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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 01:51 UTC

Tag: Stanley

  • Friday, September 25th 2015 - 06:14 UTC

    Falklands clearance of Argentine mines takes off to a flying start

    De-miner working on Sapper Hill

    Falkland Islands de-mining and ground clearance work has got off to a flying start despite the cold and snowy weather of late, Program Manager Guy Marot confirmed on Thursday to the Penguin News.

  • Thursday, February 19th 2015 - 06:15 UTC

    Sculptures dedicated to 29 Britons who lost their lives in Antarctica service

    Oliver Barratt is the sculptor of the Northern and Southern sections of the Antarctic Monument

    A two-part sculpture dedicated to Britons who lost their lives in service of science in Antarctica will be unveiled by a Watford man. Brian Dorsett-Bailey, 75, will officially reveal one of the monuments at Stanley in the Falkland Islands in tribute to the 29 people who have died in British Antarctic Territory, reports the Watford Observer.

  • Friday, November 21st 2014 - 21:16 UTC

    Falklands opens dock facility to support oil industry exploration beginning 2015

    Ms. Cunningham is on her second visit to the Falklands, having first visited in March, before the dock “Nobel Frontier” arrived under tow from New Orleans (Pic Houston Ch)

    This week Houston based Noble Energy, one of the several oil companies operating in the Falkland Islands made the official opening of the temporary dock facility (TDF) in Stanley, an essential piece for the logistics of the industry which is scheduled to begin another round of exploratory drilling in the first quarter of next year.

  • Tuesday, August 26th 2014 - 07:26 UTC

    Falklands: Premier Oil confirms full commitment to Sea Lion project

    Various operators in the Falklands, including Premier have secured a rig on a time-share basis for a rolling exploration/appraisal campaign next year (Pic S. Luxton)

    Premier Oil has updated progress on the Sea Lion project, the first field development offshore the Falkland Islands. Latest subsurface studies suggest recoverable reserves for the Phase 1 development at 308 MMbbl, with further upside of 60 MMbbl if next year’s well on the Chatham prospect confirms that there is no gas cap in the western side of the field.

  • Monday, June 30th 2014 - 05:32 UTC

    Falklands becomes launching pad for Argentine presidential hopeful campaign

    Cobos at the Argentine memorial in Darwin

    The Argentine 2015 presidential campaign has reached the Falkland Islands. Presidential hopeful and former Vice-president Julio Cleto Cobos is currently visiting the Falklands where he arrived on Saturday on the Lan Chile weekly flight and will spend the rest of the week in the Islands.

  • Tuesday, June 17th 2014 - 06:22 UTC

    HMS Clyde marks liberation of Falklands with key role in ceremonies

    His head bowed in reverence, HMS Clyde’s AB Gaiger honors the 255 Britons killed 32 years ago to liberate the Falklands. (Pic RN)

    Sailors from HMS Clyde joined other protectors of the Falkland Islands as the British Overseas Territory marked the 32nd anniversary of its liberation. The ship’s company took part in a memorial service and parade, and hosted veterans of the 1982 conflict on Liberation Day in the Islands’ capital, Stanley.

  • Monday, June 9th 2014 - 21:38 UTC

    “In the Shadow of Shackleton’s Cross; An Antarctic Memoir”

    Beverley remembering her infant years in South Georgia

    Author: Beverley McLeod - A charming, well-written and informative book about the author’s childhood experiences in South Georgia. Born in Stanley in 1951, Beverley McLeod lived on South Georgia between 1957 and 1961, where her father was a radio operator at King Edward Point for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey.

  • Saturday, May 3rd 2014 - 05:58 UTC

    Falklands or Malvinas: uproar in Argentina with YPF tourist guide

    The 'mistakes' were exposed by Argentine media

    The internet tourist guide from Argentina's nationalized oil and gas company YPF describes the Malvinas as Falklands, Puerto Argentino as Stanley, and Isla Gran Malvina as West Falkland, claim several Argentine media.

  • Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 18:59 UTC

    New Falklands Museum to be a positive political statement.

    Tim Blake talking to group including MLAs Poole, Hanson, Summers, Edwards, Short and Rendell

    When the seat of government of the fledgling British colony in the Falkland Islands was moved from Port Louis to Stanley, in 1845, under the direction of Governor Moody, one of the first buildings to be constructed in what became known as the Government Dockyard, was a large store. This shingle clad, two story building, known as the Old Central Store still exists and is thought to be possibly the earliest large construction in the whole of the Southern Cone of South America.

  • Tuesday, October 29th 2013 - 14:09 UTC

    Falklands General Election: an important choice for a time of change

    Candidates grilled by the local media

    The constitution of the Falkland Islands requires that a general election be held every four years to choose the eight members of the Islands’ Legislative Assembly or lower house of government. The next General Election is due to be held on November 7th this year.