MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 16th 2017
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Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 12:26 UTC
Falklands' television service to be fully restored this month; new transmitter on Sapper Hill
Falklands' television viewers in Stanley will be able by the end of the month, weather permitting, to again have a full service of its former level of transmission. A release from the Falklands government recalls that viewers are well aware of the problems encountered over the last nine month, caused by the TV transmitter falling from the mast on Sapper Hill.
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Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 12:16 UTC
Falklands announces new demolitions on Friday, as part of the demining project
Falklands Islands demining project is advancing steadily and demolitions are planned for next Friday in the Moody Valley, west of Stanley. The demolitions are part of the several phases, several years, project to clear the Falklands of the mines planted by the Argentine military during the occupation of the Islands in 1982.
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Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 12:12 UTC
Temer coalition determined to pass major pension reform despite street protests
Brazil's president Michel Temer and senior lawmakers were unwavering in their support for a major pension reform on Wednesday despite nationwide protests against the proposal and the dramatic expansion of a graft probe threatening the ruling coalition.
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Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 12:06 UTC
Fed raises interest rate by a quarter of a point: second time in three months
U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday for the second time in three months, a move spurred by steady economic growth, strong job gains and confidence that inflation is rising to the central bank's target. The decision to lift the target overnight interest rate by 25 basis points to a range of 0.75% to 1.0% marked a convincing step in the Fed's effort to return monetary policy to a more normal footing.
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Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 05:58 UTC
Relief in Europe: “Netherlands said No to the wrong kind of populism”, Dutch PM Rutte claims victory
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday claimed a dominating parliamentary election victory over anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, who failed the year's first litmus test for populism in Europe. Provisional results with over half the votes counted suggested Rutte's party won 32 seats in the 150-member legislature, 13 more than Wilders' party, which took only third place with 19 seats. The surging CDA Christian Democrats claimed 20.
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Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 05:37 UTC
Scotland will be out of the EU either with UK or independent, PM May tells SNP leader
Prime Minister Theresa May has claimed that Scotland will be leaving the European Union regardless of whether or not it votes for independence. Speaking during an exchange with the SNP's Angus Robertson, Theresa May also warned against “constitutional game-playing”.
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Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 04:56 UTC
Political seism in Brazil: prosecutor asks Supreme Court to open 83 new graft investigations
Brazil's top public prosecutor seismically expanded a corruption probe of the country's political establishment on Tuesday, asking the Supreme Court to open 83 new investigations of politicians named in explosive plea bargain testimony. Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot also requested that the Court send 211 other requests to lower courts based on much-anticipated testimony by executives of engineering group Odebrecht implicated in Brazil's biggest-ever graft scandal.
