We all stand to benefit from oil production
Wednesday April 28 2021
Test crude oil stored in Kasemene 1 in Bullisa district. It is not too late to equip our people especially the farmers and those in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise sector with the necessary skills required of local service providers. PHOTO/ERONIE KAMUKAMA
Summary
With the local content policy in place, our oil industry is definitely going to give us a healthy midterm outlook, but it will also contribute good economic growth.
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In order to prepare Ugandans to harness opportunities in the oil industry, government should publish the expected number of jobs to be created as a result of oil production.
Foo Fighters, Radiohead art director Stanley Donwood, LCD Soundsystem, Phoebe Bridgers, and more artists have contributed designs to a series of one-of-a-kind folding bicycles from British company Brompton. The bikes will be auctioned to raise funds for Live Nation’s Crew Nation, a global relief fund for live music workers hit by the absence of shows during the pandemic. The auction begins May 28 and will run until June 12; find more details at Brompton.
“We love our crew and we love our Brompton bikes,” said Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien in a press release. Other artists to contribute include Khruangbin, elite bassist Nathan East, Dinosaur Jr, Oh Wonder, Underworld, Enrique Iglesias, and Neko Case. The record label Sub Pop has also contributed a design. Below, check out the Radiohead and Dinosaur Jr. designs revealed today. More designs will be made public on Brompton’s Instagram page in the coming weeks.
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+ April 27, 2021 MORE than 76,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Central Visayas have received assistance from the government s repatriation program amid the Covid-19 pandemic from January 2020 to March 2021.
Based on the joint data from the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) 7 and the Overseas Worker Welfare Association (OWWA) 7 as of March 31, 2021, a total of 76,522 returning OFWs have been assisted by both agencies in going back to their provinces in Central Visayas, said Dole 7 Information Officer Luchel Taniza in a statement.
In the first three months of 2021, the two agencies have assisted the repatriation of 12,491 OFWs in the region, including 1,982 OFWs assisted in January, 3,850 in February, and 6,659 in March.
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