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Tesla Model X 1000 mile road-trip report

I thought I’d write a review of a Tesla Model X for the sub from the perspective of a V8 loving petrolhead. There’s a lot of hate on here, and even more misinformation, so I thought I’d give the car a chance.
I’ve just spent 5 days with a 75D and done over 1000 miles. The car was a 2016 with Gen 1 Autonomous tech, 68,000 miles on the clock, and a 200 mile range battery.
My last big drive was in a 3.0D Range Rover Velar, and the road-trip car before that was a Merc C63 AMG V8 Bi-turbo. I’ve owned 15+ cars, many over 400bhp, and driven dozens more in Europe, UAE and the US.
The car was booked through Turo. This was for a road-trip from Vegas to San Diego and back, so some days I was doing around 350 miles. Other days I started in the city center of SD and then drove to attractions in and outside the city. I covered all kinds of roads, but the vast majority were freeway and city driving.
Originally I’d booked a BMW i8 to do the trip, but the car was apparently totaled two days before my booking, so the Model X was a last-minute alternative. I’m aware of how unreliable Turo bookings can be, so I had my eyes on a Tesla as a replacement in case of issues.
First the bad.
This car has a massive blind spot. Within 10 minutes of being in the car I was blasted with horn as I nearly wiped out some poor fucker in a SUV. It seems this blind spot exists when in Autopilot too, as it sometimes happened when the car was autonomously changing lanes.
There’s a wonderful driver’s display that shows the car in relation to the lanes, the cars, trucks, and bikes around it. But the icons of passing cars only appear once they are a car-length in front of the Tesla. With the blind spot issue, it would be super duper useful if this showed cars beside the Model X!
Anyway, I quickly came to respect the danger, and learned to not trust the mirrors or autopilot. Every lane change I looked over my shoulder for an extended period to scrutinize the space before moving over, or activating the autopilot lane change.
The second bad thing was the size. It is a big, wide car. In LV and SD this was not too much of an issue, but in the UK, where I’m from, we have tiny roads. I’m not sure it would fit.
As it was a Turo rental, I didn’t get to hook the Tesla up to the Tesla mobile app, so I’m sure it is much better when using this, but the key was confusing, dumb and frustrating. I soon gave up trying to open or close doors with it from afar.
You can open the "frunk" from the key or the screen, but you can’t close it.
Price. New, this car is apparently over $100k. That is a stupid amount of money. It did not feel like a $100k car. The Turo cost was the same as an i8, so that's what it's competing against!
My last criticism is other Tesla owners. At a supercharger bank on the edge of LA we had to wait to charge as so many empty parked Teslas were just left taking up a supercharger way past full. You can see the green light as it is charging. Most were not green. Maybe it's just LA that’s full of assholes, as I didn’t experience this problem anywhere else. (apparently this is not true; the light only appears if the car is unlocked. This just means there was another problem - not enough superchargers for demand)
Now the good.
This car is the future.
I say that without hyperbole or hype.
There’ve been a few moments in my life where I’ve seen the future. Playing Quake for the first time. Dialing up to the internet for the first time. Listening to my first mp3. Using WiFi. Putting on a VR headset. Using my first smartphone. Wireless charging. Seeing the Burj Khalifa.
These were all crystallizing moments. They all felt right. They all felt like a huge step forward, like the future had arrived and become real. This is the first time a car has done that for me. From a user experience, it is so far ahead of anything else I’ve ever driven before.
I’ve been in cars that redefined what I’d considered fast (Nobel M12). I’ve driven a Lotus Exige that realigned cornering physics. I’ve been in opulent luxury (Velar, S Class Limo, Aston Martin), and total, hilarious shit (2CV). But all these cars were a variation on a theme. They all did the same thing.
You put fuel in. It burns the fuel. You drive the car, until that fuel runs out. Repeat.
The Tesla changed that perspective.
Walk up to the door and it pops open automatically. If you’re approaching from the front, the door waits until you’ve passed by before fully opening. Pop the rear gullwing doors for a bit of theater, but also for a practical way to load the car.
When you get in, the car is on (is it ever really off?) Touch the brake and the driver’s door closes. The massive screen and clean, button-free interior greets you. From the screen you can shut all other doors and trunk.
The screen shows a familiar Google Maps satellite view with simple car controls along the bottom. Set your nav destination and it will calculate expected charge at arrival, and expected charge if you make a return trip. If the car needs charging, it will add Superchargers to the stops, with estimated charge and charge time displayed when you get there.
The car is ready to go as soon as you take it out of park. No key to turn or engine to start. The moment you hit the accelerator, the car moves smoothly and with plenty of torque. Mash the gas and you’re firmly shoved with a relentless insistence.
Everything is just easier driving this car. It does a lot for you. If it can be automated, it is. Lights. Wipers. Handbrake. All controls are intuitive and easy to find on the screen. I see criticisms on here about hunting around for controls on a giant iPad, but in reality all common car controls are always along the bottom and clearly visible for both driver and passenger. Use it and you will wonder why we still have dashboards covered in knobs and dials and buttons and stalks.
The nav is clear and clever. Not only does it show on the massive shared screen, it also shows further details, lane position, and a zoomed detailed view on the driver screen.
Then you get to a freeway and pull the autopilot stalk. Set a speed and the car does the rest. It is eerie. I’ve driven cars with radar cruise, and lane assist, but spend some time with the Tesla and you know it is much cleverer than that.
It anticipates issues and it doesn’t panic. For example, if a car pulls into your stopping gap in most radar cruise cars, they slam on the anchors until the stopping gap is acceptable. The Tesla just calmly backs off.
I could feel it anticipating a potential crash when one car darted in front of the car we were following. The brake tensed and it shifted the weight onto the front wheels, but once the situation was over it relaxed. No speed was scrubbed.
It gave passing bikes room if they were filtering.
It can be duped, but in a safe way. For example, on the way into a car park the car in front almost stopped while approaching a speed bump. The Tesla saw this as the car having an emergency moment, so highlighted it red, sounded the alarm and slowed the car. I wasn’t driving with autopilot engaged at the time.
It was a joy when we hit start stop traffic. It slowed to a stop and just got on with it when cars started flowing again.
If the lanes get confusing, or if it anticipates trouble that it can’t deal with, it disengages with an alarm with the expectation you’re paying attention. And it effectively enforces that attention. All I had to do was hang on to the wheel, but this forces you to take heed and not be complacent. It alerts if you don’t. And if it alerts too many times in a row, it bans you from using autopilot until you park up and leave the car!
If you spend any time using autopilot, you’d be a moron to trust it 100%. It has its limitations, yes, and there’s a long way to go before its Level 5, but that’s clearly within reach. A few more iterations and its there. And those iterations are likely software rather than hardware.
It is leagues ahead of anything else out there that I have driven.
Given this was a two year old car with Gen 1 autonomous tech, it was mightily impressive. It did 99% of the freeway driving for me on my road-trip, even in the pouring rain. It soon got to the point where I felt safer with it doing the driving. It makes you realise just how often you do dumb shit in a car that distracts you. Faffing with the radio, glancing at your phone, grabbing a drink, munching on a snack, chatting to the other half. All these things are now OK when you know the car is watching the road all around you.
But what about that range? Really, it was not a problem. Every night I parked the car at the hotel EV charging station (once next to a Hummer H2!) and by morning it was fully charged for my day’s activities.
As I said above, the nav works out the Supercharger stops for you if it needs it during a journey. Crucially it tells you how much charge you will need to continue your journey, and how long it will take. It is smart. It will split a long journey into two smaller supercharger stops. Our trip back to LV from SD had two stops. One ten minutes, one 40 mins. The 40 mins one was at lunchtime, so we grabbed some food.
Walking up to your car knowing it can do another 200 miles, and it has cost you nothing is an amazing feeling. For 20 years I’ve had to consider MPG and the ever rising cost of fuel. With a Tesla that worry disappears.
Also it coaches you during the journey to make sure you don’t use all your charge. If you keep nailing it from onramps (like I did), then it will recommend you stay below 75mph to maintain predicted arrival charge.
An electric motor is so much better than ICE. Safer, simpler, cleaner and quieter. Those last two points are critical. I live in a city and walk through car and bus fumes every day. It is nasty. And our environment isn’t all too happy about the shit we pump into the air. But a lot of that shit is sound. Noise pollution pisses me off. I can appreciate a nice engine noise, but let's be honest. Most ICE engines sound like shit. And then you have trucks, busses and dumb kids with shitty aftermarket mufflers making everyone’s lives hell.
The sooner vehicles can be quiet and clean the better.
There were other things I loved about the car. Black on black it looked mean. The huge windshield that reached way up into the roof was amazing. The clever little touches like the sun visors, were a delight. The sound system was awesome. And the car was holding together well. Two years old and 68k on the clock, and there wasn’t a rattle or a squeak. All 4 of my brand new BMWs couldn’t boast that.
Oh, and it had this feature.
The Model X is the benchmark for what cars should all be soon. It is clever, fast, clean, quiet, safe, practical and good looking. It is obvious with the way all manufacturers are trying to emulate Tesla that they have made waves.
I have put down a deposit for a Model 3 after this experience. Talking to the Turo host, he also has a Model 3 and had a Model S. The 3 is his favorite.
Consider me converted.
Edited to get the model right.
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Feb/24/2020 --- Daily News & Anti-Corruption summary from Armenia --- March 1st, testimony, sniper, murder / Education Reforms / TV networks / Yerevan's sewers / State property embezzlement / Coronavirus at borders / Fish farms and nature / Nominal wages in 2019 / High tech / and more...

The Police Forces commander about March 1st / sniper shooting / riots

Context: 10 people were killed on March 1st, 2008. That morning, the police illegally dispersed the sleeping crowd near the Opera building and pushed them towards Mashtots St, where the now-agitated crowd burned down vehicles, made barricades, and clashed with the police. The Police Forces violated the weapon safety protocols and shot a special type of flash grenades directly at protesters, killing several. Others were shot with rifles. 8 protesters, 1 policeman, 1 soldier died during the clashes. The rioters were throwing objects at the forces.
 
There have been multiple witness testimonies about the army's involvement in the events. Besides the army, there were also civilian Police Forces in the area.
Bagrat Khachatryan is the commander of Unit 1001 of Police Forces, and a participant of March 1st events. He is also named as a potential suspect in the criminal cover-up, so take his testimony with a grain of salt.
This is his version of events on how things unfolded that day (comments by me):
Since Feb-20-2008 we were on high alert. The third of our crew had the boots on at all times. We received shotguns and flash-grenades.
At 6:30 AM on March 1st we got an alarm. The deputy-chief Gegham Petrosyan (recently charged with the murder of a protester, first-ever direct charge for a murder) told us to put on the gear. We took those weapons and arrived near the Opera building. Other units also arrived.
At 8:30 we stationed near the Tumanyan statue, Opera building. At the time there were no protesters already (dispersed early in the morning).
At 10:00 AM the Police Forces chief Grigor Grigoryan told us to join deputy-chief Gegham's unit.
Deputy-chief Gegham then instructed us to join Unit 1033 and deploy near the French Embassy (on Grigor Lusavorich Street). We stood between Myasnikyan St, Grigor Lusavorich St, and the embassy.
The protesters at the time had already shut down the Grigor Lusavorich St. A bus and cars were used to barricade the road. Some of them had sticks and shields. I was told that they had earlier attacked policemen, but I wasn't there when that happened.
Protesters were throwing rocks towards us. The police began negotiating with protest leaders. They agreed that the protesters would move near Matenadaran building.
Note: protesters' chief negotiator was David Shashnazaryan. At the time he was part of Levon Ter-Petorsyan's team and a Roboserj opponent. In 2019 Shashnazaryan joined Roboserj.
Continuing:
At 17:00 the deputy-chief Gegham sent us to Mashtots St. Our unit arrived and joined other units near the Mashtots market, above the underground passage area.
The other units closed this area so the protesters wouldn't advance towards the rest of Mashtots St.
Deputy-chief Gegham told 20 of my men to arm with empty bullets and flash bullets. Experienced (Russian) sniper Evgeniy Kachak was given a Dragunov SVD sniper rifle. Garik Vardanyan, Arthur Sargsyan and Dimitriy Yatsenko were given empty bullets (u pinky-swear?).
The group of 20 men then went and joined Unit 1032, while I went to the area above the underground passage on Mashtots St. That's where the higher-ups gathered.
 
The riots were escalating at the time. Protesters were throwing rocks and metals. We were told that some of them had weapons, bombs, and Molotov cocktails. Rumors circulated that the protesters wanted to march towards President Kocharyan's building.
I ordered our group to receive Makarov handguns in addition to the flash-bullets. Overall, 19 rifles were brought from the station, out of which 3 could shoot empty-bullets. 1 sniper rifle, 8 Makarov pistols.
At 19:00 deputy-chief Gegham told us to move left. If you face the protesters, we were on the furthest left corner. Next to us were Units 1032 and 1033.
The group of my 20 men, armed with this special gear, was placed behind us, while those with live ammunition, including sniper Evgeniy Kachak, were placed at the back to avoid direct clashes. The chief told us that only himself or deputy-chief Gegham can instruct us to shoot from rifles and that only in the air.
At 19:30 the protesters had 2 buses as barricades. Protesters would come behind them and throw rocks.
We got an order to move forward. The crowds became more aggressive and threw more items. Several officers were injured. Protesters were throwing explosives. Some protesters began to shoot at us, we could hear bullets above our heads. Sometimes they would use flash-bullets.
That's when deputy-chief Gegham told us to use force.( ու էտ վախտ ես հելա ու ասի, "հլա մի րոպեեե".)
My group began to shoot from shotguns and Cheremukha 4 & 7 flash-bang grenades. The forces were being ferociously attacked. The chief told us to shoot in the air with rifles to scare the crowd. We did. This scared the protesters and they ran towards Zakian St. Some protesters shot at us with fully automatic weapons.
We were told to retreat. Instead of being scared of our shots, the crowd got more aggressive. We tried to use barbwire to close Mashtots St. The crowd prevented the barbwire vehicle from doing its work. We retreated towards the upper part of where the underground passage is on Mashtots. We unsuccessfully tried to install barbwires again, before retreating to Paronyan St. We were attacked with Molotovs. The crowd advanced on us. We couldn't let them go any further towards Proshyan St. because that's where the President's building is.
We ordered more shots fired into the air. A protester drove cars towards us and stopped when we shot bang grenades.
At 23:00 we received an order to station the soldiers on Leo St. We stood in front of them. Someone threw a grenade behind us. One officer was injured.
I left to receive medical aid for my aching feet (non-riot related), and while I was away, I heard a shot and panic in the ranks. One soldier received a wound to his neck and later died.
The chief told the armed officers and sniper Evgeniy Kachak to move to the front line and observe and incapacitate any shooters they see.
Sometime later, sniper Kachak fired a shot and told me that he noticed a man pointing a gun at forces. He claimed he shot the protester in the foot.
The next day we did an audit and found that the live bullets in 19 rifles weren't used.
End of his testimony.
 
By the way, the Russian sniper Evganiy Kachak was later murdered under suspicious circumstances with "professional blows" to his head while visiting a graveyard. So there's that... www.pastinfo.am/hy/news/2017/05/17/Ո՞վ-է-սպանել-6-րդ-վարչության-նախկին-աշխատակցին/546099
 
What you read were the accounts of a suspect. Last year the SIS mentioned the author Lt. Col. Bagrat Khachatryan as one of the participants of the scheme who collected the live bullet shells fired by the soldiers to cover up their participation in the crime, then replaced the shells with bullet shells fired at a gun range by Police Forces. Read my Sep/25/2019 report for details.
 
Relevant: Last year, media outlet ArmTimes published an unconfirmed story in which they claimed to have received a report about the existence of a foreign-language document showing that a foreign group of experts was sent to aid the Kocharyan regime in late-February 2008 by "advising him", and that the group stayed in the govt building.
https://www.1in.am/2706403.html
http://www.ccc.am/hy/1428493746/3/6098
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/163850
Tags: #March1st #March1 #MartiMek

March 1st protester cleared

Another early-morning March 1st protester, Hovhannes Ghazaryan, will have his "assaulting policeman" conviction dropped after the prosecutors challenged a 2008 court verdict in the Appeals Court just recently.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181366

deputy-police chief's trial resumes / QP MP in court

During the 2018 revolution, the police shot bang grenades at protesters, injuring dozens. The deputy police chief Yeranosyan is a suspect. He is accused of improperly using the weapon without a permit (while being drunk, according to some accounts). QP MP deputy-speaker Alen Simonyan testified as a victim.
The trial resumed and both sides said they're OK with only Alen Simonyan being present out of all the victims who sustained injuries.
The court reviewed an Apr-16-2018 video showing explosions, and an Apr-22-2018 video during which Pashinyan and others were arrested.
The defendant argued the force was justified. The prosecutors argued otherwise.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181320
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181323

security council

Security Councils of Armenia and Artsakh, joined by PM Pashinyan and President Bako, met to discuss the Munich results, foreign policy, army. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181224

border shooting

Azeri army shot at the Armenian borders in the North-Eastern Tavush region, wounding 1 soldier lightly. Armenian side returned a suppressive fire. 1 Azeri soldier was killed.
Koti mayor says the shootout lasted 20 minutes. "Every now and then they forget whom they're dealing with," said the mayor.
Defense Ministry denied Azeri govt's fake news claiming it was an Armenian diversionary attack.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181300 --- https://razm.info/140474

Confirmed: Artsakh has a new Defense Minister

Update: Jalal Harutyunyan will replace Karen Abrahamyan as the new Artsakh Defense Minister. Several high ranking officials were recently fired for unsatisfactory work and suicide/murder of 5 soldiers since Jan-2020.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181325

elder soldiers will get higher pensions

For several years, formerly hired soldiers complained that their experience in the army didn't qualify them for a military pension because they were above the age of 45 at the time of service.
The Human Rights Ombudsman contacted the Defense Minister. The latter decided to begin to count >45 age as qualifiable for a pension.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1005983.html

Barekendan festivities

Armenia celebrated the Barekendan festival on Sunday. It's an old traditional celebration of having fun and eating as much as possible before the fasting period begins.
https://youtu.be/aFm1BTv8olg
PICS: https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181286

Russian TV & upcoming airways changes

Update: Earlier the TV regulator agency's chief and Russian ambassador exchanged verbal shots after the regulator complained about foreign-language programming in Armenian airways, not enough Armenian-language programs, poor standards for things broadcasted through public airways, etc. (see Jan/31/2020 post).
 
The "Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression" commented saying the following:
Without commenting on the political part of the argument between the regulator and the Russian embassy, we'd like to mention that Russian PTP-Planeta TV is the most anti-European network. It's worse than all other networks combined.
This TV spreads hatred and manipulation. One may ask, why does the Armenian viewer need this? For example, during the show "Evenings with Vladimir Solovyov" the guests exceed the ethical norms and present fascism as part of European values. Instead of restraining the guests, the host (Solovyov) himself manipulates the viewer, by blaming fascism on Europe as a whole.
The host presents the Western European people as weak and incapable of defending themselves, while praising those under Soviet control. This is done to defame European people. Solovyov's favorite guest is a man who claims "Mein Kempf" is what European values are about. There are many such examples on PTP TV.
If this was all meant for the Russian audience, we wouldn't have a problem with that, but PTP is broadcasted in Armenia under the only "public multiplex" airways to all residents. These Russian TVs don't have to abide by Armenian laws and regulations. Understandably, Russia has its rhetoric against the West, but why should the Armenian viewer be subject to this brainwashing? You could say "if Armenians don't like it they can choose not to watch it", but it still affects the public. This should be solved through political dialogue.
End of Committee's post.
https://factor.am/223775.html
Tag: #PublicTV #RussianTV

Yerevan's water canals

Yerevan's garbage problem was solved with the introduction of city-run agency and more trash bins, but what about the rainwater drain canals?
They are usually clogged with trash. To make things worse, street sweepers sometimes dump the trash into the canals.
This results in the city being covered in floods after heavy rains every Spring. Cars get stuck in water pools and people have to walk in the water.
City's trash-agency says their staff doesn't dump trash into the canals. "Right now it's manageable but we'll see how it goes when heavy rains begin. We treated the streets with salt and sand. Time will tell how it affected the canals," said the agency rep. (doesn't sound reassuring, does it?)
Veolia Water firm is tasked with managing the water removal system. Veolia says that in the past, when Yerevan's trash was being collected by Sanitek (RIP), Sanitek was the one to clean up the canals from trash, but it wasn't being done efficiently. As a result, Veolia Water began to remove canals' trash themselves. "We'll probably do the same this year, but the main responsibility is on the trash-collecting agency's shoulders," said Veolia.
Veolia says:
Unfortunately, in many locations, water canals connect to sewers. This results in sewers becoming clogged from the debris brought by canals. The two systems are separate in developed countries.
Yerevan's 320km water canals are cleaned every Spring and Autumn. In some parts of the city, there are no canals (Qanaqer, Norq-Marash), while in others its too small.
We're located on a lowland. The rain pours from Norq/Qanaqer, where there are no canals, down to Center district. The accumulated water in large quantities makes Center's canal insufficient. Large investments are needed to build new canals across the city to slow the flow.
We negotiated with Yerevan recently and improved the canals near 9 streets.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/179191

largest blackout since LTP

Yerevan municipality posted a compilation video of multiple thieves casually walking in and stealing light bulbs from the underground passage.
https://www.facebook.com/Yerevanofficial/videos/733280393866061/

market watch

Market Inspection Committee issued a penalty to ABC Pharmacia makeup company for selling unknown products without tags. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181230

former officials and state property embezzlement

The State Property Management Agency has been on the anti-corruption news a lot. Since the revolution, there were 32 felony cases against various officials for abusing a state-owned property pricing/distribution process.
Scheme: officials hire a friendly assessment firm that gives a fake lower pricing. The expensive building is then sold to the official's allies for the low price. Later, the new owner sells it in the private market for the much higher "real" value
One questionable transaction was about former Transport Ministery HHK Gagik Beglaryan's family. His brother gave a state property to his wife's firm for a 25-year lease.
 
Q: Mr. chief of State Property Management Agency, what revelations have been made since your appointment in office?
A: We have 32 cases. A big chunk of it is about a specific private company that was hired by the Agency to assess property values. The Agency claimed that the govt-run assessment institute was overloaded, so they needed a private assessment company's help. This private assessor undervalued prices by billions of Drams.
Sports Teams Center was managed by former Minister Beglaryan's brother. The assessor helped to gave its assets to Beglaryan's wife's firm for 25 years. In another instance, DzoraHek hydro plant was given away for a very cheap price. Felony cases are launched.
Q: How many properties have you been able to recover and return under state-ownership?
The main goal is not to return property under state control. The problem is that some of the transfers have been done with violations. Big violations were made in the 90s, 2000s but there isn't much paperwork left. These are long and hard processes to investigate. In some instances, the paperwork is "fixed" to look legal. The most important thing is to act legally from now on.
Q: Has Manvel Tushonka Grigoryan transferred the 5-billion-Dram-worth "Aknalich Beaver Breeding Company" to state yet? (great choice of business m8)
A: Not yet. We'd rather take the firm's property than the firm itself, to save time on legal paperwork. There are 25 land property ownership documents in that case.
Q: Are there many govt institutes that have a shortage of state-owned properties and find themselves leasing from private firms?
A: There are many, unfortunately. Many buildings under our possession are in poor shape and we can't offer them to govt agencies. Today we have a policy of de-centralizing govt by moving govt agencies to suburbs and freeing up their expensive estate in Center.
Q: Pashinyan recently spoke about "illegal mansions" built by former admins in Monument Park. What can your Agency do about it?
A: We can act when the govt passes the law about asset forfeiture. In the case of Monument specifically, the land the mansions were built on is community-owned, therefore it's out of our federal Agency's jurisdiction.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181189

disability-aid embezzlement busted

Labor Ministry contacted the prosecutors to audit the aid distributed to disabled people. The report says:
Labor Ministry hired 2 firms to distribute equipment to disabled people, teach them how to use it, at no cost to the disabled.
One of the firms took the money from govt but didn't buy aid for recipients, while in other instances they provided cheaper crap to save money on it, in 2019.
The second firm also purchased cheap crap in Mar-2019 and forged docs before sending the "job completion" report to Ministry.
A felony case is launched. https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181302

school director busted

Uyts, Syunik school director is accused of registering non-existent employees and embezzling their salaries. A felony case is launched. https://factor.am/223890.html

education reforms / exams / subsidy

One of the upcoming Education Ministry reforms will require unified Armenian Langauge exams for all university applicants.
The system that provides student pensions to a limited number of high-performers will also be revamped. Instead of giving X slots to each university, the X will be provided to each "academic field". The student picks their university/major and gets a subsidized education.
Universities' management boards will shrink and be consist of 1 student, 5 university officials, and 6 people from business sector, civil society, education field experts. The members cannot be part of a political party.
"For decades, we had a corroding education system. These reforms touch all areas. We have all the reasons to make these changes. These won't be cosmetic changes," said Education Minister Arayik Harutyunyan during a Parliament session today.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1006002.html

southern border closed for coronavirus

43 Iranians have been diagnosed with coronavirus. 8 deaths. Al Arabiya outlet cites its (unconfirmed) sources claiming there are 18 deaths as of Feb-23.
Armenian Healthcare Ministry dispatched a medical crew to the southern Meghri border entry point to screen arrivals.
The Foreign Ministry advised against traveling to Iran, and for Armenian nationals in Iran to stay in touch with AM embassy. The embassy's consulate suspended its operations and won't accept new visitors, for now, to prepare "some things". The embassy as a whole still function.
 
Pashinyan and "coronavirus prevention taskforce" gathered a meeting. They decided to partially close the air with Iran, fully close the land border for travelers, and allow cargo truck drivers upon stricter inspection. The ban will last for 2 weeks. Armenians in Iran, and Iranians in Armenia, will be able to freely return to their countries.
Turkey, Georgia, and Afghanistan also closed their borders with Iran. Turkey also closed the border with Nakhijevan.
Healthcare Ministry denied rumors of coronavirus patients in Kapan hospital. 83 people were tested and it came negative.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181256 --- https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181259 --- https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181265 --- https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181283 --- https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181284 --- https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1005929.html --- https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1005938.html --- https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181290 --- https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181303 --- https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1006073.html --- https://razm.info/140491 --- https://nypost.com/2020/02/23/coronavirus-death-toll-in-iran-is-the-largest-outside-china/

earthquake in Iran, Turkey, and Armenia

6M quake shook the Iran-Turkey border near Van. It was felt ~3M in Yerevan and provinces at 9:53 AM.
9 died and 50 injured in Turkey. 104 injured in Iran.
Armenian MFA sent condolences to the victims' families.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181258 --- https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1005928.html --- https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1005939.html --- https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181297

Baku and Sumgait pogroms

The Armenian community in Vienna organized a protest march to commemorate the upcoming 30th and 32nd anniversary of Baku and Sumgait massacres of the Armenian population. Leaflets were distributed to locals to raise awareness.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1005941.html

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

He is back and kicking butt. Heno passed a ball that led to a goal in 12th minute. On 37th minute he scored the second goal for Roma, against Lecce. 4:0.
Heno said: I feel good about my game, but I could have done better. I like playing in Roma.
Roma coach: we want to keep Heno. He proved he's high-class.
VIDEO: https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1005953.html --- https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181299 --- https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181327

athlete's new citizenship

Allison Halverson is an Armenian-American athlete who just got Armenian citizenship and wants to participate in Tokio-2020.
Her family is a 1915 Genocide escapee. "I'm proud of my new citizenship. My grandpa barely escaped the genocide by dressing in female clothes and taking a ferry to Elis Island. I'm excited for the new journey in Armenia," said the dual-citizen Allison.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181319

domestic violence in 2019

468 felony domestic abuse cases were launched in 2019. In 326 cases the charges were dropped: 129 for court acquittal and 197 for lack of evidence. http://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/278217/

no new water-thirsty fish farm licenses

No additional fish farm licenses have been issued in the past 1.5 years. Pashinyan has long complained that they drain Ararat Valley's freshwaters.
Nature Minister Eric:
For too long, profit was placed above the well being of the Ararat waters. Since 1984 there was a standard that water drainage shouldn't exceed 34 m3/second. Fish farms exceeded that. This resulted in a reduction of Ararat water reserves.
This is an example of why ignoring nature problems end up resulting in economic and social issues later. For every license given to a fish farm, we have a problem with agricultural irrigation, land quality, urban development, etc. No new licenses have been issued in the past 1.5 years except for one experimental firm that uses new technologies. The saved waters will be used on irrigation.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1006123.html

Did a leopard really attack a villager?

Update: A few months ago a Yenoqavan man claimed he was ambushed by a rare mountain leopard while managing his cattle in a forest.
Nature experts examined the paw traces, collected hair samples and sent them to Germany, used hidden cameras, and concluded that the attacker was a lynx and not a leopard. (either way a very bad boy)
"This was a good opportunity for us to examine this area. We didn't know much about nature in here," said an expert.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/181340

the "other" bad boys

Dogs.
6,000 stray ones live in Yerevan. 3,000 were sterilized. Right now they're a bit more aggressive because of the 2-week mating season (while yours is only 10 seconds).
"The new sterilization approach is a long-term solution and doesn't show results immediately. For 20 years, the dogs were exterminated, which brought no results," said the founder of Dingo Team NGO who is also a member of the Yerevan Municipality Council.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1006032.html

monthly nominal wages in 2019

The average monthly nominal wages were 182.7k ($383) in 2019, says the State Committee.
1) Syunik Province: 267k
2) Yerevan: 201k
3) Ararat Province: 168k
Lowest) Shirak Province: 111k
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181349

new heart surgery

Normally, Armenian doctors do an open surgery to repair the heart's aortic valve. When the patient is elderly and there are risks with open surgery, a closed surgery is necessary.
Armenian doctors didn't know how to do a closed one, until recently. A team of Russian-Armenian experts helped train the Armenian doctors, and over the weekend, they did the second such surgery on an elderly patient in Norq Marash hospital. The patient is recovering.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1005894.html

high-tech conference in UAE

High-Tech Minister Arshakyan went to UMEX/SimTEX 2020 expo show in UAE, gave a speech, discussed the ongoing high-tech development in Armenia, tax waivers, TUMO, Armenian scientists' past inventions, called for guests to invest in Armenia. Arshakyan received a "prize".
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181252

Swiss farming experience in Armenia

Education Ministry met reps from the Swiss Cooperation Office. The Office said: we've established 200 farming production chains in 6 provinces of Armenia in the past 10 years. We decided to expand this by providing relevant education to locals.
Education Ministry hopes this will help train experts in the butchering industry (the new tighter safety regulations kick in this year). More experts will be needed in other areas that recently became high-tech, such as shooting cloud-dispersers into the skies, installing hail-resistant nets, smart barns.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/181236

DISCLAIMER

The accused are innocent until proven guilty in the court of law, even if they sound guilty. Currency in Armenian ֏ unless specified otherwise. Archived posts by Idontknowmuch : PART 1 ; PART 2 ; PART 3 ; PART 4 ; PART 5.
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Mar/25/2020 -- Today's News TLDR -- Stay up to date on COVID, Anti-Corruption, Post-Revolution Armenia, Economy, Politics, Diaspora, Daily Life, and more...

COVID news first, followed by tons of other important stuff.

billyboard

Yerevan municipality broadcasted a digital billboard in multiple languages and flags telling heavily-hit COVID countries "everything Will be Alright".
Video https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183899

transport operations scale back

Beginning today, there is a nationwide lockdown. People are required to fill out a paper before leaving their homes. Journalists and lawyers are exempt.
Some transport operators scaled back their operations. Inter-provincial buses shut down between Yerevan and Lori.
Gyumri-Yerevan high-speed train reduced its travel frequency. The rail connection with Georgia is still entirely suspended.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183904
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183933

no guns for you

The Emergency taskforce suspended the issuance of new gun purchase or manufacturing licenses across Armenia until April.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183930

donations and supplies

SouthCaucasus Railway operator donated 5mln to the Healthcare Ministry account.
VTB bank donated 20mln.
The church donated 20mln.
George Soros will feed 115 elderly for 2 months during COVID.
President Sarkissian met the ambassador of UAE to discuss medical product supplies that the Healthcare Ministry needs. "We have to fight COVID together," said the ambassador.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183905
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/183969
http://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/279423/
https://factor.am/234051.html
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183959

COVID stats / rapid tests vs standard tests

265 infections. 18 healed (up from 14). 1315 tests came negative. 1 in critical condition. 5 in serious condition. 0 deaths.
0 infections in the army. 1 contractor soldier has a family member with COVID so he and 2 other soldiers took a test. Results later.
 
Healthcare Minister Torosyan:
The rapid 15-minute tests will be here this week. They aren't nearly as effective as the standard 5-hour test. The rapid test detects things caused by the virus, not the virus itself. We still have to find out whether it's worth using rapid on a mass scale.
We might later switch-back to standard slow/accurate tests. We did >200 such tests yesterday alone.
MP to Minister: can you test every service worker?
Healthcare Minister: No. If I get tested right now, I'll test negative, but I might catch the virus tomorrow. Should I take a 5-hour-long test every day? We will not mass-test people just because they ask to be tested. There needs to be symptoms/risks.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183906
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/183980
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1010060.html
https://factor.am/234150.html

govt relaxes media gag / clarification over removal

The law allows the Emergency taskforce to ban non-official COVID articles to prevent panic or harm caused by rumors during emergencies.
Earlier the ruling party submitted amendments to the law to reduce penalties on non-compliant media outlets. The govt is looking into removing the gag altogether.
 
Today the govt further relaxed the law by removing the 26th clause. That's the one that required outlets to remove rumors immediately.
Old 26th clause: Սույն գլխով սահմանված դրույթների խախտմամբ կատարված հաղորդումները ենթակա են անհապաղ վերացման այն կատարած անձանց կողմից: (immediately remove non-compliant articles)
New clause: 26-րդ կետն ուժը կորցրած ճանաչել (the 26th clause is canceled)
 
With that part removed, it appears that the outlets will instead be required to edit articles to include the government's official response to the rumor, within 2 hours after such a response is issued. (It took a global pandemic to teach journalism to Armenian journalists.)
 
Moreover, when an Armenian outlet re-publishes COVID info originating from a foreign outlet, it has to include the foreign outlet's name in the headline so the reader will know immediately where it is originating from.
 
A group of Armenian journalists appreciated the government's quick response and the "small improvement", but they insist on removing the entire gag law. "I understand why the government would do this under emergency, but the media should be able to do its job because the information coming from govt could be limited," added OSCE.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183926
http://www.irtek.am/views/act.aspx?aid=152485
https://factor.am/233952.html
https://factor.am/233818.html

Artsakh police catch a fake news spreader

Sanitation workers travel around Artsakh to disinfect areas against COVID.
Someone uses a Facebook Messenger to spread fake voice messages about these sanitation workers committing burglaries.
The police catch and warn the user.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/183966

police enforcing movement restrictions

Police are patrolling the streets. Personal cars cannot have more than 2 people inside. 92 people were told to exit cars for exceeding the limit. (did they just ask them to walk home lol)
2 drivers were fined. 78 people were fined for violating lockdown.
Later they identified 659 drivers who had too many passengers and asked everyone to get out.
Those without an ID were picked up from the street and taken to a police station for identification and warning.
Magic wand. People began to fill out papers before leaving their homes. The streets became visibly empty. Wonders can happen when good laws are enforced. BEND THAT CURVE NOW!
https://youtu.be/j54o23n-EOM
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183921
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183951
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/183996

food inspectors patrolling stores

The Foood Safety Committee will enforce the rule that requires stores to give masks and gloves to employees.
Employees must use gloves while touching products like bread, then throw away the gloves after handling dirty items like cash.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1010031.html

Central Bank shuts down a loan firm

Central Bank says a famous loan firm Varks.am violated the rules about minimum required capital. Their license is revoked.
A QP MP accused the firm of having dishonest practices and said they'll discuss the topic in Parliament.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183914
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183915

Pashinyan about utility bill waivers

Pashinyan said:
We aren't going to pay everyone's utility bills during COVID. The aid will be directed to those who actually suffered losses.
A govt worker still earns wages, so why should we give them aid? Someone who is financially well off doesn't need it. Someone living only on a pension still receives their pension, so there is no change in their financial life.
From day one, I asked the emergency coordinator Avinyan to speak with utility firms so they won't cut gas, electricity, water for those who are unable to pay their bills, but we kept this secret initially because we didn't want everyone to learn about this and take advantage of it if they didn't need to.
(Brings an example) Those who consume 2mln Dram worth gas per month are automatically assumed to be wealthy enough to pay their bill during COVID. Their gas will be cut if they don't pay, but someone who is low-income will receive a pardon.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183962

Pashinyan about unregistered workers

PM during a Parliament session:
We've been telling people to come out of the grey economy and register as legal employees in the past 1.5 years, including unlicensed taxi drivers, whose job we recently made easier by removing some fees.
Only those who are legally registered will feel the benefits of the COVID aid package because we'll be able to find and help only legal ones.
Nonetheless, the govt feels obligated to help the non-registered workers too, but we have a problem with finding them.
A grey worker who is officially registered as unemployed can't receive the aid now because they won't be able to prove they lost their job recently.
We think many unregistered workers are low-income, thus they'll be covered under the proposed expansion of PAROS social aid service.
 
BHK MP: don't you think the aid for businesses is too little when you split the proposed sum between them?
Pashinyan: not all businesses will receive aid. Many are doing financially great right now. Between March 13-24 they hired 4,000 workers.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/183967

Nature Ministry submits the plastic ban bill

If the bill is passed, plastic shopping bags, except handle-less small bags for scaling, will be banned in stores beginning in 2022.
Minister Eric: we're working with the UN to examine the use of plastic in Armenia. I advise switching from plastic to glass bottles.
QP MP: people don't easily give up old habits. Do you plan to launch a public information campaign?
Minister Eric: we did, since 2019. Noticeable results. Up until 2018, they would look at you strangely if you voluntarily refused a plastic bag at a store. Now it's a normal practice..... The business will have time to adjust.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183919

Prosecutors bust embezzlement & abuse at pedagogical university

SOC earlier audited the Abovyan State Pedagogical University papers and sent the results to prosecutors. It's about a Foundation operated by the university. The prosecutors released a report saying:
University's Foundation signed cleaning contracts in 2016 and 2019.
The firm that won the 2016 contract turned out to be bogus. They submitted fake work practice. In reality, the firm didn't have employees until that point. This was verified with the IRS.
The firm also forged docs to claim they operated 50 cleaners while in reality, they had 26.
In Mar-2019 all cleaners quit the firm, yet the firm charged 9mln to provide cleaning operations for the following months. It turns out they didn't quit, and the firm actually cleaned the university, because the university was happy with the cleanup work. IRS says the firm did employment shenanigans to evade taxes.
 
Then the university signed a contract with the second firm in Jun-2019 which took the money but didn't work. The university staff signed 6 forged documents claiming the works were done.
 
In 2016 the university's Foundation created its own company to sell food on university territory. The land was leased without a fee.
Then, the Foundation chief's son illegally leased this land to another company and collected 3.5mln/mo since Aug-2019.
A felony case is launched on multiple counts.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183920

hahahahahahaha

Gyumri municipality official demanded a $100 bribe from a resident in exchange for not hindering the resident's ability to register an apartment.
The resident then went to the police and wore a hidden camera so you can watch how the official takes the bribe and gets arrested.
A felony case is launched. Can we get the police to stream these busts on Twitch?
https://youtu.be/xMLoNzv_Ngc
https://factor.am/233999.html

1st lady gets a citation for letting daughter drive

The police gave a $20 ticket to PM's wife Anna Hakobyan because she was teaching her middle daughter how to drive. "We did it in our backyard. As it turns out, even there she doesn't have the right to be on the wheel," said 1st lady.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/184013

bill to increase NGO transparency / IRS / money laundering

The Parliament voted 96-16 to approve a govt bill to require all NGOs to provide an annual public report. It was lobbied by the IRS.
"The [old] law requires a public report only if the organization is funded by govt. Some organizations are fully privately funded and aren't transparent at all.
Orgs will publish the number of employees and volunteers not at a later date, but earlier than it is done right now.
Only volunteers who work >20 hours per week need to be added to the transparency report.
To reduce the burden on Orgs, the law will allow them to publish reports online without physical work."
 
There are 4,000 such organizations, with 500 being active.
Some NGOs raised concerns, saying the new transparency requirement could be used to pressure NGOs.
QP MP to IRS boss: some NGOs raised concerns. Do you think this bill can endanger NGOs and open them to abuse in the future?
IRS boss: No, this is about making NGOs transparent. We want non-profits to publish their financial report. If a government comes and wants to abuse organizations, there are many ways it can be done.
QP MP: can't the journalists check the NGOs? Does the IRS have to do it?
IRS boss: this is about introducing transparency so journalists can do their work more efficiently by accessing the now-available info. There is a public demand for this transparency.
 
The bill was also advised by FATF (global anti-money laundering and terror financing taskforce) to fight financial abuse by organizations. "Each country has to have laws to ensure non-profits' financial and managemental transparency."
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1009909.html
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1007574.html
https://factor.am/219085.html
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1008218.html
https://factor.am/227412.html
https://factor.am/227409.html

bill to reduce paperwork for foundations

Parliament voted 113-0? to approve a govt bill to introduce online tools to make it easier for foundations to publish annual public reports.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1009912.html

bill to limit govt non-profit chief's term

Parliament voted 108-2 to approve a LHK bill to impose a 6-month limit for acting chiefs of government-run non-profits.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1009994.html

bill to regulate ads in Yerevan / less crap on walls

Parliament passed a QP bill to prohibit the commercial placement of unregulated ads in some public areas such as street light poles, pillars, trees, city furniture. Exceptions are apartment complexes and designated areas.
Govt will install special billboards and allow people to place ads free of charge. There are 360 designated areas ATM.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1009922.html
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/180345

bill to require govt appliances to be energy-efficient

Parliament voted 115-0? to approve a govt bill to require govt agencies to purchase energy-efficient equipment (e.g. light bulbs) in the future.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1009913.html

free cancer drugs

Update: Healthcare Ministry earlier negotiated with Swiss Roche pharmaceutical firm to reduce the breast cancer drug prices by 40%. This would allow the govt to subsidize the care.
The subsidy program has begun. Patients in 4 hospitals are getting the meds for free. The surgery was made free last year.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1010042.html

oil prices low / land of fire on fire

Saudis and Russians wanted to artificially raise oil prices by cutting output. They couldn't reach a deal. Saudis then pumped tons of oil to punish others and push their own product to markets. Oil dropped to $25.
Azerbaijan calculates its budget assuming oil is $55. The 57% of budget revenues are supposed to come from oil. 91% of foreign trade income is oil products.
The Manat currency is in danger again, as it happened in 2015 when it got devalued twice, wiping large savings owned by ordinary Azeris. Protestors took the streets at the time.
After the 2015 fiasco, Aliyev said they want to reduce reliance on oil prices. The plan was to increase oil giant SOCAR's foreign business dealings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Turkey, and to build new oil-product processing factories in Azerbaijan.
All this required money. SOCAR accumulated a $10bln debt while Azerbaijan's foreign debt is $9bln. Other state firms like AzerEnergy and AZAL also got under debt.
One possible reason why the debt is "distributed" among various firms is to claim on paper that Azerbaijan-the-country's debt is low thanks to glorious leader Ilham.
Today the govt claims to have $50bln strategic reserves, up 13%. If true, this could keep things stable for a while, but not for too long.
AZ can't just make more $ by exporting more oil. The exports even reduced 3-6% recently. They're exporting below their OPEC+ allowance.
The economic diversification rhetoric yielded no significant results. Oil is still the king.
The real b-tch in this story is the fact that Aliyev can't simply cut social spending to reduce risks. Recently, he dismissed the Parliament for not caring about public enough and being "behind the president". Then the oil prices dropped. Any social cut now is entirely on Aliyev's shoulders.
Tough times ahead for AZ govt for the next several months or longer.
How will that affect foreign policy?
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183765

wages up / GDP up / service, trade state

Jan-Feb 2019: GDP +6.5%
Jan-Feb 2020: GDP +8.7%
Construction +6, electricity production +23, services +11, trade volume +6, industrial production +15.
Exports +8. Imports -1.
 
Consumer Price Index -0.1
Industrial product prices +0.7
Average nominal wages +10
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/183932

DISCLAIMER

1) The accused are innocent until proven guilty in the court of law, even if they sound guilty.
2) Currency in Armenian ֏ unless specified otherwise. NSS/SIS/SOC = law enforcement agencies. QP = Civil Contract Party. LHK = Bright Armenia Party. BHK = Prosperous Armenia Party.
3) ARCHIVE of older posts by Idontknowmuch: PART 1 ; PART 2 ; PART 3 ; PART 4 ; PART 5.
4) ARCHIVE of older posts by Armeniapedia.
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Rockstar Cans - Table of Where you can/can't find 'em

FINAL UPDATE 20171006 1200 EST

Map!

(The pins are specific locations only when provided, otherwise middle of the city/region; yellow icons are poptarts)
This post has the most recent news at the top. If you are new to this, start at the top of the "USA Table" and read in reverse :)
FYI: I will no longer maintain this thread, especially now that FL has them showing up!

PopTarts UPDATE: (things get ugly)

I discovered in a customer service chat this morning (9/12) that Kellogg's has retroactively change the rules. Walmart boxes will NOT give double XP Boosts until November. They have re-written the FAQs, and are lying directly to customers saying that the FAQ has never changed. Further, you can only get one sparrow per Kellogg's Family Rewards account, no matter how many poptarts you purchase at Target.
Zoe 09/12/17 08:28:16 - I am sorry to tell you this but, you have submitted that receipt early and that's why you only got one. That promotion for two it starts in November. Zoe 09/12/17 08:34:21 - One Sparrow per membership.

It IS possible to use Poptarts boxes without the promotion printing

BiggChief61 discovered that the UPC codes are the same on promotion boxes and non-promotion boxes, and we're waiting to hear back if they will accept. Text responses state that due to popularity, codes may take 48-72 hours. Confirmed, this does work. I received codes from non-D2 marked boxes

Bungie Help article on when and how to get various bonuses (Preorders, Poptarts, Rockstar, etc

In general, wait until you have access to the Farm or have completed the campaign. Once you redeem, the rare engrams (blue) show up in your postmaster at your current power level, may want to wait until you are higher power!
-Websites are now live!

Poptart receipts MUST be texted or emailed

  1. TAKE A PICTURE of your receipt containing the Qualifying Purchase and TEXT it along with the keyword D2XP to short code 89332 OR EMAIL it to [email protected] (Choose one (1) method only). Must be a Kellogg's Family Rewards member or join KFR.

A 4th code bonus option available: Tek310 reports:**

3 can tops per week unless you can stomach those hunter cans. Those give you up to I think 1 extra engram per tab. It's actually only 1 extra for a total of 4. When you reach your [weekly] max of 3, it will say 1 bonus reward avaliable. Enter a blue tab to redeem

Blue Tabs ARE Hunter Cans / Weekly period dates are shown in this image#

See this image from my account after I logged my first code. To get the bonus engram, the 4th MUST be a hunter can. Tested: The first 3 codes can be any code. The fourth code will be ignored if not a Hunter can (other than getting another prize entry); I know this because I burned one on accident :P. New Evidence: http://imgur.com/gallery/xRk54 Evidence: https://imgur.com/gallery/n6JYK 4th can each week MUST be a Hunter can: credit:SIGNOFDUALITY

Can type makes a difference!# From the website:

Three grand prize winners will get a Destiny 2 themed motorcycle, based on the legendary Husqvarna 701 enduro model. Each guardian edition can earns an entry to the matching guardian themed motorcycle — collect them all for more chances to win.

New Website Rules (emphasis mine)# Selected excerpts from the official rules:

Now also mapping Poptarts! Use text search on the table, or go to the map and hide the Rockstar maps Added US text below (also applies to Canada) Thanks to the mods, it's now linked in the info bar above!
tl;ddw: Rockstar cans have codes printed on the underside of the pull-tabs, 1 engram per code, 3 engrams/week/account, chance for RL prizes. Post here if you find/don't find.
Help your fellow guardians find Destiny 2 Rockstar cans & codes: Please post your city and state, or region and country, and if you have or have not found cans of Rockstar with the Destiny 2 promotion codes. I'll compile them into a 4-column table of city, state, and found or not found, and store. Feel free to also post any details about your search you like.

Please post a new comment, so I get a notification, otherwise it gets buried

I'll do my best to update daily, and post the date/time of the update. Places found will be in bold.

These can be ordered by the case from this website: http://www.rockstarenergyshop.com/energy.html

Titan (original) | Warlock (Punched) | Hunter (Zero Carb) $29.99 in the us per case of 24 ($1.25 per can) BUT they charge $27.27 for shipping per case to my home for a grand total of $57.26, or $2.39 per can credit to Kytona!

*Shipping prices DO change per location, thanks to Tenser57 *

Official Activision Announcement (along with Pop-Tarts)
My detailed comment in BenFromBritain's post (it has text copied and pasted):
THEY REVISED THE Poptarts FAQ Special Promotions: 1. Walmart - get 2 XP Boost codes STARTING IN NOVEMBER 2. Target - get 1 XP Boost Code and 1 Sparrow (only 1 Sparrow per account) 3. Everyone else gets 1 XP boost code
BusinessWire Post
Text of the announcement with a photo of the pop-tarts boxes
The Kellog's Rewards site Capture of their banner: http://imgur.com/a/zPCO7
Here are 2 photos of the cans, one shows the text, they are screenshots of @moreConsole's video: http://imgur.com/a/ztxId Source Video
roxasrini posted the rockstar website can photos from different regions
US Website: http://destiny2.rockstarenergy.com/US UK Website: http://destiny2.rockstarenergy.com/GB DE Website: http://destiny2.rockstarenergy.com/DE
Website text
"Score Loot - Starting 1.9.17 Come back 1st of September to register and start entering ring pull codes for in-game gear and the chance to win epic prizes." You can enter your email for an update on Sept 1st.
*credit to Samurai_Devil

Known Flavors (per announcement & users):

Titan: Original (US/Canada/UK/Germany) Warlock: Tropical Guava (UK), Burner (Canada), Zero Carb/Sugar Free (US/Germany) Hunter: Zero Carb "Blueberry Pomegranate Acai" (US/Canada), XDurance (Canada)
Printed Text on the can that's visible in the image above:
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i.e. Dayton, OH: I searched Speedways, Kroger, Meijer, and Walmart, and not found.

The USA Table:

City State Found? Y/N Store(s)
Anchorage AK Y
Ft Wainwright AK Y Shoppette
Auburn AL Y Kroger
Decatur AL Y Walmart
Hazel Green AL Y Walmart
Mobile AL N PopTarts
Conway AR Y Walmart (including poptarts)
Rogers AR Y Walgreens
Wynne AR Y Citgo
Avondale AZ Y Fry's Food and Drug 10th
Chandler AZ Y Chevron
Lake Havasu City AZ Y Safeway
Mesa AZ Y Walmart on Country Club and Baseline
Phoenix AZ Y Safeway, QuickTrip, Fry's Marketplace by Anthem, but not Circle K, other Fry's, Walmart; pop-tarts @ Walmart
Scottsdale AZ Y
Tucson AZ Y QuikTrip
Conway AR Y Walmart on Dave Ward
Fayetteville AR N Walmart, Kum-N-Go gas stations, Target, and Harp's
Little Rock AR N Walmart, Target
Auburn CA Y Target
Benicia CA Y 7-11
Camarillo CA Y 7-11, Chevron, Walmart, Vons, Target (also has poptarts)
Fremont CA Y CVS in Fremont Hub
Hesperia CA Y Target
Lakewood CA Y Winco
Los Angeles CA Y Citadel Outlet Vending Machines, Walmart, some 7-11s
Monterey Park CA Y Shell
Orange County CA Y
Oakland CA N
Orange County CA Y Ralph's, some 7-11s, but not Albertson's, Chevron
Orinda CA Y CVS
Pinole CA Y Target
Pasadena CA Y 7-11
Rocklin CA Y Safeway
Sacramento CA Y Target
San Bernadino CA Y 7-11, Albertsons, Vons, Stater Bros.
San Diego CA Y 7-11, Arco, CVS, but not AM/PM, Walgreen's
Sanger CA Y Walmart
San Francisco CA Y Target @ Metreon, Walgreens
San Jose/Santa Clara CA Y Safeway, 7-11
Santa Maria CA Y Mobil
Santa Monica CA Y Pavilions
Sonora CA Y Walmart
Stockton CA Y Safeway
Vallejo CA Y Safeway
Woodland CA Y Walmart, 7-11
Aurora CO Y Walmart, King Soopers (poptarts, too)
Colorado Springs CO Y 7-11
Denver CO Y 7-11, Philips 66
Westminster CO Y Walmart, 7-11
Milford CT N Pilot, Target at the mall
New Haven CT N
Simsbury CT N Poptarts @ 06070, Simsbury, CT Stop n Shop
Waterford CT N Target has poptarts
DC DC Y CVS in L'Enfant Plaza
Georgetown DE N Walmart has poptarts
Broward FL Y Walmart zip 33321
Crestview FL Y Lowe's, Publix, Walmart, Walgreens, Tom Thumb, Murphy's
Defuniak Springs FL N Publix, Walmart (has poptarts), Walgreens, Tom Thumb, Murphy's
Merritt Island FL N Target, Publix, 7-11, Racetrack, Circle K, BP, Cumberland Farms
Niceville FL N Publix, Walmart, Walgreens, Tom Thumb, Murphy's
Orlando FL Y Walmart @ 11250 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32817; and poptarts
Port Charlotte FL Y Publix
Port St Lucie FL N
Vero Beach FL N
West Palm Beach FL N
Alpharetta GA Y Walmart
Central Region GA N Kroger, Target and Riteaid
Loganville GA Y Walmart
Riverdale GA Y Walmart
Roswell GA Y Walmart
Stone Mountain, Tucker GA Y Quiktrip
Honolulu HI N
Des Moines IA Y QuikTrip
Iowa City IA Y Deli Mart
Sioux City IA N Walmart, Kum and Go, various gas stations poptarts found at Walmart
Idaho Falls ID Y Winco Foods, but not Walmarts or gas stations
Chicago IL Y Walgreens, Jewl on 95th & Roberts in Hickory Hills, Speedway on Harlem and 183rd, Walmart on 159th and La Grange
DeKalb IL Y Fasmart
Granite City IL Y Mobil
Grayslake IL Y Shell, Thornton's
Gurnee IL Y Jewel-Osco
Plainfield IL Y Speedway
Round Lake Beach IL Y Jewel-Osco
Carmel IN Y Speedway, Walmart
Crown Point IN Y Speedway
Indianapolis IN Y Speedway, Target Meijer, Kroger, Shell, Getgo, BP, Rickers
Kokomo IN N
Noblesville IN Y Speedway, Target
Bonner Springs *KS Y Price Chopper
Hutchinson KS Y Dillons incl. poptarts. Poptarts at Walmart
Leavenworth KS N Poptarts at Walmart
Lenexa KS Y Quiktrip, but out of stock, not Hen House
Manhattan KS N Walmart, Dillons
Olathe KS Y Walmart on Alden & 135th
Overland Park KS Y QuikTrip at Pflumm and College not yet Minit Mart, 7-11, Walmart
Shawnee KS Y Phillips 66, not Walmart (has PopTarts), Target
Wichita KS N Dillons has pop-tarts
Elizabethtown KY Y Target Poptarts
Ft. Campbell KY Y Airfield Minimall
Leitchfield KY Y Walmart, and poptarts
Hammond LA Y Quickway
Shreveport LA Y Target on E 70th St
Boston MA N
Cape Cod MA N
Sandwich MA Y Speedway on rt 130
Springfield MA N
Winchester MA N
Woburn MA N
Columbia MD N
Glen Burnie MD N
Ellicot City MD Y Giant at Dorsey Hall
Joppa MD Y Sheetz
Silver Spring MD Y Target, Giant
Ann Arbor MI Y BP @ 402 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Birch Run MI Y 7-11
Dorr, Kalamazoo MI N Meijer, Kroger, Citgo, BP, J&H, Exxon, and a couple mom n pop stops
East Lansing MI N Meijer, Kroger
Flushing MI Y Kroger
Grandville MI Y Walmart, Meijer
Grand Haven MI Y
Mt Morris MI Y Kroger
New Hudson MI Y Walmart, Sunoco, Copper Creek Vineyard
Novi MI Y Walmart, Shell, Target
Walker MI Y BP
Wixom MI Y Mobil, Valero
Wyoming MI Y Walmart
Ypsilanti MI Y Walmart
Eden Prairie MN Y Holiday
Branson MO N
Camdenton MO Y Walmart
Kansas City MO Y QuikTrip, 7-11, Phillips 66, Macaluso's, Price Chopper, Hy-Vee
O'Fallon MO Y Target, Quiktrip
Osage Beach MO Y Murphy USA, Walmart
Overland Park MO Y QuikTrip
Platte City MO Y Walgreens
Smithville MO N Poptarts at Price Chopper
St Louis MO Y Walmart, Mobil
Springfield MO Y Walmart
Biloxi MS N Walmart, Chevron
Hernando MS N
Charlotte NC N Poptarts at Walmart
Eastern region NC N
Garner NC N Poptarts at Walmart
Greensboro NC N Lowes foods, Walgreens
Greenville NC N Walmart, Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Gas Stations
Jacksonville NC N Walmart (has poptarts), Sam's Club, Exxon, Circle K, BP, Speedway, Lowe's Food, Walmart Gas Stations
Raleigh NC Y Sheetz
Salisbury NC Y Sheetz
Wilmington NC N Gas stations
Bismarck ND Y Target, Dan's Supermarket, Tesoro
Omaha NE Y Target, Walmart, Casey's Cubby's, Bucky's
All NJ N 3 different gas stations and 4 chain retailer grocery stores
Boonton NJ N Walgreens, Speedway
Bound Brook NJ N 7-11
Bridgewater NJ N Wawa
Freehold NJ Y 7-11
Green Brook NJ N 7-11
Mahwah NJ N Poptarts at Walgreens
Manalapan NJ Y Wawa
Manville NJ N Walmart
Raritan NJ N Poptarts @ Stop N Shop
Rochelle Park NJ Y Shoprite
Somerville NJ N Target, Poptarts at Walgreens
Woodbridge NJ Y QuickCheck on Main, Poptarts at Shoprite
Albuquerque NM Y Walmart on Eubank, and poptarts
Las Vegas NV Y 7-11, Smith's, Terrible's
Buffalo NY Y Tops Walmart, Wegmans, 7 ups, Walgreens, 7-11; Target has pop-tarts: 2626 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14216; so does Wegman's & Walmart
Clifton Park NY Y Speedway, Target
Huntington Station NY N Poptarts at King Kullen
New Hyde Park NY N Stop and Shop has poptarts
New York City NY N Stop N Shop, Not found in or out of the city Poptarts at Duane Reade, KeyFood
Niagara Falls NY Y Tops Friendly Market
North Syracuse NY Y Target, Sunoco, Delta Sonic, Byrne Dairy
Springville NY Y Walmart
Dayton OH Y Walmart, Speedway, Kroger, Meijer, Target; poptarts, too, at Walmart, Kroger & Meijer
East Liverpool OH Y Giant Eagle
Howland OH *Y Country Fair
Huber Heights OH Y
Lakewood OH Y Giant Eagle
Niles *OH Y Marc's; Poptarts Not Rockstar at Giant Eagle. Nothing at Speedway
Parma OH Y BP gas station on Brookpark off of Rt 176 (Original Titan and Fruit Punch Warlock)/ BP gas station on corner of State Rd and Brookpark (Original Titan and Fruit Punch Warlock)/ Walmart off Brookpark (Only Original Titan found so far)/ Giant Eagle off Snow Rd (Original Titan and Fruit Punch Warlock)
El Reno OK Y Murphy USA
Central Region OR Y Target, 7-11
Portland OR Y Gateway Fred Meyers, Burlingame Fred Meyers, Albertsons
Beaver Falls PA Y Aldi: 2580 Constitution Blvd, Beaver Falls, PA 15010
Bullskin PA Y Sheetz
Chambersburg PA Y Walmart
Dickson City PA Y Giant
Ephrata PA Y Walmart on rt 322 & rt 222, soda aisle
Erie PA Y Sheetz, Walmart
Feasterville-Trevose PA Y Sunoco
Greensburg PA Y **Greengate Center: Chinese Buffet, Walmart )
Hamburg PA Y Walmart
Irwin PA N GetGo, Giant Eagle, Sheetz, Sunoco, Marathon (7/11), and Walmart
Mechanicsburg PA Y Sheetz
Northampton/Whitehall PA N Walmart, Wawa, Redner's, Redner's Quickstop, Giant
Nottingham PA Y Wawa
Philadelphia PA Y Wawa at 1900 Market St
Pittsburgh PA Y Sheetz has cans, Target has Poptarts, no cans found at Target, Sunoco, BP, 7-11, Rite-Aid
Pottsville PA Y Walmart, Sheetz
Scranton PA N Sheetz, Sunoco, Turkey Hill, Convenient Food Marts, Walmart, GIANT Food, Price Chopper, Target, Quinns, Wegmans, CVS, Rite Aid
Sinking Spring PA Y Wawa
Stroudsburg PA Y Wawa on Main st
Warminster PA Y Wawa davisville and county line, walmart on Street rd and Jacksonville rd.
Fort Mill SC Y QuikTrip
Memphis TN N
Eastern TN TN Y
Memphis TN Y Exxon, Walmart has poptarts
Nashville TN Y Target, Walgreens, Walmart, Speedway
Smithville TN Y Exxon
Arlington TX Y Walmart, Tom Thumb, Target
Austin TX Y C-Mart with Gulf Gas on 1st and Dittmar, Walmart. Poptarts at HEB (Slaughter and Manchaca), Walmart in South Park Meadows, Randall's, not Target
Copperas Cove TX Y Walmart
Dallas TX Y Tom Thumb
Ft Worth TX Y Kroger
Grand Prairie TX Y QuikTrip near Carrier
Houston TX Y
Killeen TX Y Walmart
Lubbock TX Y 7-11
New Braunfels TX Y Circle K corner of Walnut and IH35 North Frontage Rd
Northlake TX Y Quiktrip
Houston TX N
San Antonio TX N
San Marcos TX Y HEB
Ogden UT Y Smith's (and poptarts)
Roy UT Y Walmart (and poptarts)
West Jordan UT Y Walmart, Chevron
Arlington VA Y Giant (also has poptarts), 7-11
Blacksburg VA N Kroger, 7-11, Shell Stop In
Burke VA N Target has Poptarts only
Chesapeake VA Y Wawa, 7-11
Manassas VA Y Sheetz, Walmart and Giant Food has poptarts
Newport News VA Y Kroger, 7-11
Reston VA N Exxon, Sunoco
Richmond VA Y Sheetz Warmart, Kroger, Large retailers, 7-11, Wawa.
Winchester VA Y
Auburn WA N
Ft Lewis/McChord AFB WA Y Shoppette
Issaquah WA Y Fred Meyer
Maple Valley WA Y Chevron
Monroe WA Y Corner store near Golden City Buffet
Orting WA Y Gas stations, Safeway
Renton WA Y 7-11 at 108th and Petrovitsky / Carr Rd
Seattle WA N
Spokane WA Y Rosauers, Albertsons on S. Hill, Poptarts at Walmart
Woodinville WA N
Appleton WI Y Kwik Trips, BP/Mobile, Woodman's
Green Bay WI Y Kwik Trips, BP/Mobile
Kenosha WI Y Woodmans
Madison WI Y Kwik Trips, BP/Mobile
Oconomowoc WI Y Speedway
Oshkosh WI Y Kwik Trip on Jackson heading towards 41
West Allis WI Y Speedway
Fairmont WV Y Sheetz
Martinsburg WV Y Target, Walmart (no cans or tarts)
Morgantown WV Y Sheetz Walmart, Speedway

The Other Countries Table:

Region Country Found? Y/N Store(s)
Alberta Canada N
Burnaby, BC Canada N
Calgary, AB Canada Y Wholesale Club, by the case
Edmonton, AB Canada Y Co-op gas stations, 7-11
Ft McMurray Canada N
Lacombe, AB Canada Y Husky/Mohawk
Moncton Canada N Walmart, Petro-Can, Wilson Gas Bar
Mississauga, ON Canada Y Pioneer
Regina Canada N 7-11
Toronto, ON Canada Y Don Mills and Eglinton Superstore, Queen and Parliament Shoppers, Shell, 7-11, Sobey's, Convenience K at Yonge & Lawrence, Walmart, Mac's, gas stations
Trenton, ON Canada Y Rexall
Vancouver Canada N
Waterloo, ON Canada Y 7-11
Winnipeg MB Canada Y Walmart on McPhillips
Aachen Germany Y REWE
Augsburg Germany Y Netto
Bavaria Germany Y Lidl, but not Edeka
Berlin Germany Y Edeka, Kaufland
Dissen Germany Y Edeka
Melle Germany Y E-Center
Frankfurt am Main Germany Y REWE
Various Greece N
Various Ireland Y Iceland stores
Edinburg Scotland Y Tesco in Hermiston Gait
Various England Y Spar, the Co-op (3 locations), Jet fuel stations, McColl's, Tesco, Onestop (confirmed), Asda's, Morrison's, Home Bargains, corner shops around London Bridge but not Sainsbury's
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Some news you may have missed out on part 99.

Apologies, I had some personal issues.
-Netflix Confirms Partnership With Telenor Pakistan – Discount Bundles Expected
Telenor Pakistan has unveiled its partnership with Netflix Pakistan, the global leading internet video streaming service. As a part of Partnership, Telenor’s corporate and postpaid users in Pakistan will have the accessibility to add Netflix subscription fee to their monthly bill, eliminating the need of having Debit or Credit card to their Netflix accounts. New and existing Netflix users having Telenor sims will be able to select Telenor Pay options in their checkout box, so they can pay it via mobile.
-Pakistan Hindu Council dedicates upcoming Holi to Pakistan Day
Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) Sunday unanimously decided dedicating upcoming Holi festival, being celebrated on March 20, to Pakistan. Pakistan Hindu Council, in connection with Holi festival and Pakistan Day, will hold a colorful mega event on Wednesday, March 20, at the Shri Panchumukhi Hanuman Temple, Soldier Bazar, Karachi.
A large number of Pakistani Hindu families, holding national flags, will be present to demonstrate their love for beloved Pakistan. Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, who is also patron-in-chief of Pakistan Hindu Council said that patriotic Pakistani Hindu community has decided to celebrate the Holi in a very unique way.
-SBP Plans Low-Cost Housing Scheme for Disabled, Widows & Transgender
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is planning to launch a low-cost housing scheme for widows, children of martyrs, special persons, transgender citizens and people severely affected by terrorism. In this regard, the beneficiaries of the scheme will get a financing facility of up to Rs. 2.7 million from Islamic banks and Islamic banking divisions for housing units with a maximum limit of Rs. 3 million.
The beneficiary will be required to buy a plot and construct a house on it but they should be first time owners and should never have availed any financing facility from any bank and financial institution. The beneficiaries will repay the amount of financing in the next 12 and a half years including a maximum grace period of six months. The repayment of the amount will be made with a 5 percent additional amount.
-First plea filed in tribal court as judicial system becomes functional in erstwhile FATA
First plea has been filed in a tribal court on Monday after establishment of the judicial system in the tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa (KP), ARY News reported. The newly established judicial system has started working in the tribal districts in which a student hailing from Khyber Agency has filed plea for not registering him in the college.
-Turkish firms to modernise Pakistani submarines.
Turkey's Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc. (STM) will add some state-of-the-art features to Pakistan's Agosta 90B submarines as part of a modernization program. Pakistan's Ministry of Defense in 2016 chose STM over the submarines' French manufacturer for the modernization. The company has since paved the way for Turkish engineering exports, in an area that requires expertise in advanced technology.
The tender initially included an Agosta 90B submarine half-life modernization and was later expanded with the addition of modernization works for a second submarine. As part of the program, STM will enhance the capabilities of Pakistani submarines with the addition of Torpedo Countermeasure Systems and acoustic measurement sensors. To that end, an amendment to the initial contract was recently signed by STM General Manager Murat İkinci.
-Canadian investors urged to benefit from Pakistan’s liberal market economy
High Commissioner of Pakistan in Canada Raza Bashir Tarar urged the Canadian investors to avail the opportunity of investment in Pakistan as the country had a liberal market economy with no restraint on repatriation of dividends for the foreign investors. The high commissioner said this in a meeting with Canada Pakistan Affiliated Chamber of Trade (CPACT) to discuss strategy to facilitate trade contacts between business platforms of Pakistan and Canada, according to a press release on Sunday.
He informed the businessmen associated with the chamber that improved security situation and restored macroeconomic stability in Pakistan had created a favourable environment for economic growth. The envoy emphasised on developing synergy between the chambers and trade bodies of the two countries to exploit full potential of the economic opportunities. He added that the high commission would work with the Canadian chambers and trade bodies to develop partnership with their Pakistani counterparts to explore avenues available to enhance trade relations.
-$4.1bn inflow in next two weeks, says Asad Umar
Finance Minister Asad Umar said on Saturday that there will be an inflow of around $4.1 billion in the next two weeks after which the State Bank of Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves will swell to over $12bn. Addressing a seminar on “Financing to Support Make in Pakistan”, organised by Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the minister said that an agreement has been reached with Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) for a loan of $2bn and the amount is expected to be remitted next week. He said that China is also expected to provide $2.1bn in the week thereafter.
Responding to a question, the minister said that loan from ADFD is being sought at a fixed interest rate of three per cent whereas the loan from China is being charged at 2.5pc. He explained that State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reserves, which stand at $8.116bn, will climb to over $12bn after these inflows. He said that the country’s bank deposits as a percentage of GDP stand very low as 85pc of the population believes that conventional banking is not Shariah-compliant, therefore Islamic banks will have to play their role in ensuring availability of funds in the banking system.
-Transport group imports decline 28.87pc
The imports of transport group decreased by 28.87 per cent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year compared to the same duration last year. The transport group imports during July-January (2018-19) were recorded at $1,826.127 million against the imports of $2,567.322 million during July-January (2017-18), according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Among the transport group, the imports of Completely Built Units (CBU) buses, trucks and other heavy vehicles decreased by 40.05 per cent – from $147.743 million last year to $88.574 million, whereas the imports of CBU motor cars decreased by 36.08 per cent – from $302.616 million to $193.430. The imports of CBU motorcycles also witnessed a negative growth of 41.19 per cent by falling from $3.982 million to $2.342 million.
-Promotion of fintech imperative for economic growth: Asad Umar
Pakistan Business Council on Saturday organised an event titled “Financing to Support: Make in Pakistan” at a local hotel in Karachi. The event was attended by important stakeholders ranging from startups, SMEs, agribusinesses to regulators, bankers and government officials.
In his opening speech, PBC CEO Ehsan Malik said, “The theme of the event, ‘Make in Pakistan’, reflects the council’s efforts in promoting the industrial sector of the country. Pakistan is deindustrializing at an alarming rate, from a high of 17.5pc of the GDP, the share of manufacturing dropped down to 12.1pc in 2018. This drop in the share of manufacturing has led to a reduction in the share of manufactured goods in Pakistan’s exports, besides a reduction in Pakistan’s share in the global exports.” Although the speakers were only given a time slot of 20 to 25 minutes to submit their presentations, they were still able to touch upon a variety of financing issues plaguing their respective sectors and present alternate models that could work as solutions.
-Around 835 people will be given jobs in Qatar, KP CM vows
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan announced on Saturday that around 835 skilled workers from Miramshah will be given jobs in Qatar.
After Prime Minister Imran Khan’s meeting with his Qatari counterpart Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani in Doha on January 21, a foreign office official had said that Pakistan would also discuss the issue of exporting Pakistani manpower to Qatar under which the people of Miramshah will be provided employment. During his speech, CM Khan said that the students who score well in their exams will be granted Rs30,000 to Rs50,000 as a prize.
“An interest-free loan will also be provided to the youth of Miramshah to set up businesses,” the CM stated. “Tourism will be promoted in Miramshah and all the problems regarding the IDPs of Waziristan will be resolved at the earliest.”
-Govt to Privatize TIP, PTCL and 47 Other Organizations
The federal government has decided to privatize Telephone Industries of Pakistan (TIP) and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL). This was revealed before the National Assembly Standing Committee on Privatization which met with Syed Mustafa Mahmood in the chair. The committee was informed that the government has decided to privatize 49 organizations within the next five years, comprising of two phases.
-Set up of the first information security conference in Pakistan
-Pakistan Foreign Exchange Reserves register significant increase
The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$14,956.2 million on March 01, 2019, said weekly report issued by the State Bank here on Thursday.
-Popular Youtube Tourist Drew Binsky annoucnes Pakistan tour.
-Pakistan's first Dalit woman senator to champion girls' education
As the first woman senator from Pakistan’s lowest Dalit caste, Krishna Kumari Kohli has an ambitious to-do list, from tackling honor killings to kidnappings and child marriage. But for the former child bride from a poor Hindu family, the need to improve women and girls’ health and education in the conservative Muslim-majority nation is closest to her heart.
“Never in my wildest of dreams did I think I’d ever become a senator,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Kohli’s election on Saturday marks a milestone in Pakistan both as a woman - who hold about one in five parliamentary seats - and as a member of the Dalit caste - a term she rejects as derogatory.
-PM Imran approves first-ever tariff policy
Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved first-ever tariff policy recommended by the Ministry of Commerce devised after detailed consultation, ARY News reported on Wednesday.
The new policy formulated on basis of transparency is being termed as an effective tool to simplify existing tariff structure. PM Imran Khan was briefed on the new tariff policy by the commerce secretary which will be presented before the federal cabinet after its formal approval. The premier was apprised that the policy was focused on gaining access to raw material and generation of employment.
-SECP: Company registration up by 26 percent
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 1,290 new companies in February. As compared to the corresponding month of last financial year, it represents a growth of 26 percent raising the number of registered companies to 96,510.
The massive increase is the result of the SECP’s various reforms measures, i.e. introduction of simplified combined process for name reservation and incorporation, one window facility for company incorporation and NTN generation, reduction of fee, assistance of incorporation by facilitation wings of CROs etc. Around 75 percent companies were registered as private limited companies, while around 22 percent were registered as single member companies. Three percent were registered as public unlisted companies and limited liability partnerships (LLP).
Foreign investment has been reported in 39 new companies. These companies have foreign investors from Argentina, China, Denmark, Germany, Jordan, Kenya, Korea South, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Sweden and the US. The highest numbers of companies, i.e. 468 were registered in Islamabad, followed by 322 and 240 companies registered in Lahore and Karachi respectively.
-Govt in talks with potential buyers for Pakistan Steel privatization: official
The government has been in talks with five to six parties for privatization of Pakistan Steel, Secretary Privatization on Wednesday told the National Assembly’s standing committee on privatization.
Federal Secretary on Privatization, Rizwan Malik, in a testimony on privatization programme before the National Assembly’s standing committee here said that from Year 1991 to 2018, the governments privatized 172 state-owned entities. The buyers interested in Pakistan Steel intend to enhance the production capacity of the mill to 3.5 million tonnes, the secretary said.
-Pakistan makes offer to Iranian government over various new Railways Routes
Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has emphasized the need to strengthen the two-way cooperation between Pakistan and Iran in rail sector.
He was talking to Islamic Republic News Agency during his visit to Iran. The Minister said Pakistan can send its products to Central Asian and European states using the Iranian rail network. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said Iran and Pakistan should cooperate in building railway links between Taftan and Quetta and Chahbahar and Gwadar.
-Pakistan foreign remittances register significant growth
The workers remitted US $14350.53 million in the first eight months (July to February) of FY19, showing a growth of 11.82 % compared with US $12833.64 million received during the same period in the preceding year. During February 2019, the inflow of worker’s remittances amounted to US $1576.51 million, which is 9.56% lower than January 2019 and 8.71% higher than February 2018.
-Pensioner's benefits to increase
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari has said the government is committed to raise Employees' Old-Age Benefits Institution pension amount up to minimum fifteen thousand rupees by 2023. Talking to APP, he said it is imperative to utilize EOBI funds rationally to handle the expenses to be incurred in five years.
-Pakistan Arms imports reduce significantly, Weapons imports from US drastically cut by 81%: Report
Pakistan's arms imports have reduced significantly during the last five years. Pakistan Arms imports decreased by 40 per cent between 2009-13 and 2014-18. US arms exports to Pakistan fell by 81 per cent between 2009-13 and 2014-18, it said. Pakistan has instead turned to other suppliers. For example, in 2018 it ordered 4 frigates and 30 combat helicopters from Turkey.
-PM Khan issues orders issuing of directive banning ministers from using more than one car
Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken notice of ministers using more than one official car and has directed the Chief Minister of Punjab, Usman Buzdar, to issue a notification banning all provincial ministers from using more than one car.
In this regard, CM Usman Buzdar has issued a notification and has directed Additional Chief Secretary Punjab and the Department of Administration and General Services to ensure that the policy is implemented with full effect; they have been further directed to enforce this policy forthwith.
-Pakistan Turkey FTA to take bilateral trade near $4 billion
President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Engr. Daroo Khan Achakzai has appreciated the efforts of Governments of Pakistan and Turkey to enter Strategic Economic Framework (SEF) for enhancement of bilateral relations in various sectors including trade, tourism, healthcare, hospitality, industry, education, housing, agriculture, aviation and banking. He stated the main purpose of SEF was to enhance bilateral trade by five times from current volume of $ 800 million (approximately). For achieving this goal, it was expected that both the governments might sign Free Trade Agreement during the current year. Pakistan and Turkey both were the members of ECO, D-8, CACCI and OIC and the existing trade volume does not reflect the strong friendly relations, said a FPCCI release here on Monday. FPCCI president urged the government of Pakistan to resolve/negotiate on all anti-dumping barriers imposed by Turkey on Pakistani textile and other items before the signing of the FTA .
-Pakistan inks CPEC Phase II with China
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said Pakistan had made an agreement for phase two of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) agreement with China
-KP launches afforestation plan
The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government has started work on a gigantic afforestation plan to increase forest areas up to 30 percent in next five years to mitigate growing effects of global warming and climate change in the country.
Under the plan, Billion Trees Afforestation Project (BTAP) has been extended to merged tribal districts of erstwhile FATA to use its vast land for plantation and efforts would be made to enhance forest cover to 30 percent from existing 26.3pc by 2023 in Khyber Pakthunkhwa, a senior official of Forest Department KP told APP on Sunday.
-Pakistan to receive $2 billion cash from friendly country
Abu Dhabi has agreed to deposit US$2 billion to the State Bank of Pakistan as part of its agreement to loan $3 billion to Islamabad. A deposit agreement was made between the State Bank of Pakistan and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development on Saturday. The funds are expected to be received shortly. In January, the State Bank of Pakistan received $1 billion of the $3 billion loan promised to the country by the UAE . The rate of return for the loan is 3%.
-Pakistan National Savings register unprecedented rise of 126%
The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has achieved the net target of Rs217 billion during first eight months (Jul-Feb) of the financial year 2018-19, as compared to the collection of Rs96 billion during the same period last year, showing a surge of 126pc. The total savings held by the CDNS stood at Rs1,376 billion as of February 28 while the directorate had Rs726 billion by the same date a year ago, a senior official of CDNS said.
-26 LPG Plants worth Rs 48 billions to be installed in Balochistan
Minister for Petroleum Ghulam Sarwar on Friday said that Rs48 billions has been released for establishment of 26 LPG air-mix plants in Balochistan to meet the gas demand there.
-Exxon Mobil report on Pakistani oil and gas discoveries to be released on March 15th
Drilling was stopped due to the srill strking ample rock, causing damage. The drilling will be resumed again in next two to three days after replacement of necessary parts in the equipment. Mehmood Molvi said offshore drilling report was due to be submitted on March 7, but it will now be released after March 15.
-PM Imran Khan launches medical package for the people of Tharparkar
Prime Minister Imran Khan said it was his first public meeting after the general election 2018, and he opted to visit Tharparkar as it was one of the most backward districts of Sindh, where 75% people were living below poverty line and some 1300 children had died due to malnutrition over the last three to four years. Imran Khan said his main objective behind the political struggle and reaching the power corridors was to pull the people of Pakistan out of poverty. He said today 112,000 families of Chachro were getting Sehat Insaf Cards, which would provide them Rs 720,000 per annum facility for free of charge treatment of various diseases at public and private hospitals. “We will provide this facility to every family throughout the district”, he added. The Prime Minister also announced two mobile hospitals equipped with medical and surgical facilities as well as four ambulances to cater to the medical needs of people in far flung areas of District Tharparkar. In order to address the water problem faced by the people of Tharparkar, he also announced the sanction of 100 reverse osmosis (RO) plants, to be installed in the area. The Prime Minister said the federal government would also provide electricity to the far flung areas of Tharparkar through solar system, which would also help run the RO plants in the area. He said the federal government would do whatever it could to help lift up the people of Tharparkar, who had left behind other areas of the country. The Prime Minister announced the launching of a political campaign in Sindh and invited the political workers and leaders to join Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf in serving the people of the province.
-Chinese company expresses interest in investing billions of dollars in PM's housing plan
HSS Group Wednesday expressed its commitment to allocate US$2 billion in partnership with Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co Ltd (XCMG) of China for building the five million homes project of the prime minister. This commitment was expressed by a delegation headed by XCMG General Manager Dr Hanson Liu and HSS Facility Management Chairman Syed Saman Hashemi, which called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here. Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood and Special Assistant to PM Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari were also present during the meeting. HSS Group is a global partner of XCMG and other major Chinese companies. XCMG is China’s nimber one leading total solution provider for global construction industry equipment and machinery. XCMG also expressed its willingness to set up a heavy equipment manufacturing plant/assembly-line in Pakistan. The prime minister was apprised that XCMG with its expertise of constructing high-rise buildings and housing units wanted to partner in prime minister’s five million housing program.
-NFIS targets three million new jobs, $5.5bn additional exports by 2023
The government has set a target of creating at least three million new jobs and additional exports of $5.5 billion by 2023. National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS), according to the Ministry of Finance, will enhance the usage of digital payments to 65 million active digital transaction accounts, increase deposit-to-GDP ratio to 55pc, promote financing to 700,000 small and medium enterprises, increase agricultural finance disbursements to Rs.1.8 trillion, serve six million farmers through digitalised solutions and enhance the share of Islamic banking to 25pc in the banking industry.
Chairing a meeting of the NFIS Council on Tuesday, Finance Minister Asad Umar said that his government was fully committed to improving the livelihoods of Pakistanis through job creation, promotion of entrepreneurship and enhancement in the access to formal financial services. During the 6th meeting of NFIS Council, Asad Umar said that the government prioritized NFIS as part of its agenda to achieve inclusive economic growth through digitalization of government payments, enhanced access to finance and deposit base, promotion of SMEs, easy and affordable access to finance to farmers, facilitation in low-cost housing finance and provision of Shariah-compliant banking solutions.
-Opportunity for Pakistan as US withdraws duty-free benefits from India
Pakistan is ready to avail the opportunity that emerged after the announcement made by the US that it was withdrawing special duty benefits on Indian exports under the Generalized System of Preference (GSP). “On March 5, the United States decided to withdraw import duty benefits which were in the range of 1-6pc, under its GSP programme,” a senior official of the Ministry of Commerce and Textiles told APP on Thursday.
He said that the US gave the status of GSP to 121 developing countries, including India, Afghanistan and Botswana, in order to get non-reciprocal, duty-free imports of certain products. “Around 2,000 Indian products were enjoying the duty-free status before the announcement.” The senior official said that the United States and Pakistan would discuss the matter in the coming meeting of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, which would be held this month. The meeting would also deliberate upon resolving different trade issues between the two countries, he added.
-South Asia’s first ever remote-controlled cranes arrive in Pakistan
Hutchison Ports Pakistan received three new remote-controlled quay cranes to mark the beginning of the terminal’s second phase in Karachi. The development will make Pakistan the first country in the South Asia region to install semi-automated, cabin-less cranes.
Hutchison Ports Pakistan, the country’s first and only deep-water container port, received the first installment of these high-tech cranes as part of its agreement signed with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co Ltd (ZPMC) for the purchase of eight new cabin-less remote-controlled quay cranes and 24 remote-controlled rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGCs). This incoming equipment will be the first of its kind in the country. Hutchison Ports Pakistan is the first container terminal in Pakistan that has adopted remote-controlled, semi-automatic and driver-less cab technology for its quay cranes. The new remote-controlled quay cranes will be able to lift a container weighing up to 65 tonnes under the spreader, ensuring safe and smooth operations.
-Rs 530 million illegally sent abroad have been recovered through its Assets Recovery Unit (ARU).
Rs 530 million illegally sent abroad have been recovered through its Assets Recovery Unit (ARU). “The amount has been recovered after tracing offshore properties and bank accounts”, sources said.
-Delegation of Mitsubishi Corporation encouraged by the business friendly policies
Kimihide Ando said that the company is encouraged by the business friendly policies of the present government and intends to further strengthen its footprint especially in meeting energy requirements of the country.
He also conveyed to the Prime Minister that the Government of Japan has decided to increase its engagement with Pakistan and support Japanese companies in increasing investment in Pakistan. The Prime Minister welcomed the decision of Japanese Government and the interest of Mitsubishi Corporation regarding exploration of greater business opportunities in Pakistan.
-Benami law implemented
PTI government has finally implemented the Benami Act in a bid to document the economy. It has given a go-ahead to the tax officials to seize properties, vehicles, and bank accounts registered with fictitious individuals. From now onwards, all moveable and immovable assets registered with fictional entities to avoid taxes will be confiscated.
The law will finally take effect today following a delay of more than two years. Notably, the term ‘Benami’ means holding assets or properties in the name of a person other than the benefiter of that account.
-Pakistan and Turkmenistan sign final version of TAPI Gas Pipeline network
Pakistan and Turkmenistan signed the final version of the Host Government Agreement on TAPI Gas Pipeline network in Islamabad today. The agreement was signed by the Secretary Petroleum Mian Asad Hayauddin and Chief Executive of TPCL Amanov.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Petroleum Ghulam Sarwar Khan reiterated Pakistan's commitment for an early and successful implementation of the TAPI project. He hoped the ground breaking of the project will be held in Pakistan this year.
-230 Pakistanis released from Saudi Arabia jail reach home
Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development Zulfikar Bukhari on Tuesday said 230 Pakistanis released from Saudi Arabia’s jail had reached the country, ARY News reported.
“The previous governments did not do anything for overseas Pakistanis. The ministry of overseas Pakistanis was known for corruption in Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) and Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI),” Zulfikar Bukhari said in a statement.
Every department of the ministry was ruined and the incumbent government would require some time to fix them, he said adding that he was not eager to announce new housing scheme for the OPF. “I want to first deliver to those from whom the ministry got money in the past.”
-Pakistan successfully test fires extended range missile from JF-17 Thunder
Pakistan Air Force successfully test fired indigenously developed extended range smart weapon from JF-17 multi-role fighter aircraft, today.
It is indeed a great milestone as the weapon has been developed, integrated and qualified solely through indigenous efforts of Pakistani scientists and engineers. The successful trial has provided JF-17 Thunder a very potent and assured day and night capability to engage variety of targets with pinpoint accuracy.
-Barca legend Puyol to visit Pakistan for WSS promotion
Barcelona legend Carles Puyol will land in Karachi on March 16 to officially kick-off the ticket sales for the 2019 World Soccer Stars event. Teams led by football greats Luis Figo and Ricardo Kaka will play two matches in Lahore and Karachi respectively between April 26 and 29. Earlier, french great Nicolas Anelka visited Islamabad for the promotion of the event, after Figo and Kaka visited Pakistan too.
-Choppers to take tourists to northern areas
In line with directives of the prime minister, the government has decided for the first time to issue licenses to private airlines to commence helicopter services in the northern areas. The separate category of license will be issued in order to promote licenses and will be known as Tourism Promotion and Regional Integration (TPRI). The firms desiring to offer helicopter services at the tourist spots will have licenses issued on their requests in two months and they will be valid for five years.
-Punjab aims to achieve 7% economic growth by 2023
After seven months in power, the provincial government of Punjab has revealed its growth strategy for 2018-23, reflecting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) long-term plan. The five-year plan is aimed at developing a people-centric growth strategy and addressing fundamental and structural imbalances in Punjab. Economic managers of the province want to move towards sustainable and regionally equitable economic growth.
The provincial government aims to achieve annual growth of 7% by 2023 through these strategies. The government also plans to reduce the ratio of idle youth in Punjab from 10.3% in 2017-18 to 8.8%. The success of the policy is conditional as the provincial government needs to launch vigorous efforts to raise its own resources.
-Govt approves machine tool factory’s revival plan
The government has approved the handing over of Pakistan Machine Tools Factory (PMTF) to the Strategic Plans Division in an effort to turn around the ailing state-owned tools manufacturing unit. The Ministry of Industries and Production informed the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet, in a meeting held last month, that PMTF’s assets as on June 30, 2018 were worth Rs6.92 billion and its liabilities stood at Rs5.59 billion. The liabilities included overdraft of Rs1.108 billion, accrued mark-up of Rs700 million and outstanding arrears of Rs865 million in salary and retirement benefits.
The ministry proposed three options for PMTF’s revival which included injection of Rs3.94 billion by the government comprising a soft loan of Rs2.105 billion and grant of Rs1.84 billion. The company management has projected a pre-tax profit of Rs195 million by financial year 2022-23.
-Govt approves Rs2bn worth Ramazan relief package
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, while deliberating upon a summary proposed by the Ministry of Industries and Production on Tuesday, approved Rs2 billion worth Ramazan relief package for the year 2019. According to sources, the Ministry of Industries and Production recommended the ECC to add 19 essential commodities, including ghee, sugar, flour, oil, pulses (channa, moong, mash, masoor), white gram, baisen, dates, rice (basmati, sella, broken), squashes & syrups (1,500ml and 800ml bottles), black tea, spices and milk, in the relief package for Ramazan.
“The main objective of the subsidy is to ensure the availability of essential commodities at reasonable prices for low-income families,” sources said, adding that the ministry also proposed the ECC to bring the Ramazan relief package to effect from May 1, 2019, as the holy month would commence from the second week of May. Sources said that the cabinet in its sitting this Thursday would most likely endorse the ECC’s decision with regard to the Ramazan package.
-Pakistan to offer gas fields to foreign explorers, investors
Pakistan plans to offer dozens of gas field concessions in the coming year to fill in a fuel shortage, a senior official said, with Islamabad hoping a sharp drop in militant violence and changes to exploration policy will attract foreign investors. Much of the mineral-rich South Asian nation remains unexplored despite gas discoveries dating back to the 1950s. Conventional gas reserves are estimated at 20 trillion cubic feet (tcf), or 560 billion cubic meters, and shale gas reserves, which are untouched, at more than 100 tcf.
Italy’s ENI and US oil major Exxon Mobil are jointly drilling for gas offshore in Pakistan’s Arabian Sea, but many other Western companies have not returned after leaving more than a decade ago because of Islamist militant violence. Nadeem Babar, head of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Task Force on Energy Reforms, said that the government was amending its natural gas regulation and drawing up its first-ever shale gas policy, with licensing rounds to follow later this year.
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