Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

• Friday, May 14th 2010 - 02:47 UTC

  Punta Arenas Students on Three Week Learning Visit to the Falklands

  

  Eight Chilean students and a lady teacher from Punta Areas public school system will be travelling on Saturday to the Falkland Islands for a three week English practice course.

• Thursday, May 13th 2010 - 21:20 UTC

  Falklands’ Government Congratulates PM Cameron and New Secretaries

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has congratulated the new British Prime Minister David Cameron, Foreign Secretary William Hague and Defence Secretary Liam Fox on their appointments.

• Thursday, May 13th 2010 - 21:09 UTC

  Korean Jigger Operating in Falklands’ Waters to be Broken Up in Punta Arenas

  

  Chilean authorities in the extreme south of the country have decided to deny port access in Punta Arenas to a Korean flagged jigger which arrived from the Falkland Islands having suffered extensive damage following a fire in the engine room. Her fate seems to be breaking her up.

• Wednesday, May 12th 2010 - 03:56 UTC

  Falkland Islands Represented at London Festival of Stamps

  

  The Falkland Islands is attending the 2010 International Stamp Exhibition, one of the highlights of the London Festival of Stamps—a year long celebration of stamps, stamp design and postal heritage which also marks the centenary of the accession of George V, the philatelist king.

• Monday, May 10th 2010 - 20:38 UTC

  Falklands Government to Take Stronger Stance at UN Meeting in June

  

  The Falkland Islands Government intend to take a, “stronger and more productive stance” at next month’s UN meeting in New York of the United Nations ‘Special Committee of 24’ on decolonisation.

• Monday, May 10th 2010 - 18:44 UTC

  Falklands’ Oil Discovery Announcement Has Rockhopper Shares up 32% Monday

  

  Shares in Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) soared by 32% on Monday morning, after the latest results of its Sea Lion oil discovery in the Falkland Islands suggested a good quality reservoir.

• Monday, May 10th 2010 - 03:36 UTC

  Falklands Attends Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference

  

  Legislative Assembly member Sharon Halford is attending the annual British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in the Isle of Man which opens Monday until May 14.

• Monday, May 10th 2010 - 03:24 UTC

  Falklands’ HMS Clyde Rescues Family from Sinking Iceberg Hit Yacht

  

  A British family has been rescued by the Falkland Islands Protection Vessel in the south Atlantic after their yacht hit an iceberg and began to sink. Carl Lomas and Tracey Worth, who are also known as Lord and Lady Hollinsclough, and their two daughters were sailing 300 miles north-east of South Georgia when their 18-metre boat hit the low-lying iceberg.

• Saturday, May 8th 2010 - 01:23 UTC

  Falklands’ Rockhopper “High Quality Reservoir” Oil Find Boosts Shares

  

  Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) oil discovery in the Falklands Islands is of “good” quality said on Friday a release from the company. The announcement had a positive impact on shares of all Falklands’ oil explorers.

• Thursday, May 6th 2010 - 19:23 UTC

  Strong Argentine Reaction to Falklands’ Rockhopper Oil Discovery Announcement

  

  The Argentine government rejected British oil company Rockhopper Exploration's earlier announcement regarding the finding of oil in Falklands/Malvinas Islands, warning that the government “will take the necessary actions to avoid Great Britain from taking illegal possession of Argentina's non-renewable resources.”