Venezuelan oil production, which fell to 150,000 barrels per day at the height of a two-month opposition-led strike, will reach 2.7 million bpd by the end of March, state oil company chief Ali Rodriguez said yesterday.
An appeal for donations has been made by the United Kingdom Falkland Islands Trust (UKFIT) to help it maintain its activities in the Islands, threatened by falling revenue from shares. In its latest annual report, it thanks the Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) for its generous grants which provide its main funding. However, the report says, income has continued to be affected by the global fall in equity values, jeopardising our future work. Donations to the Trust are therefore warmly welcomed.