The FARC, Colombia’s main guerrilla group, began the process of disarmament, an essential point of the peace agreement signed with the government to end half a century of confrontation. Historic news for Colombians,” tweeted President Juan Manuel Santos hours before the disarmament of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) began in different areas throughout […]
Archives for March 1, 2017
1,542 MEP officials have recently resigned
Since the beginning of the school year, the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) has received 1,542 resignations. Officials resign due to “personal matters”, but they also argued that the want to spend more time with their families, that they do not like the location of the educational center or that there is no Internet in […]
2,375 MEP officials have been relocated
To date, thousands of workers from the Ministry of Public Education have had to be relocated in order to protect their health. Yaxinia Díaz, MEP’s Director of Human Resources, explains that a relocation consists of compliance with the workers’ rights under Article 254 of the Labor Code, which stipulates that if the official does not […]
SUTEL new policy is in force
The Superintendence of Telecommunications (SUTEL) defends its policy of “fair use of the internet”, despite criticism and warnings by the Ombudsman. This regulation, which applies to ICE-Kölbi customers from March 1st and which already applies to Movistar and Claro users, states that when consuming the total contracted data, the navigation speed is kept to 128 […]
Innovation and technology are your health best allies
Innovation and technology are your health best allies and they show advances that aim to improve your life quality. For instance, with a little of your saliva, you might come to know what treatment will benefit you the most, even before they are prescribed. In addition, a diabetic person could avoid an amputation, with a […]
Project would create insurance for bankruptcy cases
The National Liberation Party (PLN) is promoting a bill that seeks to partially protect savings in case of bankruptcy. The initiative aims to establish a guarantee fund that would allow savers to recover up to ¢ 6 million when any private bank, non-banking financial institution or credit union supervised by the General Superintendence of Financial […]