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Stories for August 2005

• Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Rockhopper jumps on AiM debut

  Rockhopper Exploration plc, the oil and gas exploration company with a number of licences in the North Falkland Basin, has announced that following the successful placing of 35,714,285 shares at 42p to raise £15 million (before expenses), its shares have been admitted to trading on AIM and dealings will commence at 8.00am today under the symbol: RKH.

• Sunday, August 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bishops call for an end to the “scandalous gaps” in Chile

  Chilean bishops from the Catholic Church Standing Episcopal Committee called on all candidates campaigning for December elections to make public proposals to achieve greater equality in the Chilean society helping to overcome the current “scandalous social, economic and cultural gaps”.

• Sunday, August 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  Governor goes Top Gun in F3 Tornado jet: Governor Howard Pearce went “top gun” last month when he was given a flight in an RAF F3 Tornado fighter jet by 1435 Squadron at Mount Pleasant.
  
  FIBS to FIRS on Monday: The Falkland Islands Radio Service will come into existence next week as the new name of the radio station.

• Sunday, August 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland veterans angry with UK Lottery snub

  Officials with a charity hoping to build a refuge on the Falkland Islands for veterans of the conflict reacted angrily over the weekend after being snubbed by the National Lottery.

• Saturday, August 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Castro turns 79 and still going strong

  Fidel Castro, the world's longest ruling head of state turns 79 Saturday, is celebrating a key political and legal victory over his enemies in exile after a U.S. appeals court ordered a new trial in the high-profile case of five alleged Cuban spies.

• Saturday, August 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil industry drastically cuts investment in Bolivia

  Investment in Bolivia by the mainly foreign-owned petroleum companies dropped 40% in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2004, reported the oil and gas industry in La Paz.

• Saturday, August 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula apologizes but is unconvincing

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva apologized Friday in a nationwide address for a bribery and campaign finance scandal while the head of a junior party in the ruling coalition said for the first time that the president was aware of misdeeds before they occurred.

• Saturday, August 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Australia amends bill to tackle illegal fishing

  To counter the alarming increase in the number of foreign vessels fishing illegally in Australia's northern waters, Parliament passed the Border Protection Legislation Amendment Bill on 10 August.

• Saturday, August 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay after larger share in Atlantic tuna

  Uruguay's National Directorate of Aquatic Resources (DINARA) is working on a strategic plan benefiting Uruguayan flagged vessels in the tuna and swordfish Atlantic fisheries over the next five years.

• Saturday, August 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Pinochet described as arrogant and vindictive

  Lucia Hiriart, the wife of Augusto Pinochet who now has also been indicted on corruption charges has played a notorious public role gaining over the decades a reputation for arrogance, resoluteness and vindictiveness.