a … Continue reading →

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Only 98.8% vote Yes to Falklands staying British

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Celebrations have taken place at the Whalebone Arch in Stanley in the wake of the overwhelming (but not surprising) vote in favour of the Falkland Islands remaining a British overseas territory. It is understood that only a small number of … Continue reading →

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