Stories for February 22nd 2013

Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 18:25 UTC
Falklands confirms £ 26m fishing and oil ‘windfalls’ only for the Consolidated Fund

The Falkland Islands government at a public meeting defended their position of not including in the annual budget what they described as ‘windfalls’ from fishing and oil and instead adding the ‘exceptional” excess revenue to the Consolidated Fund.
Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 18:18 UTC
MLA Hansen takes over Falklands’ Minerals portfolio following controversy

Member of Legislative Assembly Ian Hansen will assume responsibility for the Falklands’ government Minerals portfolio after MLA Barry Elsby relinquished the post due to a conflict of interest. The brief release from Gilbert House adds that MLA Hansen has prior experience in the Minerals portfolio adding that MLA Jan Cheek will continue as the second portfolio holder.
Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 17:38 UTC
Foreign Office pledges more marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean

The Foreign Office said that the UK is striving to ensure that all fishing undertaken in the Southern Ocean is carefully managed and sustainable and that the current FCO focus is supporting international work to establish a network of Southern Ocean Marine Protected Areas.
Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 16:03 UTC
Controversy over Spain’s recovery ‘round the corner’ and ‘the next Germany’ forecast

US multinational financial service corporation Morgan Stanley has declared that Spain has already got over the worst of the economic crisis and augurs that it “will become the next Germany” in the European Union. This however is challenged by the Financial Times, Goldman Sachs, Citibank and the IMF.
Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 15:43 UTC
Self determination and world examples dominated political debate hosted by Falklands

The 43rd British Islands and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), held in the Falkland Islands on the 12th and 13th February 2013, was described as both fascinating and provoking by delegates.
Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 05:11 UTC
Colombia with enough oil for eight years at current rate of consumption

Colombia only has enough oil to last another eight years and must urgently step up exploration efforts to locate more reserves, Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas said.
Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 05:08 UTC
WHO confirms death from coronavirus; 13 cases of human infection and 7 deaths

Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health has informed the World Health Organization of another confirmed case of infection with the novel coronavirus (NCoV). The patient was hospitalized on 29 January 2013 and died on 10 February 2013. The case was laboratory-confirmed on 18 February 2013. Further investigation into this case is ongoing.
Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 04:59 UTC
March and blackout to remember victims of Buenos Aires worst train station accident

Relatives of the victims of Buenos Aires busiest railway station tragedy confirmed a demonstration at Plaza de Mayo for Friday to mark the first anniversary of the accident, February 22, 2012, and in which 51 people perished and over 700 were injured.
Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 04:16 UTC
Colombia signs free trade agreement with South Korea eliminating 96% of tariffs

Colombia on Thursday signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea in Seoul. The FTA includes a wide range of elements to boost bilateral trade and investment, according to the trade ministry.
Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 01:58 UTC
Comic Beppe Grillo the outsider that has Italy’s political system “terrified”

Comic Beppe Grillo, a political newcomer is sending shockwaves to the Italian political system ahead of national elections. Touring the country in a camper van and attracting tens of thousands to his rallies, Grillo has channeled the rage and frustration that Italians feel at the rampant waste and corruption of their political leaders.