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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2020 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM
Mahdia minibus driver shot dead Early morning fire destroys by alleged drunken Police Sergeant Raja Yoga Centre
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minibus driver who plied the MahdiaGeorgetown route was shot and killed on Thursday, allegedly by a rank of the Guyana Police Force in Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni). Dead is 37-year-old Clevy Gomes of 11 Miles, Mahdia. Reports revealed that the incident occurred at about 21:00h on the night in question. According to reports, the GPF rank was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when he allegedly shot Gomes. Based on reports received, it is alleged that there was a confrontation between Gomes and another man over a woman which quickly turned physical. The police officer who was at the time drinking at a
Dead: Clevy Gomes
nearby bar, witnessed the altercation and later drew his gun and discharged a round, hitting Gomes in the process. Gomes was picked up and rushed to the Mahdia Hospital where he was admitted but later succumbed to his injuries.
Guyana Times understands that after the shooting incident, relatives of the now dead man were pleading with those in authority to bring in a medevac team to fly the man out to Georgetown but this was not done. At the time, they claimed that Mahdia Hospital was not well equipped to treat the injured man. Instead, they were asked to wait for the medevac but despite promises, no plane arrived to take Gomes to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The man’s relatives believe that it was a deliberate act to ensure that Gomes died without being able to identify the person who shot him. An investigation was launched into the fatal shooting.
The Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Centre
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lmost every inch of the Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Centre, in Kingston, Georgetown, was reduced to debris after a fire of unknown origin ripped through the two-storey structure in the wee hours
of Friday. The Brahma Kumaris is a worldwide spiritual movement dedicated to personal transformation. It’s now
ed around 04:00h, when two sisters were in the building meditating. However, they both managed to escape in the nick of time after realising that the building was engulfed. Firefighters who responded to the scene, managed to save only part of the building’s lower flat, since the raging fire quickly demolished the upper flat. When this newspaper visited the scene, smoke could still be seen emanating from among the thick debris. A few chairs and tables which suffered just water damage were the only things salvageable from the bottom flat. Nevertheless, the Guyana
Orinduik oil discoveries similar to Venezuela, Brazil crude
…as operators eye 2 dozen leads for 2020
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ests carried out on samples from the recent successful oil discoveries by Tullow and its Joint Venture (JV) partners in the Orinduik block in Guyana’s offshore Exclusive Economic Zone have found that the oil is not dissimilar to the commercial heavy crudes currently in production in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, the Campos Basin in Brazil, Venezuela and Angola. As such, a third-party consultant with heavy oil development and economics expertise is being engaged “to help conduct preliminary evaluations related to production schemes and commercialisation”. This was announced this past week by Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas Limited—15 per cent share partner in the Orinduik block. According to that company, JV partners are eyeing at least 22 wells in the com-
ing year with half of those holding greater than 30 per cent chance of success. The Orinduik JV partners are Eco Atlantic, Tullow Guyana – which is the operator with a 60 per cent stake— and Total Exploration and Production Guyana, which holds the remaining 25 per cent. The minority partner this week in providing its most recent Unaudited Results and Corporate Update, claims to be ready to put in its US$120M share of the investments needed for this year. It was noted too that technical and commercial evaluation work is ongoing and the company is considering alternatives for further drilling and testing and a number of development scenarios and production alternatives. Providing an outlook for the Guyana operations, it was reported that the block operator has proposed a fur-
ther fine-tuning analysis of the upper cretaceous reservoirs, and the operator has announced a plan to incorporate the Carapa well data into Orinduik’s existing geological models and technical analysis over the coming period. Further, the partners are said to have a plan to integrate the discoveries at Jethro and Joe with the Carapa discovery with the rest of the regional data now available and to incorporate this data into a reprocessing of the 3D seismic already shot on Orinduik. “The intent is to provide further definition to the Cretaceous interpretation and target selection for drilling”. According to the company, “multiple prospects are currently being reviewed with high-graded candidates under consideration for the next drilling programme. Eco is fully-funded and is
EU deploys 20 more elections...
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According to the missive, the EU EOM observers will be visiting Polling Stations to observe and take note of how the voting is conducted, assessing issues such as respect of the right to vote, secrecy of the vote, performance of polling staff, the role of party agents and domestic observers and women’s participation. During the counting, it added, observers will assess the transparency, accuracy and integrity of the process. They will also observe the tabulation of results by Returning Officers in all 10 regions until the announcement of the results. The EU EOM will issue a preliminary statement of its initial findings on March 4. However, a more comprehensive final report, including recommendations for
future elections, will be presented approximately two to three months later. The mission is independent in its findings and conclusions and EU observers adhere to a strict code of conduct for international observers that require they maintain strict neutrality and impartiality in the course of their work and do not interfere in the electoral process. The EU deployed its core Elections Observation Mission, which consists of nine election analysts, since January 24, which will remain here until the completion of the electoral process. Earlier this month, the 14 long-term observers joined the core team and were deployed across the country, and are now joined by the additional 20 short-term ob-
servers. The EU EOM is being headed by Chief Observer Urmas Paet, a Member of the European Parliament. During a press conference earlier this month, Paet urged that elections day should be free of violence, intimidation and interference. “The European Union attaches great significance to these elections. We stand ready to deliver an impartial, objective assessment of the electoral process and call on all stakeholders to respect the rules and refrain from inflammatory language and violence… This election process should be free and fair. Every person with common sense should understand that violence, for example, is no solution. Not in any case,” he asserted.
pushing to drill a minimum of at least one upper Cretaceous target as soon as practically possible for its partners”. It was disclosed too that consideration is being given to prioritising a stacked multi-target well.
Some of the damaged items inside the building
destroyed centre in Guyana would’ve offered meditation courses and other activities. Guyana Times understands that the flames erupt-
Fire Service has since launched an investigation to determine the cause of the blaze.
