Penguin News - your insight into news and views in the Falkland Islands

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Penguin News is the Falkland Islands' only weekly newspaper and brings you local news and politics, local sports and social events and other information about local life.

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This week's top stories

Wind and snow drives cars off the road
As winter sets in with a vengeance this week in the Falkland Islands, police  have urged drivers to take extreme care. Three cars were blown off the Mount Pleasant Road, south of sapper Hill, despite their drivers traveling slowly... Read More >>

Construction team faces a nervous wait
The 12-strong construction team at the Falkland Islands Government partners Morrison (Falklands) Ltd today face a nervous wait to find out if they have work for the next two months... Read more >>

Squid sinks a £2.5m hole into Budget forecasts
Treasury officials painted a bleak and arguably inevitable picture of tough times ahead at Tuesday's public meeting on the recently announced budget. The drop in revenue from fishing licences alone is expected to be £2.5 million in the next financial year... Read more >>

Timberrrrrrrrrrrrr! Church trees felled
The huge trees that have decorated, and in recent years obscured the side of the cathedral in Stanley were chopped down this week... Read more >>

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Best of the Falklands - the results of your votes!

Click here to see the results

Over the Summer, Penguin News and the Falkland Islands Tourist Board conducted a joint survey, asking you "where and how would you spend your ideal weekend in the Falkland Islands".

To see the results, click here!

Overall, the most votes went to beautiful Carcass Island; in second place was Bleaker Island and third was Port Howard. But the huge number of places you voted for reminded us of just how many wonderful spots we have here. We hope that reading the results will inspire you to get out and about in our beautiful islands.

For further information on holidays in the Falkland Islands contact the Falkland Islands Tourist Board on 22215.

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