MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 6th 2015
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Friday, February 6th 2015 - 03:38 UTC
Falklands and Trinidad companies sign MoU on oil industry safety services
HHSL Systems Limited of Trinidad and Tobago and Invenio Falkland Islands Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU) to mark the start of a relationship that will see the Trinidad-based company help train Invenio representatives in the oil and gas industry.
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Friday, February 6th 2015 - 03:29 UTC
British top commander rubbishes any Falklands' “high alert” stories
The Commander of British Forces South Atlantic Islands has rubbished a story in UK The Sunday Express news paper that the Falkland Islands is on a high security alert, and made a brief comment to that respect.
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Friday, February 6th 2015 - 02:22 UTC
UK launches an overseas voter registration campaign for 7 May election
This week the UK Electoral Commission has launched a dedicated overseas voter registration campaign. The campaign aims to encourage British citizens living overseas to register to vote ahead of the UK Parliamentary General Election, due to take place on Thursday 7 May 2015.
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Friday, February 6th 2015 - 02:11 UTC
Rise of the vulture investing class
The oil markets are showing some life, having rallied 11% over a two-day period. But if a bigger rebound is not around the corner, it won’t just be oil companies that will be feeling the pain: their lenders will also face some steep losses if drillers can’t come up with the cash to cover debt payments.
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Friday, February 6th 2015 - 02:02 UTC
“Thunder” again caught toothfish poaching, claims Sea Shepherd 'Bob Baker'
The crew of the Sea Shepherd ship, “Bob Barker”, has confirmed that a set of buoys, attached to a beacon, were set out by the crew of the “Thunder” under the cover of night, indicating that the vessel is resuming illegal fishing activity.
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Friday, February 6th 2015 - 01:46 UTC
Falklands want to be good neighbors and have closer links with Latin America
The Falkland Islands and its people want to be 'good neighbors, have trade links, cooperation agreements and closer relations with the southern cone of South America, but 'without losing our identity', said Falklands lawmakers to Punta Arenas Prensa Austral that was present at the celebrations last Saturday for the 250th anniversary of the first flying of the Union Flag in the Islands marking the beginning of British rule.
