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Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh announced that Government has made its second draw down from the Natural Resource Fund in accordance with the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Act 2021.

The Minister indicated that pursuant to Section 16 of the NRF Act 2021, a further US$200 million equivalent to G$41.6 billion has been transferred from the Natural Resource Fund to the Consolidated Fund to finance national development priorities. It would be recalled that in May of this year, Government made its first withdrawal of US$200 million equivalent to G$41.7 billion. This brings the accumulated withdrawals to date from the NRF to US$400 million, equivalent to G$83.3 billion.

This transfer was made in accordance with the strengthened legal architecture of the NRF Act 2021. The International Monetary Fund, which recently concluded the 2022 Article IV mission to Guyana in May-June of this year, commended Government on the amendments made to the NRF Act and the staff concluding statement highlighted:

“The recent amendments to the 2019 Natural Resource Fund Act set clear ceilings on withdrawals from the fund for budgetary spending and promote transparency in the management and use of oil resources. Staff praised the authorities’ thorough review of the 2019 NRF Act before making amendments, and the restraint in using any oil revenues before the passage of the amendments,’

The NRF Act 2021 came into operation on 1st January 2022, and as part of the Budget 2022 process, Parliamentary approval was granted for a total of US$607.6 million to be transferred during fiscal year 2022.

The PPP/C Government says it will continue to work aggressively through sound and transformative investments of oil resources from the NRF, utilising these resources in a clear and transparent manner, to the benefit of present and future generations.

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Two days after the Police’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) said it had launched an investigation to determine what transpired involving the burning of a teen detainee in the Vigilance Police Station lock-ups on Sunday, advice was given for three Guyana Police Force (GPF) ranks and a civilian to be charged.

The legal advice that has since been received states that Police Constable 25324 Nazier is to be charged with the offence of failing to perform his duties with diligence, contrary to Section 4(e)(ii) of the Police (Discipline) Act, Chapter 17:01, Corporal 18165 Thomas is to be charged with the offence of neglect of duty, contrary to Section 4(e)(i) of the Police (Discipline) Act, Chapter 17:01, while Corporal 20876 Bissessar is to be charged with the offence of omitting to make a necessary entry, contrary to Section 4(e) (viii) of the Police (Discipline) Act, Chapter 17:01.

Meanwhile, Keron Williams, the injured teen’s friend, is to be charged with the offence of Introducing prohibited articles into prison, contrary to Section 54(1)(a) of the Prison Act, Chapter 11:01.

According to the Police, Jahiem Peters, a 17-year-old of Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD), had accused a GPF rank stationed at the Vigilance Police Station of torturing him. As such, the OPR decided to look into his claim.

“The inquiry has so far shown that on July 10, 2022, at around 10:30hrs, Peters was arrested pending an investigation into an allegation of an alleged robbery under arms in which he was recognised as one of the attackers and was assisting the Police with the said investigation,” the statement read.

Peters told investigators that while he was detained, two of his friends were also brought into custody. Police said the teen was sitting on the prisoner’s bench in front of the lock-ups with another male detainee when he, Peters, asked one of them for a cigarette lighter and his friend gave him a lighter.

The other prisoner admitted to seeing when Peters’ friend gave him the cigarette lighter but claimed that he only heard Peters screaming while he was alone in the cell. The Police Officer on duty at the Vigilance Police Station allegedly rushed to the cell and removed Peters while his shirt was still on fire.Peters, who was subsequently questioned by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), claimed that he had been smoking in the lock-ups when he fell asleep and the cigarette caught on his shirt.

Two other civilian witnesses informed the investigators that they heard Peters screaming from his cell while they were at the station and that when the Police on duty took him outside, they saw fire on his shirt.

Meanwhile, the young man stated that he was beaten to say he set himself on fire and what the Police were claiming was not true.The teen had reportedly left his home on the ECD on Thursday and was heading to Georgetown when he, along with two others, was picked up by Police and taken to the Vigilance Police Station.

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La red social Twitter ha experimentado este jueves una caída mundial luego de que usuarios de diferentes países reportaran problemas en su funcionamiento.

Según los datos del portal Downdetector, más de 54.000 personas indicaron haber tenido problemas para acceder a la plataforma. Ente ellas, el 60 % no pudo ingresar por medio de la aplicación y el 32 % en su sitio web.

Por otra parte, el 8 % de los usuarios señalaron haber tenido problemas con la conexión del servidor.

Entre los países que reportaron inconvenientes se encuentran Estados Unidos, Brasil, España, Reino Unido y Japón.

El inconveniente se produce en una semana difícil para Twitter, después de que el magnate Elon Musk retirara su oferta de compra por 44.000 millones de dólares y la compañía impusiera una demanda para obligarlo a cumplir el acuerdo.

Noticia original de RT en Español.

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Fernando y Juan (nombres ficticios) deseaban ser padres, pero descartaron la idea de una gestación subrogada o adoptar y, aconsejados por su terapeuta, decidieron buscar una mujer que también quisiese ser madre. 

La pareja, que vive en Argentina, encontró a la persona que buscaba en una página de “coparentalidad para hacer un bebé”, tal y como promociona el propio portal, que cuenta con más de 45.000 suscriptores y que conecta a las personas que buscan tener hijos. 

Tras conocerse y después de muchas conversaciones, la mujer se sometió a una técnica de fertilización asistida, uniendo el gameto de uno de los hombres con uno de ella. El bebé nació en junio y este miércoles la Justicia reconoció que el recién nacido tenga una familia pluriparental.

La jueza Myriam Cataldi, del Juzgado Nacional en lo Civil y Comercial Nº 7 de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, destacó “el derecho a la no discriminación con motivo o razón de la triple filiación o poliamor registral filiatorio”.

”El concepto jurídico del interés superior del niño es indeterminado”.”El niño no estaría en este mundo de no haberse recurrido a las TRHA por estas tres personas adultas que desearon fervientemente su existencia; tanto lo quisieron, que no pudiendo hacerlo por otro método”

— Maxi Hairabedian (@MaxiHairabedian) July 11, 2022

En su fallo, Cataldi detalló que los tres entablaron muchas conversaciones sobre la manera de crianza, el funcionamiento de la familia y cuestiones que eran importantes para cada uno.

“Estas íntimas conversaciones favorecieron la conformación de un entramado familiar sólido, puesto que compartían los mismos valores, estilos de crianza y, fundamentalmente, plan de vida”, afirmó. 

También hizo hincapié en que los tres estuvieron de acuerdo en formar una familia con una mamá y dos papás. “Un proyecto familiar donde el hijo o hija crecería en dos hogares distintos, con mucho amor de familia y amigos y amigas de sostén para el nuevo integrante”, apostilla.

La magistrada declaró así inconstitucional parte del artículo 558 del nuevo Código Civil y Comercial, en vigencia desde el 2015, que especifica que “ninguna persona puede tener más de dos vínculos filiales, cualquiera sea la naturaleza de la filiación”. A su juicio, este extremo quebranta los derechos de la Constitución y los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos.

“La realidad demuestra cotidianamente que no en toda familia existe una figura materna o una paterna, sin que ello obste a que esta pueda brindar el bienestar necesario para el desarrollo de niños y niñas”, justificó.

Único obstáculo 

Tras la sentencia, se emitió la partida de nacimiento del bebé, que tendrá los tres apellidos de los padres, y cuyos documentos de identidad, DNI y pasaporte, ya están en trámite. 

La fiscal Mónica Susana Mauri y el Defensor de Menores, Marcelo Gustavo Jalil, se opusieron a esta triple filiación, pero la inscripción ya había sido admitida. Sin embargo, no se descarta que el caso llegue al Tribunal Supremo. 

Andrés Gil Domínguez, abogado que representa a los padres y a la madre, explicó al canal de noticias Telenueve, que “el único obstáculo que se encontraron [los padres y la madre] fue el dictamen de la fiscal y del defensor de menores que apelarán el fallo, y que desconocen plenamente cómo funciona el modelo constitucional argentino tras la reforma del código”.

El abogado detalló que hay 21 casos en Argentina. “Hubo dos que se resolvieron por vía administrativa antes de la reforma del código civil y comercial y los otros se han resuelto por vía judicial”, apuntó. 

Domínguez hizo hincapié en que la particularidad de este caso es que desde “el momento cero los dos padres y la madre construyeron este proyecto de familia pluriparental basándose en un vínculo socioafectivo”. 

Noticia original RT en Español. 

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With Crop Over and other public events making a return this summer, the Central Bank of Barbados is encouraging Barbadians to be vigilant when making cash transactions and to check their money as soon as they receive it.

“The level of counterfeiting in Barbados is generally quite low, and has been even more so over the past two years,” revealed Octavia Gibson, Director of the Bank’s Currency and Payments Oversight Department.

“But we don’t want people to become complacent. With the country opening back up and many mass activities on the calendar, there will be an increase in commercial activity, and it is at these times that we also tend to see an increase in counterfeiting.”

Gibson went on to say that “counterfeiters know that businesses are busy, people are in a hurry, and during Crop Over in particular, many of the events take place at night. So, they try to take advantage of your distraction or of poor lighting to pass you a counterfeit.”

The Central Bank official urged Barbadians to take steps to protect themselves. “Learn three or four security features and use them to authenticate your notes as soon as you receive them. Not after you get home – as soon as you receive them. It doesn’t take a long time. If it’s dark, use the flashlight on your smartphone. We have lots of information on our website and we post tips on social media regularly so you can easily find out what to look for.”

The Central Bank of Barbados has announced that it will issue a new series of banknotes that will be harder for fraudsters to replicate but easier for people to authenticate. Those notes will go into circulation on December 5.

But Gibson assured the public that the current notes contain several security features that are effective. “The key is to check your money. Counterfeiters are hoping that you won’t. They are opportunists. Don’t give them the opportunity.”

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