Police unveil new uniform for 2010
Colombian police announced Monday that they will unveil a new uniform in February, with the intention of giving the force a more friendly image. The changes will be launched first…
Colombian police announced Monday that they will unveil a new uniform in February, with the intention of giving the force a more friendly image. The changes will be launched first…
Hit men on Saturday killed a councilor from the south eastern Colombian town of Trujillo while he attended a family event. Colonel Nelson Aceros, police commander for the department of…
The renovated house of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is due to open in February but bears little resemblance to his original birthplace, claim frustrated visitors and town residents. At a first…
Bogota’s fire department, in a joint operation with the Civil Defense and Aviation authorities, managed to extinguish five of the six fires that threatened the south-eastern outskirts of the Colombian…
Thousands are expected to take part in the annual carnival in the southern Colombian town of Pasto which is held from January 2 to 7.
President Alvaro Uribe declared his New Year’s intention to rescue all hostages held by illegal groups throughout Colombia in an interview Wednesday with the National Police Station. During the interview,…
Colombia’s national government announced Thursday the increase in 3.64 percent to the country’s minimum wage from 2010 bringing the basic pay figure to COP514,987 (US$252). The increase in basic pay,…
300 extortionists were captured and some 71 anti-gang operations orchestrated by Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS, who delivered their annual balance report Wednesday. The balance was delivered by DAS director Felipe…
A Colombian man built a chessboard using figures depicting the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela after ongoing tensions between the two countries sparked the idea. Faryd Jose Quintero and his…