Reshuffle puts 'right person in right place': government

TRADE MARK CAUTION
NOTICE is hereby given that Privée AG Kabushiki
Kaisha a company organized under the laws of Japan
and having its principal office at 6-10-1, Roppongi,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6117, JAPAN is the owner and
sole proprietor of the following trademark:-
(Reg: No. IV/4237/2013)
in respect of:- “Magnifying glasses that fit on the user’s
face in the manner of eyeglasses”
Class: 9
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the
said trademark or other infringements whatsoever will
be dealt with according to law.
U Kyi Win Associates
for Privée AG Kabushiki Kaisha
P.O. Box No. 26, Yangon.
Phone: 372416 Dated: 29 th July, 2013
TRADE MARK CAUTION
NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Somkiat
Somsakraksanti of 2000/68 Soi Charoenkrung 72,
Charoenkrung Road, Watprayakrai, Bangkholaem,
Bangkok 10120 Thailand is the Owner and Sole
Proprietor of the following trademark: -
34 World International THE MYANMAR TIMES JULY 29 - AUGUST 4, 2013
Haliburton destroyed evidence
HALLIBURTON, the US energy
services giant, has admitted
destroying evidence relating to
the 2010 Deepwater Horizon
oil rig explosion in the Gulf of
Mexico, the worst such disaster
in American history.
A Justice Department statement
released late Thursday
said the company had agreed
to plead guilty to criminal conduct
that occurred when it was
carrying out its own post-accident
investigation.
Eleven people died and 4.9
million barrels of oil gushed
into the Gulf over a threemonth
period after the explosion,
with BP – who leased
Deepwater Horizon – ending
up paying billions of dollars
in compensation and cleanup
costs.
Halliburton Energy Services,
BP’s contractor, had been
accused by the British oil giant
of destroying evidence. BP
has also asked Halliburton to
pay damages stemming from
the April 2010 accident off the
coast of Louisiana.
The Justice Department
statement said Halliburton –
which constructed the cement
casing of the well at the centre
of the disaster – had carried
out its own internal investigations
in May and June the
same year.
However, the results of computer
simulations conducted as
part of that probe were ordered
to be destroyed and were never
recovered, it said.
In addition to a guilty plea
– which is subject to court approval
– Halliburton has agreed
to pay the maximum statutory
fine of $200,000. The company
said in a statement that it
would make a separate and voluntary
$55 million payment to
the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation.
The disaster wreaked havoc
on the Gulf region’s environment
and economy.
The central subject of the
cooperation and guilty plea
deal was the number of heavy
metal collars, known as centralisers,
placed at various points
on the cement casing of the
Macondo well that eventually
exploded.
The Justice Department
said that prior to the blowout,
Halliburton had recommended
that 21 centralizers be used, but
BP instead opted for six.
Halliburton’s post-accident
tests failed to back up its earlier
suggestion.
“These simulations indicated
that there was little difference
between using six and
21 centralizers. (The) Program
Manager was directed to, and
did, destroy these results,” the
Justice Department statement
said.
In a later incident in or
around June 2010, similar evidence
was also destroyed when
Halliburton’s cementing technology
director asked another
more experienced employee to
repeat the simulations.
When he “reached the same
conclusion” he was directed to
“get rid of” the simulations, the
statement said.
“In agreeing to plead guilty,
Halliburton has accepted criminal
responsibility for destroying
the aforementioned evidence,”
the Justice Department
added.
Halliburton’s statement said
the agreement with the Justice
Department would conclude
the criminal investigation into
its actions over the giant spill.
“A Halliburton subsidiary
has agreed to plead guilty to
one misdemeanor violation
associated with the deletion
of records created after the
Macondo well incident, to pay
the statutory maximum fine of
$200,000 and to accept a term
of three years probation,” it
said.
Several government probes
have castigated BP, rig operator
Transocean and Halliburton for
cutting corners and missing
warning signs that could have
prevented the disaster.
Last year, BP agreed to pay
$4.5 billion in penalties and
pleaded guilty to multiple criminal
charges relating to the explosion
and ensuing spill.
The company also spent
more than $14 billion on the
response and cleanup and has
paid another $10 billion to
businesses, individuals and local
governments that did not
join an ongoing class action
lawsuit. – AFP
(Reg: No. IV/2739/2007)
in respect of:- “Balloons, toys, dolls, games, block (toys)
and all kind of goods included in Int’l class 28”
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the
said trademark or other infringements whatsoever will
be dealt with according to law.
U Kyi Win Associates
for Mr. Somkiat Somsakraksanti
P.O. Box No. 26, Yangon.
Phone: 372416 Dated: 29 th July, 2013
TRADE MARK CAUTION
NOTICE is hereby given that SDS Biotech K.K. a
company organized under the laws of Japan and having
its principal office at 1-5, Higashi-Nihombushi 1-chome,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan is the owner and sole proprietor
of the following trademarks:-
(Reg: No. IV/3955/2013)
(Reg: No. IV/3956/2013)
The above two trademarks are in respect of :-
“Pharmaceutical preparations, biocides, fungicides,
herbicides, insect repellents, insecticides, mildew
(Chemical preparations to treat-), noxious plants
(preparations for destroying), pesticides, sterilizing
preparations, sterilizing (soil-) preparations”- Class: 5
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the said
trademarks or other infringements whatsoever will be
dealt with according to law.
U Kyi Win Associates
for SDS Biotech K.K.
P.O. Box No. 26, Yangon.
Phone: 372416 Dated: 29 th July, 2013
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SIX members of a Cuban heavy
metal group requested political
asylum after touching down in
the United States, a band member
told AFP on Wednesday.
The musicians, who left
Havana on Sunday night,
touched down in Miami in the
early hours of Monday morning
en route to a concert in
Oakland, California.
“It’s not something we had
thought about until we got
here,” said bass player Fanny
Tachin, confirming reports
of the request which first appeared
on Cafe Fuerte, a blog
catering to Cuban immigrants
in Florida.
Tachin said members of
the band Hipnosis had lodged
requests after lead singer
Ramiro Pupo decided to seek
asylum.
“Once we saw that we all
decided to follow,” Tachin
said.
Tachin said the musicians
had “sentimental, family and
economic” reasons for seeking
asylum, noting that Pupo’s
daughter already lived in
Miami while the mother of
IN PICTURES
THE “Queen of the Pacific,” one
of the most notorious women
linked to Mexico’s drug trade,
was sentenced Thursday to
70 months, which a US judge
considered already served.
Sandra Avila Beltran had
been charged with being an
accessory after the fact in
keeping another drug lord from
being apprehended.
A prominent figure in
Mexico’s infamous Sinaloa
cartel, She had been accused
of belonging to a trafficking
organization dedicated to
buying and transporting drugs
between Colombia and the
United States from at least
January 1999 to March 2004.
She will be deported to Mexico
in the coming days.
Avila Beltran gained
notoriety by smiling for the
cameras and inspiring books
and even a well-known ballad.
Photo: AFP
Cuba heavy metal band seeks asylum in US
another band member was
also a US resident.
Thousands of Cubans try
to flee their homeland every
year for the United States,
where they are guaranteed
political asylum.
Tachin said the six band
members planned to pursue
their careers in the United
States. – AFP