Stories for 2024

Monday, October 14th 2024 - 08:25 UTC
Trouble ahead at Samoa Commonwealth summit; Caribbean nations demanding £200bn billion from UK for slave trade

Trouble ahead for King Charles and PM Keir Starmer when they attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa on October 21st. A group of fifteen Caribbean governments have unanimously decided to demand an incredible £200 billion from the UK in compensation for its role in the slave trade, according to reports in the British media.
Monday, October 14th 2024 - 08:21 UTC
Falklands lawmakers check progress of new sports facility

The Falklands National Sports Council, NSC, was very pleased to welcome MLAs Teslyn Barkman, Pete Biggs, Jack Ford, Mark Pollard, Leona Roberts, and Gavin Short to the new sports facility for an update on progress.
Monday, October 14th 2024 - 08:18 UTC
UK names new investment minister to spearhead bolstered Office for Investment

A new Minister for Investment has been appointed to head up a bolstered Office for Investment, as part of a wider Whitehall ‘shake up’ to strengthen the government’s offer and partnership with businesses and investors.
Monday, October 14th 2024 - 08:15 UTC
Argentina's BCRA launching collector's AR$ 25 coins

Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) announced a new AR$25 coin as a part of a joint venture with Spain, Portugal, and other countries in the region to highlight each nation's cultural diversity.
Saturday, October 12th 2024 - 11:20 UTC
Premier of the discovery of the “Endurance” at the London Film Festival

This Saturday, October 12, a documentary film about the discovery of the ship “Endurance” by the great Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton will be presented at the London Film Festival.
Saturday, October 12th 2024 - 10:16 UTC
IMF goes easier on heavily indebted countries such as Argentina

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Friday a series of cuts on overcharges to countries heavily in debt, which, albeit moderate, could benefit Argentina among other nations. Such an initiative had been resisted in the past by Washington and other G7 nations but things have changed considerably at a global level.
Saturday, October 12th 2024 - 10:14 UTC
Paraguay tightens the screws on fight against money laundering and terrorism financing

Paraguayan authorities announced this week that adjustments were being implemented to comply with the Latin American Financial Action Task Force (Gafilat) recommendations regarding the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Saturday, October 12th 2024 - 10:11 UTC
Panama adopts Bukele-style approach to gang violence

The Panamian Government of President Raul Mulino announced this week that it would adopt an approach against gang crime similar to that of Nayib Bukele's El Salvador.
Saturday, October 12th 2024 - 10:02 UTC
Venezuela's Supreme Court refuses to review Maduro's victory

The Constitutional Chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) on Friday declared “inadmissible” an appeal filed by former presidential candidate Enrique Márquez to review the National Electoral Council's (CNE) announcement that incumbent Nicolás Maduro Moros had won the July 28 election and would govern the South American country until 2031.
Saturday, October 12th 2024 - 09:50 UTC
Aldridges Feltons Smiths and Shorts 175 years old in Falklands and still going strong

By Gavin Short, Elected Member of the Falklands Legislative Assembly (*)<br />
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On Saturday the 13th of October 1849 the 578-ton barque Victory, under the command of Captain Mullens, out of London, England, sailed up Port William. The vessel which was built by Fenwick & Co, Sunderland in 1847 was owned Willis, Gunn and Co (the company advertised as H H Willis and Co) and later owned by Wilson and Cook.