MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 22nd 2017
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Wednesday, February 22nd 2017 - 19:14 UTC
Ex Royal Marines and Falklands veterans announce dates for historic kayak adventure around the Islands
After months of serious preparation we can now announce that the dates for the Cockleshell Endeavour’s Falkland Islands kayak have been set. On 12th March two former Royal Marines and Falkland’s veterans, Mick Dawson, 50, and Steve Grenham, 51, will leave the UK to embark on a historic adventure which will see them kayak around part of the Falkland Islands, visiting key military sites en route to mark 35 years since the conflict.
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Wednesday, February 22nd 2017 - 18:36 UTC
Trump toughens immigration policy: millions could be targeted for deportation
Millions of people living in the United States illegally could be targeted for deportation — including people simply arrested for traffic violations — under a sweeping rewrite of immigration enforcement policies announced Tuesday by the Trump administration.
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Wednesday, February 22nd 2017 - 14:11 UTC
In highly unusual move, PM May attends House of Lords Brexit debate
Theresa May has taken the highly unusual step of sitting in the House of Lords to hear peers being told by the UK Government not to “frustrate” Brexit. The Prime Minister sat on the steps in front of the Royal Throne as Lords leader Baroness Evans of Bowes Park told peers to respect the decision of the British people in last year’s referendum and the “primacy” of the elected House of Commons.
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Wednesday, February 22nd 2017 - 07:53 UTC
Falklands' thriving community underlined by visiting Ilford North MP
British lawmaker Ilford North MP Wes Streeting visited the Falkland Islands as part of a cross-party Parliamentary visit this week. With the 35th anniversary of the Falklands War coming in April, the visit was aimed at giving British politicians a better look at the problems facing the islanders today.
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Wednesday, February 22nd 2017 - 07:35 UTC
Rosario and Liverpool twinned in promoting human rights and inclusion
The Argentine city of Rosario and Liverpool in England will sign on Wednesday a cooperation agreement to jointly work in human rights and inclusion issues, the first such accord between mayors of the two countries since the end of the 1982 conflict.
