Tag: John Birmingham

• Friday, October 21st 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Falkland Islands lawmakers committed to enable oil production

  

  Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly John Birmingham and Pete Biggs have both voiced personal distaste at the concept of oil production in the Falkland Islands, despite an overall commitment in the Islands Plan 2022 to “progress extractive industries in an environmentally conscious way.”

• Friday, September 30th 2022 - 10:37 UTC

  Ample commitment from Labour with Falkland Islands self determination

  

  The round of United Kingdom political parties conferences has commenced and this week at Liverpool was Labour week, with the Falkland Islands government presence larger than normal, to mark this year the 40th anniversary of the war and Liberation.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands: Update on Humanitarian Project Plan 2 to identify remains of Argentine combatants

  

  On Friday Falkland Islands lawmakers, MLAs John Birmingham and Roger Spink met, via video link, with Laurent Corbaz from the International Committee of the Red Cross and members of his team to discuss the progress made in HPP2 (Humanitarian Project Plan 2) work.

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:06 UTC

  Falklands Government appoints new Director of Health and Social Services

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has announced the appointment of Thomas (Tom) Bale as the new Director of Health and Social Services, taking up the position from 14 February 2022.

• Friday, November 5th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Environment top priority as Falklands elect new Legislative Assembly

  

  Falkland Islands voters yesterday elected a new Legislative Assembly with a clear mandate to put the environment front and center of the coming legislature.

• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Falklands election: manifestos of the four Camp candidates

  

  The Falkland Islands are scheduled for next Thursday 4 November and four are the candidates for the three benches that represent the Camp constituency at the Legislative Assembly. Candidates are Ana Crowie running for the first time, John Birmingham who is a former lawmaker of the Legislative Council, before it became the Legislative Assembly, plus Ian Hansen and Teslyn Barkman, both running for reelection. Follows their manifestos: