Stories for 2015

Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 - 09:24 UTC
Falklands advances despite Argentine disruption and blockade efforts, says Acting Governor Sandra Tyler-Haywood

Falkland Islands' Her Honour the Acting Governor delivered on Tuesday his State of the Nation speech to the elected Legislative Assembly underlining progress and expansion achieved in the economy and community development, the UK resolute in defending the rights and wishes of the Falkland Islanders to develop their own natural resources, and despite Argentine disruption and blockade efforts, first oil is expected to be produced in 2019.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 - 08:18 UTC
Falklands faces fiscal 2015/16 with surplus budget, all industries prospering and 1.4% inflation

The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly received on Tuesday the Appropriation Bill which allows for expenditure of £61.4M pounds in the fiscal year 2015/16, supported by revenues of £56.9M and a projected £4.9M from oil and gas exploration, thus completing another surplus year.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 - 08:07 UTC
Obama signs bill that limits phone data collection by government

The US Senate has voted to limit the government's ability to collect phone data, a policy that had been in place since the attacks of 11 September 2001. The USA Freedom Act extends the government's ability to collect large amounts of data, but with restrictions.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 - 02:06 UTC
Blatter resigns but says will remain in control until successor's election

Sepp Blatter, who four days ago was re-elected for a fifth four-year term as president of FIFA, the world football's governing body announced on Tuesday in Zurich that he would resign his position and lay down his mandate at an extraordinary elective congress to be held later in the year.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 06:26 UTC
Argentine police video on Nisman's death shows experts working without latex gloves

The lead investigator in the mysterious death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who had accused Argentina's president of wrongdoing, came under sharp criticism on Monday with a video showing police experts working without latex gloves at the apartment where the body was found last January.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 06:18 UTC
Unemployment in Punta Arenas climbs to 4.4% in February-April period

Unemployment in Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile climbed to 4.4% in the February-April period, which represents an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the same period a year ago, according to the latest release from the INE stats office.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 06:09 UTC
Malaysia Airlines 'technically bankrupt' contracts 'Terminator' to restructure the company

Malaysia Airlines is “technically bankrupt”, its chief executive has said, as he announced a restructuring program and plans to cut about 6,000 jobs. The announcement follows the twin air disasters which forced its nationalization last year.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 06:01 UTC
Canadian tobacco companies ordered to pay 12bn dollars for failing to warn health risks

A Canadian court has ordered three tobacco companies to pay 15.5bn Canadian dollars ($12bn), the largest award for damages in the country's history. The plaintiffs were Quebec smokers who said the firms failed to warn them of health risks associated with smoking.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:58 UTC
Spain's Iberia resumed flights to Cuba after a two-year absence

After two years of absence, the Spanish airline Iberia on Monday resumed flights to Havana. The Cuban tourism ministry confirmed last Friday that on June first, the flight marking the resumption of operations between Madrid and Havana would arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:44 UTC
Teachers take to the streets of Chile to protest education bill in Congress

Several thousand teachers poured into the streets of Santiago and other cities of Chile to express their rejection of an education bill currently being debated in Congress. The Monday march marked the first day of a strike called by the teachers union, which demands changes in key aspects of a bill that includes some of the reforms to the education system being promoted by the Michelle Bachelet government.