Ottawa, Ontario – (September 27, 2010) – Clearford Industries Inc. (“Clearford” or the “Company”, TSX-V: CLI) today announced agreements with two municipal governments representing towns near Cali, Colombia to design and supply the Clearford waste-water collection and treatment system. This agreement is for the residential areas of San Pedro and Cerrito, Valle de Cauca, which [...]
President Juan Manuel Santos said that the goal for the next four years is to triple the number of visitors to Colombia’s national parks. “We need the support of the private sector to build and equip access to trails and tourist facilities,” he said. “We will promote a new Tourism Policy of Nature in all its [...]
The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón reported that the National Government’s goal over the next four years is to create 250 thousand new jobs in the tourism sector. This was announced Monday during the celebration of Tourism, which took place at the Marriot Hotel in Bogota, Colombia. President Santos said that to stimulate the growth of [...]
Discover Colombia News provides this syndication from the original story that was posted on September 27, 2010 on the CNN News website. (CNN) – Colombia’s attorney general removed and disqualified Sen. Piedad Cordoba from the Congress for 18 years for having “promoted and collaborated” with the FARC guerrillas, the attorney general’s office said in a statement. Attorney General [...]
Villa Del Leyva, Colombia is one of the most preserved colonial towns in the country. The historic town founded in 1572 was declared a National Monument in December 17, 1954. This colonial town has become a popular tourist destinations for the citizens of Bogota who want to get away for the weekend as it is [...]
RCN News in English reports the death of top FARC leader and commander Mono Jojoy.
Discover Colombia News provides this syndication from the original story that was posted on September 25, 2010 on the BBC News website. Experts in Colombia are trying to crack the codes to 15 computers and almost 100 memory sticks belonging to Colombia’s largest rebel group. They were seized on Thursday after a massive raid on a Farc jungle [...]
Discover Colombia News provides this syndication from the original story that was posted on September 26, 2010 in the Los Angeles Times. Billions of U.S. dollars later, Colombia gets the upper hand in battle on rebels, drugs By CHRIS KRAUL Reporting from Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia– Ten years after the U.S. began pouring billons of dollars into a largely [...]
Discover Colombia News provides this syndication from the original story that was posted on September 25, 2010. UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) — Colombia on Friday declared its desire to have a seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2011-2012, representing Latin America and the Caribbean. “I make explicit today, before this Assembly, my [...]
