Tag: Stephen Doughty

• Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

  Falklands MLA Spink present at the Joint Ministerial Council in London with other OTs democratically elected

  

  Roger Spink, member of the democratically elected Legislative Assembly from the Falkland Islands, is taking part in the annual Joint Ministerial Council at the Foreign Office in London, next to representatives from twelve other Overseas Territories.

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• Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Argos Georgia rescue: Falklands Stanley hospital ready to receive survivors

  

  The lastest update from the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority, Tuesday 23 July, 2024 approximately 15:00 hours Falklands time, said that on Monday 22 July 2024, the Maritime Authority received information that the fishing vessel Argos Georgia, with 27 persons onboard, was taking on water and requesting assistance some 200 miles east of Stanley.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Falklands tells MPs of its concern with registers of beneficial ownership

  

  During the recent visit of members of the Falklands All-Party Parliamentary Group, a controversial and thorny issue came up at a media conference when Penguin News asked whether the Falklands and the effect on the Islands, were being considered amidst the requirement for British Overseas Territories (BOTs) to establish registers of beneficial ownership (*).

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Falklands: UK Overseas Territories shadow minister reaffirms Labour's resolute support

  

  Cardiff South and Penarth Labour MP Stephen Doughty has reported on his visit to the Falkland Islands to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Liberation of the Islands, where he paid tribute to the men of Wales who lost their lives during the 1982 conflict and reaffirmed Labour's resolute support for the South Atlantic overseas territory.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  New Labour leadership confirms support for Falklands and self determination

  

  The British Labour Party this week reaffirmed its commitment to the Falklands and Falkland Islanders’ right to self-determination.

• Saturday, October 31st 2015 - 07:14 UTC

  Falklands' visit early next year for Shadow Foreign minister Stephen Doughty

  

  Cardiff South and Penarth MP Stephen Doughty has become the shadow minister responsible for Africa, South Asia and the Falkland Islands, reports Walesonline. The Labour MP takes on the role at a time when the UK is responding to the migrant crisis in North Africa and tensions have heightened between Britain and Argentina over the future of the Falklands, the Islands which he plans to visit early next year.