Tag: Falkland Islands

Friday, February 13th 2015 - 04:46 UTC
Falklands' 105 plus Illex fishing licences for a promising 2015 season

One hundred and five jiggers and one trawler have been offered Falkland Islands Illex squid licenses for the coming season which opens on February 15. The total number of licences offered matches those taken up in 2014, confirmed Director of Natural Resources John Barton at the Islands Fisheries Committee Meeting.
Tuesday, February 10th 2015 - 19:27 UTC
Falklands' familiarization visit for UK ambassadors from Brazil, Chile and Uruguay

British ambassadors to Chile, Brazil and Uruguay respectively, Fiona Clouder, Alex Ellis and Ben Lyster-Binns are currently visiting the Falkland Islands to familiarise themselves with the people and economy and to discover what opportunities there are to increase links between the Islands and their host countries.
Tuesday, February 10th 2015 - 05:35 UTC
Falklands pensions' scheme receives top qualification from UK HM Revenue & Customs

The Falklands Islands Pensions Board is pleased to announce that HM Revenue & Customs in the United Kingdom has approved the Falkland Islands Pensions Scheme (FIPS) as a Qualifying Recognized Overseas Pensions Scheme (QROPS).
Tuesday, February 10th 2015 - 03:51 UTC
Falkland Islands Holdings David Hudd steps down; new chairman is Edmund Rowland

Falkland Islands Holdings chairman David Hudd has resigned from the board with immediate effect and been succeeded by non-executive deputy chairman Edmund Rowland, it was reported on Monday. John Foster continues as group managing director.
Friday, February 6th 2015 - 17:38 UTC
Falklands offered oil industry scholarships from Trinidad

Three scholarships for Falkland Islanders at the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) in Trinidad and related to the oil and gas industry are likely to be available within two years and will be overseen by the Training Centre in the Falklands.
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, February 4th 2015 - 08:28 UTC
Falkland Islands picture from 400 kilometers above the Earth

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Guermanovich Artemiev, member of the International Space Station Expedition 40 posted this week a high definition picture of the Falkland Islands taken while orbiting from 400 kilometers above the Earth.
Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 00:10 UTC
Falklands' oil drilling program confirmed; rig from Western Africa on its way

Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd has confirmed that the Eirik Raude rig has commenced mobilization from West Africa to the Falkland Islands for the 2015 drilling program, which will be operated by Premier Oil and Noble Energy.