Santa Marta improves facilities for the disabled
The Capital of the department of Magdalena, Santa Marta, is to adopt a pilot program to improve facilities for the disabled, government officials decided in a meeting on social development…
The Capital of the department of Magdalena, Santa Marta, is to adopt a pilot program to improve facilities for the disabled, government officials decided in a meeting on social development…
A train crash in the north of Colombia has left at least four people dead, local media report. The head-on collision took place Sunday evening between the towns of Guamachito…
The second Colombian Microfinance Congress will begin Thursday March 31, in Santa Marta, Dinero reported Wednesday. Top executives in the microfinance industry from Colombia, the U.S., Spain, Peru and El…
The Colombian National Police’s continued offensive against criminal organizations has resulted in 23 arrests, including a leader of the “Los Rastrojos” drug trafficking gang, newspaper El Espectador reported Friday. Police…
The governor of the north Colombian Magdalena department says the Civil Defense agency has found “possible irregularities” on the part of the mayors who conducted the census of flood victims…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday convicted former Magdalena governor, Jose Domingo Davila Armenta, for dealings with paramilitaries. The former governor of the northern Colombian department of Magdalena was sentenced to…
The director of Colombia’s disaster agency Civil Defense says that surveys listing the number of flood victims are inconsistent and occasionally wrong, El Espectador reported Tuesday. Major General Jairo Duban…
The town of Pedraza in northeast Colombia was flooded 83 days ago, but inhabitants of the town are still wondering when the promised government aid will come, reported Caracol Radio…
The governor of the northern Colombian department of Magdalena was dismissed Monday over the mismanagement of government funds. The national government’s appealed against the decision of a local court to…