Top Colombian government positions to be reduced to one term limit
A Colombian Senate commission has approved the reduction of term limits for a number of top...
Tag: comptroller
Weather not only cause of drought in eastern Colombia: Govt watchdog
Colombia’s Comptroller’s Office released a report stating that agriculture and oil...
Comptroller suspends investigation of Colombian officials
Colombia’s Comptroller General Sandra Morelli suspended the tax investigation of numerous senior officials due to a lack of clarity over the office’s jurisdiction, reported local media. The Supreme Judicial Council...
At least $31M missing from Colombia’s mining sector
At least $31 million has been squandered or diverted from Colombia’s mining sector according to a royalties audit, Colombia media reported Tuesday. The preliminary results of the audit by Colombia’s Comptroller...
Colombian city goes 6 days without water, comptroller investigates
The comptroller of Manizales launched a preliminary investigation into the nearly week-long water shortage as the city completes its sixth day without water, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. Manizales Comptroller...
Official threatened over vehicle register investigation: Comptroller
Infrastructure Comptroller Nelson Izaciga has received threats for starting an investigation into the National Driving and Vehicle Register, according to the comptroller general. Caracol Radio reported that the comptroller...
Drug agency mismanaged 95,000 seized assets: Comptroller
The National Narcotics Office, the government agency which handles properties seized from criminals with drug-related charges, mismanaged nearly 100,000 assets, Caracol Radio reported Monday. According to a leaked confidential...
Authorities investigate irregularities in north Colombia canal repair contract
Colombia’s Comptroller General’s Office initiated investigations against the corporation in charge of maintaining the north Bolivar department’s Dique Canal over irregularities leading to the alleged loss of...
Governor of Antioquia investigated for fiscal misconduct
The national comptroller announced Friday that he opened an investigation against the governor of Antioquia for fiscal misconduct regarding road construction budgets, Caracol Radio reports. Luis Alfredo Ramos Botero, the...
Saludcoop union won’t affect investigation process: Comptroller
Colombian Comptroller General Sandra Morelli said that the Saludcoop leadership’s decision to unionize will not affect investigations moving forward against the recently intervened health insurance company (EPS), local...
Unfulfilled contracts spark proceedings against Bogota IDU directors
The Bogota Comptroller’s Office has opened fiscal responsibility proceedings against the former and current directors of the city’s Urban Development Institute (IDU) for failure to comply with public infrastructure...
Investigation into reward payments for ‘FARC’ murders
Colombia’s comptroller general has opened investigations into the alleged payment of rewards for the killing of three FARC guerrillas in 2005, 2007 and 2009, El Espectador reported Thursday. The comptroller has apparently...
