Tag: Mount Pleasant Complex

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  MPA/Stanley march to collect funds for the foundation that cares after retired working police dogs

  

  Four working dogs accompanied their military police officer owners on a charity challenge in the Falkland Islands. It was all in the aid of raising money for The Thin Blue Paw Foundation – a charity that was set up to support retired police dogs.

• Saturday, February 13th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands: MPC will begin gradual lifting of restrictions

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands in coordination with BFSAI, and based on medical and public health advice, including restricting access to Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC (*), with the exception of essential travel, consider that the Covid-19 cluster at MPC has been contained.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands emphasizes the Restriction of Movement declaration on access to MPC

  

  The Falkland Islands government has reviewed and emphasized the Declaration of Emergency restriction movements, under regulations 11 and 12, which remain in full force, particularly referred to MPC and dependencies access, and possible essential travel.

• Wednesday, February 10th 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Falkland Islands, transportation arrangements for arriving passengers

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has informed that FIGO, (the government's office in London) will be asking southbound passengers for their onward travel arrangements from MPC to Stanley, when booking a flight. The requirement applies to arriving passengers from 15 February 2021 onwards.

• Saturday, February 6th 2021 - 07:34 UTC

  Falklands' “Restriction on Movement” declaration in full force until 18 February

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Executive Council, ExCo, has agreed to the making and publication of a Declaration to bring into force regulations 11 (restrictions on movement) and 12 (restrictions on movement – specified areas) in order to ‘prevent, protect against, delay or otherwise control the incidence or transmission of coronavirus in the Falkland Islands.’ The regulations form part of the Infectious Diseases Control (Coronavirus) (No 2) Regulations.

• Friday, February 5th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands-Munich, Lufthansa completes record-breaking flight

  

  Yesterday at 1:24 pm the crew of the Lufthansa record-breaking flight received a very warm “welcome back” upon their return in Germany. After landing at Munich Airport, the Airbus A350-900 was greeted by the fire department with a water salute.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Lufthansa lands in Falklands with scientists; returns to Germany on Wednesday

  

  Lufthansa’s longest flight ever has landed in the Falkland Islands. The aircraft departed Hamburg at 21:23 on Sunday, landing at Mount Pleasant Complex at 09:00. The flight, which is also the longest flight to have departed Hamburg, clocked in at 15 hours and 36 minutes.

• Monday, February 1st 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Falklands: access to MPC remains restricted for fourteen days

  

  The government of the Falkland Islands and officials from Mount Pleasant Complex held on Sunday an extraordinary meeting and decided that access to the Complex will remain restricted for the next fourteen days given the sanitary situation at MPC.

• Friday, January 29th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Falklands: MPC access limited to essential travel because of Covid-19 positive case

  

  The Falkland Islands Government confirmed on Thursday that a military medic involved in quarantine surveillance swabbing has tested positive for Covid-19 as a result of displaying symptoms.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:58 UTC

  Falklands' return humanitarian flight: ample media coverage to the cancelling by Argentina

  

  The Argentine government decision to impede a return humanitarian flight from Montevideo to Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands received ample coverage in the Uruguayan and Argentine media.