Stories for July 28th 2018

Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 15:30 UTC
Falklands operating surplus reaches £38 million; strong corporation tax receipts

The Falkland Islands Government operating surplus now stands at over £38 million, Standing Finance Committee members were informed this week. The large surplus is due to favorable corporation tax receipts, and was arrived at by deducting operating costs of £68 million from the year’s income, which is £106 million.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 15:27 UTC
Strong Dollar could cap oil prices

By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com - The strength of the U.S. dollar poses an obstacle to further gains in oil prices. President Trump's trade war with China, which is still in its early stages, has already battered the Yuan.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 15:15 UTC
Brazilian establishment presidential candidate ensures five parties support and television free time

Five allied political parties endorsed the presidential nominee of the bigger business friendly Brazilian Social Democracy Party on Thursday, giving a boost to the man seen as the establishment candidate in Brazil's fractured political landscape.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 14:53 UTC
Relatives authorized to visit the grave of Argentine veteran buried in South Georgia

Family of the only Argentine naval officer killed and buried in South Georgia during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict will soon be able to visit their father's grave in Grytviken, according to reports in the Buenos Aires media.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:58 UTC
World Medical Association condemns killing of medic in Nicaragua

The killing of a medical student in Nicaragua has been condemned by the World Medical Association. Brazilian student Rayneia Lima was shot this week while driving home from her hospital shift in Managua, Nicaragua's capital city.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:54 UTC
WHO focuses on “Test.Treat.Hepatitis” on World Hepatitis Day

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are calling on countries to urgently increase hepatitis testing and treatment services in order to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:33 UTC
Lula pledges to block or undo privatizations if returned to office

Brazilian jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged on Friday to block or undo privatizations if he is returned to the office he held from 2003 to 2010.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 02:52 UTC
Premier Oil Outline Procurement and Infrastructure Plan in the Falkland Islands

As Mercopress have reported over recent months, Premier Oil continue to progress their Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) process for the Sea Lion oil discovery. As a next step in this process, earlier this week Premier Oil plc provided details of their intended approach to both procurement and infrastructure to support the discovery to the north of the Falkland Islands.