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  • ExxonMobil’s profit in Guyana soars to $577 billion in 2022

    ExxonMobil’s profit in Guyana soars to $577 billion in 2022

    GY$122 billion in profits.

    The GY$577.7 billion was garnered after GY$239.7 billion was spent on total operating expenditures. Overall, the company raked in GY$876.8 billion in revenues.

    This is the second time the company is recording a profit in Guyana but Vice President and Business Services Manager Phillip Rietema noted that the company has not yet recovered all its investments.

    “We’ve been since 1999 and we’ve been spending and investing since 1999 and our balance is over GY$2 trillion in assets and that reflects investments of over GY$2 trillion. Our profits, to date, cumulatively are around GY$600 billion.

    “… we have invested over GY$2 trillion with earnings of GY$600 billion so the investments are more than three times our cumulative earnings,” Rietema explained on Wednesday.

    Based on the company’s financial documents, it has about GY$2.2 trillion in assets; at the end of last year, the company’s assets were about GY$1.2 trillion.

    Nevertheless, he reiterated the company’s commitment to Guyana and said the profits will be reinvested into expanding operations. In fact, EEPGL alongside its coventurers Hess and CNOOC should invest about GY$4 trillion in the Stabroek Block where new projects are coming onstream.

    A majority of the company’s operations are focused on the prolific Stabroek Block where there are more than 11 billion barrels of oil.

    Production is also ongoing at the Liza Phase I and Phase II fields. About 380,000 barrels of oil are being produced daily.

  • Dharam Shala pensioner was slated to go home but beaten to death before son showed up

    Dharam Shala pensioner was slated to go home but beaten to death before son showed up

    Dharamdeo Singh, the pensioner who was beaten to death, allegedly by a resident of the Fort Canje Dharam Shala, was slated to go home for father’s Day on Sunday, June 18.

    The 62-year-old man’s son, Ravindra Singh told the News Room that the man left his home about two months ago and somehow ended up at the elderly caretaking facility.

    Singh died on Sunday after a beating he received at the hands of Mohamed Khan, 70.

    The younger Singh said about two months ago his father left their home and the family searched for him but did not locate him.

    Eventually, he accompanied a friend to the facility to visit someone and he saw his father.

    The man reportedly told him that a taxi dropped him off at the facility and he complained about the way he was being treated.

    On confronting the caretaker, Singh was told that his father is not treated badly but that he has a ‘hot’ mouth.

    Singh Jr. said he promised his father he would return to take him home this week.

    Suspect: Mohamed Khan

    “I tell he I gon come and get him out before father’s day because the condition I living in, I don’t have water or light where I living.

    “When I come back home, me and my bother discuss things and said we have to go and take out we father from there before father’s day. That would’ve happened this week,” Singh Jr. said.

    He further explained that his father had a stroke ten years ago and as part of treatment, he would exercise by walking. That was how he ended up at the facility.

    “When they go and see he in the hospital, he face was in like a pool of blood cause like they beat he in the head and he hand break,” Singh Jr. said.

    On Monday, the Police said the man died as a result of an incident that took place Sunday at about 21:00 hrs.

    A resident of the facility claimed that he saw the suspect enter the ward with a piece of wood in hand and an argument ensued between the suspect and Singh.

    It is alleged that the suspect walked up to Singh, who was on his bed and lashed him about the body several times. The man was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

  • Exxon lodges US$2B insurance guarantee pending outcome of appeal

    Exxon lodges US$2B insurance guarantee pending outcome of appeal

    stay of order granted by Guyana’s Appeal Court last week. Essentially, Appeal Court Judge Rishi Persaud paused the High Court’s earlier order that ExxonMobil and its partners must provide an unlimited guarantee to cover potential oil spills.

    The Appeal Court Judge allowed the stay but also instructed EEPGL to lodge, within 10 days, a US$2 billion guarantee. If the company did not lodge this sum, the stay would have been dismissed.

    Rietema pointed out that the guarantee was lodged on Friday, just one day after the Court granted the stay of order.

    In December 2019, EEPGL and its co-venturers – Hess and CNOOC – started oil production in Guyana but a case brought by Guyanese argues that the consortium was in breach of its insurance obligations.

    Rietema explained that the company is well-positioned to cover the costs associated with any adverse event offshore, such as an oil spill. And he emphasised that the company has too much at stake in Guyana to walk away from its responsibilities.

    “We’ve been here since 1999 and we’ve been spending and investing since then,” Rietema told reporters at an engagement held at the company’s Kingston, Georgetown, office.

    ExxonMobil Guyana had previously said that more $20 billion in financial resources are currently available to respond to a possible spill and it includes up to US$19 billion in financial assets among the co-venturers – Esso Exploration, Hess and CNOOC.

    Another US$600 million in insurance, as required by the Environmental Permit issued before the startup of production exists, the company pointed out too.

  • Fire leaves Eversham family of four homeless

    Fire leaves Eversham family of four homeless

    A family of four from Eversham Village, Corentyne, Berbice is now homeless after their home was reduced to ashes on Tuesday.

    Shondel Hopkinson, 39, a Queensway Security Service guard along with her teenaged children and husband are left to ponder their next move after losing all their belongings in a matter of minutes to an electrical fire.

    Hopkinson told reporters that her children were at school and her husband was at work when she left home around 11:00 am to head to Citizens Bank in New Amsterdam.

    At approximately 14:30 hrs, she received a call informing her that her house was engulfed in flames.

    She is confident that the house was secured and no fire hazards were left unattended.

    However, according to Hopkinson, she was informed by authorities that the fire was electrical in nature and started with a wire that was connected to the neighbour’s house.

    “The person told me to come home now and when I reach police and firefighters were already there. It was completely burnt.” She said.

    The security guard noted that her home was furnished with all the comforts and also had equipment such as a T-shirt printing machine among other items that were expected to be used to open a small printing shop.

    All her children’s school clothing including new stuff she had bought with the “Because We Care” cash grant was also destroyed.

    Still devasted from what occurred, Hopkinson said neighbours assisted her family with some clothing and a place to rest.

    The woman disclosed that at this time she is willing to accept assistance from the public to rebuild soonest or even more urgent, with school supplies so that her children can attend school and complete their upcoming exams. They are students of the Central Corentyne Secondary School.

    “…anybody willing to help, any organization want to help me to build back or even with the children school stuff. I left home to go and get passage for them to go to school because both of them have to write exam and I don’t want them to miss school…so I trying to help them…” The mother of two said.

    Persons desirous of assisting Hopkinson and her family through this difficult time can make contact with her on 619-1913 or 707-0892.

  • Local therapists receive training at Int’l Universities

    Local therapists receive training at Int’l Universities

    Therapists attached to the Ministry of Health’s Disabilities and Rehabilitation Services underwent training in United States of America and Dubai with the hope of improving Guyana’s physical therapy services.  

    Director of Rehabilitation Services, Ariane Mangar made the announcement on Sunday at the launch of the 20th Rehab Week, held at the Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown. 

    Mangar said the two teams returned to Guyana with the intention of improving the quality of services provided locally.

    Director of the Rehabilitation Services, Ariane Mangar speaking on Sunday (Photo: News Room)

    “Most recently in a bid to upskill our young professionals, four speech therapists have visited the University of San Jose in California and four physiotherapists would have just returned from Dubai.

    “They would’ve gone on these trips to observe the various rehabilitation facilities and to learn the best practices so that they can come back here and apply it here so that they can help to move the rehabilitation services forward,” the Director said.

    Mangar explained that many strides were made in the department which has been operable since the 1950s.

    There are currently ten occupational therapists, nine speech and language therapists, 51 physiotherapists. Three doctors and a physiatrist who also support the Department of Rehabilitation Services.

    But Mangar noted that much more has to be done to improve the services provided.

    She said that on many occasions the teams cannot provide the services in certain areas because the department doesn’t have the vehicles to travel and often times has to use vehicles dedicated to other departments. She said it is necessary that the department is better equipped to carry out its duties.

    “We have to ensure that rehabilitation is fully available for all the population throughout their life course.

    “We need to be able to integrate into all our healthcare, we need to be able to make equitable access to quality devices, especially in the hinterland areas…Rehabilitation must be a priority health strategy in Guyana as the needs for this will grow as we know one in three persons is living with a health condition that would benefit from rehabilitation [services],” she said.   

  • Man busted with ganja in car trunk at roadblock

    Man busted with ganja in car trunk at roadblock

    A 33-year-old man was taken into police custody Tuesday night after he was allegedly found with 17,711 grammes of cannabis hidden in his car trunk during a roadblock along the Leonora Public Road, West Coast Demerara.

    According to Police Headquarters, a team of ranks headed by Assistant Commissioner Mahendra Sewnarine, acting on information received, set up a roadblock around 08:37hrs.

    During the operation, police said a silver-grey car, bearing registration number HD 4784 was stopped and searched.

    According to the police, a multi-coloured shopping bag which contained three black bulky plastic garbage bags, with 18 compressed parcels was found in the car trunk.

    “Upon opening, a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis were found,” Police said.

    The driver of the car was cautioned, arrested and escorted to the Leonora Police Station where the narcotic was weighed. It amounted to 17,711 grammes.

    The driver is likely to be charged soon.

  • Assises sur la crise haïtienne à la Jamaïque, la montagne a accouché d’une souris

    Assises sur la crise haïtienne à la Jamaïque, la montagne a accouché d’une souris

    Les acteurs politiques, de la société civile et du secteur privé des affaires qui se sont rendus à la Jamaïque le weekend écoulé n’ont pas réussi le pari. Après 3 jours de discussions sur la crise qui sévit en Haïti, aucune entente n’a été trouvée, aucune déclaration commune n’a été signée lors de la séance plénière au cours de la dernière journée entre les autres partis et le gouvernement en place. Alors que l’une des propositions exigeait le départ du Dr Ariel Henry du pouvoir, ce dernier promet néanmoins de remanier son gouvernement à l’issue de des assises, le mardi 13 juin.

    Malgré l’optimisme prudent manifesté par de nombreux participants aux discussions à la Jamaïque, la dernière journée a été l’objet d’un débat houleux. Alors que le premier ministre Ariel Henry s’était excusé de son comportement à l’égard des autres protagonistes lors de l’ouverture des assises, il est pourtant resté attaché à l’idée de ne signer aucun nouvel accord car, selon lui, l’accord du 21 décembre 2022 mérite seulement d’être élargi. Ainsi, le chef du gouvernement a pris l’engagement de procéder à un remaniement ministériel en vue de la mise en place d’un gouvernement d’ouverture.

    Si l’annonce du vandalisme du consulat honoraire jamaïcain à Port-au-Prince a gêné la plupart des acteurs qui se trouvaient autour de la table de discussion, l’incident n’a pas aidé à rendre flexible la position de certains. Le groupe Montana, tenant de l’Accord du 30 Aout 2023 a assoupli sa position, selon Clarens Renois. Le leader du Parti UNIR soutient que la représentante du groupe Montana, Magalie Comeau Denis, a fait valoir un point de vue assoupli concernant la position du groupe. Attachée à la mise en place d’un Exécutif bicéphale, Mme Denis a proposé qu’un collège présidentiel soit constitué, soit en complétant le Haut Conseil de Transition soit en créant une structure à vocation présidentielle sont les pouvoirs s’assimileront à ceux d’un chef d’Etat. Ce collège présidentiel peut avoir entre 3 et 5 membres, ont précisé les porteurs de la proposition.

    De façon plus radicale, l’ex premier ministre Claude Joseph et ses alliés ont exigé l’éviction pure et simple du Dr Ariel Henry de la Primature. Selon lui, aucune avancée significative ne peut être obtenue en ayant le Dr Ariel Henry dans la composition du gouvernement de Transition. Malgré les plaidoyers du leader du parti « les Engagés pour la Développement », la proposition de l’ancien chef de la diplomatie haïtienne.

    Les signataires de l’accord du 21 décembre ont, de leur côté, qualifié les différentes propositions de plaisanteries. Qu’il s’agisse de former un collège présidentiel afin de restaurer un Exécutif bicéphale avec ou sans le Dr Ariel Henry à la Primature, qu’il s’agisse d’écarter purement et simplement le neurochirurgien du pouvoir, aucune des propositions ne semble avoir plu aux tenants de l’accord du 21 décembre, du pouvoir par ricochet. Toutefois, ils soutiennent la position de l’actuel chef du gouvernement qui serait prêt à revoir la composition du Haut Conseil de Transition (HCT) en le faisant passer de 3 à 5 membres ainsi que la volonté du Dr Henry de remanier le gouvernement.

    Pour des participants aux assises ainsi que pour de nombreux citoyens qui ont suivi de près l’évolution des discussions qui se sont déroulées à la Jamaïque, ne pas signer une déclaration commune est synonyme d’échec cuisant de la classe politique. D’aucuns pensent que la solution à la crise haïtienne peut ne pas venir des acteurs haïtiens eux-mêmes, ou du moins de ceux qui sont sur la scène sociopolitique présentement. Parallèlement rien n’empêche que le dialogue se poursuive à domicile.

    Si aucune entente n’a été trouvée entre les tenants du pouvoir en place et les autres acteurs politiques, il faut toutefois souligner que le groupe des 8 et EDE de Claude Joseph ont réussi à parapher la « Déclaration de Kingston », avec les propositions suivantes :

    1-Le rétablissement d’un Pouvoir Exécutif avec un Collège Présidentiel et un Gouvernement d’unité nationale dirigé par un Premier Ministre.

    2- Le gouvernement devra satisfaire les priorités définies dans une feuille de route tenant lieu de termes de référence pour la transition. Il s’attèlera à respecter les prescriptions constitutionnelles concernant la participation des femmes.

    3- Le gouvernement devra créer les conditions nécessaires pour inspirer confiance à la population, instaurer un climat de sécurité favorable à la reprise des activités économiques, aux réformes et à la tenue d’élections crédibles et inclusives.

    4. La mise en place d’un Comite de suivi constitué entre autres des représentants de la CARICOM.

    Marvens Pierre

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  • Fermeture du Consulat Jamaïcain à Port-au-Prince suite à une attaque de bandits armés

    Fermeture du Consulat Jamaïcain à Port-au-Prince suite à une attaque de bandits armés

    Alors que des acteurs politiques, de la Société civile et des membres du gouvernement se trouvent en Jamaïque pour tenter de trouver une issue à l’impasse sociopolitique et sécuritaire que connait le pays, la représentation diplomatique de ce petit pays des Caraïbes a été victime de vandalisme, mardi 13 juin. Une situation qui a obligé les autorités jamaïcaines à suspendre ses services consulaires en Haïti indéfiniment.

    L’information a été confirmée par la ministre jamaïcaine des Affaires étrangères, Kamina Johnson Smith, quelques heures après que des individus armés ont attaqué dans la nuit du 12 au 13 juin 2023, les locaux de la Sun Auto, située à Tabarre. Le bâtiment du concessionnaire automobile abrite aussi le consulat honoraire de la Jamaïque qui a également été vandalisé.

     « Nous attendons plus de détails et déclarons suspendus indéfiniment les services consulaires de la Jamaïque.», a déclaré la ministre Smith.

    Cette situation crée un malaise diplomatique entre Haïti et la Jamaïque, alors que le Premier ministre Ariel Henry et un groupe de plus de 40 personnalités haïtiennes se trouvent en Jamaïque pour trouver une solution à la grave crise que traverse le pays depuis près de deux ans. Selon les informations dont nous disposons, les discussions ont été suspendues après que les protagonistes ont été informés de l’acte qui a été produit. Parallèlement, le pays attend le résultat des assises qui doivent prendre fin ce 13 juin.

    Notons qu’à la suite des forfaits, les agents de sécurité de Sun Auto sont portés disparus et des véhicules ont été volés, selon les informations disponibles.

    L’incident qui s’est produit remet en question la capacité de l’Etat haïtien à réagir face aux exactions des gangs armés. Ce qui peut relancer le débat concernant le besoin d’une force spéciale internationale d’intervention dans le pays afin de mettre les bandes armées hors d’état de nuire.

    Marvens Pierre

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  • Krispy Kreme Store Unlocks Five Secrets About Marketing to Jamaicans

    Krispy Kreme Store Unlocks Five Secrets About Marketing to Jamaicans

    The official grand opening of the new Krispy Kreme franchise in Kingston attracted a huge crowd of doughnut lovers on June 3, 2023, and it appears that the company has cracked Jamaica’s marketing code. Many of those queuing up hoped to be among the first 100 customers who would receive prizes. Prior to the grand opening, Krispy Kreme announced that the first through the 12th customer in line would receive 12 original glazed doughnuts every month for a year, while the 13th through 100th customers would receive the 12 free doughnuts monthly for three months.

    Jamaicans Love To Get Things For Free

    A major attraction of Krispy Kreme’s debut in Jamaica was the opportunity to get doughnuts for free. The opening offered additional fun activities and musical performances that added to the festive atmosphere, but the main draw was free doughnuts.

    Jamaicans Like Preferential Treatment

    The competitive element associated with being one of the first 100 customers was also attractive to Jamaican customers. Those who succeeded in attaining the coveted places in line – some had been standing in line by as early as 4 am – gained bragging rights and elevated status among the doughnut lovers in addition to the tasty dozen free doughnut prizes awarded.

    Jamaicans Engage With Brands On Social Media

    Krispy Kreme made full use of the viral powers of social media when announcing and publicizing the grand opening on Waterloo Avenue in Kingston. An entire advertising campaign focused on the event, transforming what would have been just another business opening into a celebration. Both during and after the event, attendees posted videos of the crowd and the festivities on social media platforms that added to the excitement of the day.

    Restaurant Associates Limited has a strong hold on the fast-food market in Jamaica with franchises for Burger King, Popeye’s and Little Caesar, two of which are located in a hub of American fast-food chain stores near the doughnut shop’s location. This offers the company additional brand recognition and provides a popularity springboard for the Krispy Kreme franchise, which already expects to open two more stores in Kingston by the end of 2023 and then expand to other parts of the country, according to Lisa Lake, CEO of Restaurant Associates.

    Jamaicans Rely On Reviews From Influencers

    When YouTube viewer Angelo commented, “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy doughnuts. And that’s kind of the same thing” on a video of the grand opening posted by Jamaican MeMeLois on her channel, it is likely that her 1.2K followers felt the urge to get on down to Waterloo and get some Krispy Kremes. The vlogger herself admitted to changing her mind about not attending the opening when she saw the excitement building about it while scrolling through social media. Many other YouTubers posted videos of the crowds, their opinions about the crowds, and behind-the-scenes doughnut-making activities, all of which added to the festival atmosphere by publicizing and memorializing the event.

    Crowd-Marketing Works In Jamaica

    Conversations among Jamaicans on social media about the long lines at the Krispy Kreme opening fueled excitement and the momentum for others to join in and participate in what might be a don’t-miss event. The more people commented on the long lines, the more they to find out more about the long lines, and every time they did, they were exposed to comments and promotions about the Krispy Kreme brand. The opening was covered by multiple online sites, including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube, and by real-world sources like The Gleaner and Observer newspapers, and Radio Jamaica. The idea behind crowd marketing is to present customers with brand-oriented materials supported by respected sources, and in the case of the grand debut of Krispy Kreme in Jamaica, the crowd itself became a successful element in the brand’s marketing campaign.

    Photo – Deposit Photos, Krispy Kreme

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