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Tragedy as high school boy drowns on day outing Isaac Chikosi A seventeen-year-old school boy of Kuisebmond Secondary School drowned during a Learner Representative Council camp at Nonidas on Friday. The death of the hard working and exemplary boy, Jackson Ipin-ge, sent shockwaves through Walvis Bay's schooling community and parents are horrified at just the thought of losing a child in this way.
The late Jackson Ipinge
E-med Rescue reportedly attended the scene where they found Ipinge's lifeless body after a swimming outing went tragically wrong. The Namibian Police opened an inquest docket and the circumstances around Ipinge's death are now under investigation. In another incident, a near drowning occurred at the Dolphin Park Resort over the weekend. The person is said to have been assisted by bystanders until emergency services arrived. The person has been hospitalised in a stable condition.
Fuel prices remain unchanged amidst stormy oil market Despite a volatile international market situation for Namibia as a net fuel importer, the consumer will be spared any fuel price increases, at least for March announced the Ministry of Mines and Energy on Friday. Fuel prices will remain unchanged at N$12,05 per litre for petrol and N$13,13 for diesel at Walvis Bay as the closest point of import. In a statement on Friday the Ministry of Mines and Energy said fuel importers are importing fuel products at 25,96 cents per litre more than the actual import cost (over recovery) and diesel at 7,7 cents per litre more than the actual cost. The international oil market has been subjected to multiple impacts during January and
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Walvis Bay and Port of Dunkerque sign MoU
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Rig SKD “Jaya” alongside
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Four ro-ro’s in March
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The semi-submersible drilling rig was offloaded from the heavy lift vessel Hua Hai Long over the weekend off the port of Walvis Bay and manoeuvred alongside at berth number seven in the port, where it will stay for several weeks for repair and maintenance work. The rig’s arrival means an economic injection for the harbour town’s struggling marine industrial and ship repair sector. (Also see picture on page 2).
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