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ENERGY Minister Stuart Young has expressed optimism over two new wells being drilled onshore in the Ortoire Licence area by an independent Canadian company, Touchstone Exploration.

These are the Coho and Cascadura wells.

In a tweet on Wednesday, Young said, “Looking forward to good news from @TouchstoneExp in the not too distant future on its onshore first gas production (Coho) and pushing for more to come by year end. Met with (Touchstone president) Paul Baay and @MoonXav (exploration manager Xavier Moonan) this morning as we continue to work to increase production in TT.”

A ministry statement said in Young’s continuing engagements with key energy stakeholders, he had Baay at the ministry.

“The discussions focused on Touchstone’s work programme and specifically the Coho and Cascadura wells. The parties also discussed potential future exploration and production.”

He said Coho and Cascadura wells are conventional gas developments onshore in Trinidad and Tobago and both in block Ortoire.

“Paul Baay estimates that both blocks will flow both liquids and gas for many years to come and provided details as to planned future drillings.”

Young was pleased with the updates and expressed the continued willingness of the Government to work with Touchstone.

The Touchstone Facebook page displayed an article on the website proactiveinvestor.co.uk, dated last Monday. This reported Baay’s pleasure that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) at its Cascadura well has been completed. He was quoted as saying the impact of this news will be “huge” going forward and he was very optimistic that now good relations have been established with the Environmental Management Authority, the way has been paved for “the next ten years.”

The same website cited him as reporting “good headway” on the Coho asset.

It said, “Coho will be the first new onshore natural gas project to come onstream in in TT for 20 years. In that context, a short delay shouldn’t mean very much. Nevertheless, Baay explains that the biggest challenge has been that three different parties are tied into the project and redesign changes pushed the project back by a month.”

The article said while Baay admitted to being downbeat about timelines, he reiterated: “We are making progress.”

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The prosecution on Wednesday withdrew the manslaughter charge which was instituted against Dave Singh last week and is now charging the 23-year-old man with murder.

Singh is now being charged for the murder committed on 53-year-old Vickram Seubarran who was found with a knife stuck in his back on August 1, 2022.

At the New Amsterdam Magistrate on Wednesday, Prosecutor, Morrison told the court that the new murder charge was instituted following advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

Murder accused, Dave Singh and murdered businessman,Vickram Seubarran

Magistrate Renita Singh told the accused who appaired virtually that while manslaughter is a bailable offense, murder is not, and as such, he was remanded to prison until September 13, 2022.

Singh was on Friday last granted bail in the sum of $750,000 on the unlawful killing charge.

The 23-year-old labourer had reportedly confessed to killing Seubarran after he was arrested by the Police one day after the businessman’s body was found.

Upon his arrest, the suspect told investigators that he and the victim had shared a sexual relationship and that he used to visit the man’s home quite regularly.

He confessed that, on July 31, 2022, the victim had invited him to his home, and they had consumed alcohol and were engaged in sexual intercourse.

Further, he stated that as he was leaving, the victim wanted to have more sexual intercourse, but he refused. This led to an argument and ultimately a scuffle.

He told detectives that he went into the kitchen, took a knife, and stabbed the victim three times, after which he left the house.

Following his confession, he was taken back to the scene, where he pointed detectives to the area where he had disposed of the handle of the murder weapon. The area was searched, but the handle was not recovered.

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Unas 500 ofertas de empleo están disponibles para diferentes plazas en el área metropolitana, por lo que Caribbean Temporary Services (CTS) realizará una feria de empleo este viernes, 12 de agosto, en el Museo del Deporte de Guaynabo.

La portavoz de CTS, Glenda Burgos, detalló que las posiciones disponibles son para trabajar en call centers, en áreas de servicio al cliente, producción, almacenes, choferes, vendedores casa por casa, así como puestos de oficina, contabilidad y en el área de hoteles (food and beverage).

“En estos momentos en que los ciudadanos toman determinaciones importantes, Caribbean Temporary Services se une a nuestros clientes en el esfuerzo de atraer recursos a nuestra fuerza trabajadora, sirviendo de vehículo para simplificar el proceso de reclutamiento. Para este evento estamos solicitando que la persona llegue preparada para ser entrevistada y contratada al momento”, explicó Burgos.

Los interesados en participar deben llevar resumé, una identificación con foto vigente o pasaporte en original, certificado de nacimiento o tarjeta de seguro social y certificado de antecedentes penales, – que puede obtener a través de https://servicios.pr.gov/ o en la comandancia más cercana-, tarjeta de vacunación y evidencia del último grado académico completado.

“Todas esas personas que han tomado la decisión de insertarse en el mundo laboral, de aportar al país y mejorar sus condiciones de vida, están invitados a darse cita en esta feria de empleo que comenzará a las 9:00 am y durará hasta las 3:00 p.m”, expresó Burgos.

Para mayor información o preguntas sobre el proceso, los interesados pueden comunicarse al 787-724-5643.

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