Tag: Pete Biggs

• Monday, April 15th 2024 - 21:22 UTC

  Falklands celebrate close bonds with BAS and RRS Sir David Attenborough

  

  A year ago the Falkland Islands Governor Alison Blake CMG and members of the Falklands community were welcomed onboard the state of the art icebreaker RRS Sir David Attenborough. This week the Governor invited some of the crew of the Falklands flagged Sir David Attenborough before they departed for BAS bases in Antarctica.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2024 - 10:07 UTC

  Falklands Legislative Assembly Commemorates Commonwealth Day 2024

  

  As the Commonwealth of Nations marks Commonwealth Day, the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the shared values and principles upheld by the Commonwealth community.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2024 - 11:03 UTC

  Falklands and peat lands: first two of four Carbon flux towers installed

  

  The Falkland Islands Government, working closely with Falklands Conservation, South Atlantic Environmental Research Institution (SAERI), British Antarctic Survey (BAS), UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) and the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), are delighted to see the installation of the first two of four Carbon flux towers.

• Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Falklands will proceed with Phase Three of Sand Bay Wind Farm

  

  Following approval from the Executive Council on Monday 27 November, the Falkland Islands Government will be able to proceed with “in principle approval” for Phase Three of the Sand Bay Wind Farm.

• Thursday, November 30th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Falklands: Work to develop Pollution Prevention and Waste Management Policy

  

  This week the Falklands Islands Executive Council approved consultation for a proposed Pollution Prevention and Waste Management Policy for the Islands. If finalised, this policy would support the development of a pollution prevention framework and supporting regulations.

• Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Foreign Secretary Cleverly announces a Falklands' visit to assert the Islands right to self determination

  

  British media is reporting that Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said he will visit the Falkland Islands to assert the UK’s control of them after a “run-in” with the Argentine government.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:33 UTC

  Falklands MLA Pete Biggs at Security Legislation Conference in Westminster

  

  The chair of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee, Alicia Kearns MP addressed over 30 parliamentarians from 18 legislatures as part of the Conference on the Scrutiny of National Security Legislation organized by the UK Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA UK).

• 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.”