El alcalde de Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina, resaltó la importancia que tiene la institución educativa Santa Librada para la ciudad y anunció que en el marco de su bicentenario se trabaja en el fortalecimiento de este centro educativo.
“En el 2023 se cumplirán sus 200 años de historia y la Alcaldía de Cali busca que se convierta en una gran ciudadela educativa, con una cuantiosa inversión que pueda superar un poco su fragilidad de infraestructura y tecnología”, dijo Ospina.
El mandatario destacó que Santa Librada “es el único colegio verdaderamente republicano, es un colegio constituido por Santander y en ese sentido es un proyecto que nace desde la propia Independencia”.
Según Ospina, el centro educativo también debe apostar a replantear su relación con la Calle 5, de manera que sea más armónica. “Eso es lo que queremos desarrollar entendiendo que con Ciudad Paraíso y todo lo que viene ocurriendo en el centro es fundamental potencializar sus capacidades académicas”, indicó Ospina.
La palma de cera es considerada de acuerdo a la Ley 61 de 1985, como un Árbol Nacional de nuestro país y además, hábitat para muchas especies, entre ellas el Loro Orejiamarillo (Ognorhynchus icterotis) y el Oso de Anteojos (Tremarctos ornatus), especies declaradas en vía de extinción.
El Departamento Administrativo de Gestión del Medio Ambiente – Dagma, inicia la campaña de protección y conservación de la palma de cera especialmente para la época previa a Semana Santa e invita a la ciudadanía a no usar las palmas silvestres para el Domingo de Ramos.
Por muchos años, la costumbre de utilizar las palmas silvestres, especialmente la de cera y la de vino, para las celebraciones religiosas (Domingo de Ramos) ha puesto en peligro la vida silvestre y en riesgo los ecosistemas. Estas palmas tienen relaciones benéficas, sirven de refugio y alimento de diferentes especies de fauna.
A través de la campaña ‘Vivamos Semana Santa sin Palma de Cera’, el Distrito busca concientizar a los ciudadanos sobre la importancia de las palmas silvestres, puntualmente las de cera y de vino, que son comercializadas ilegalmente para el tejido de ramos utilizados en las celebraciones religiosas.
«Tenemos que lograr eliminar por completo el uso de la palma silvestre en nuestra celebración del Domingo de Ramos. Aunque hemos evidenciado un cambio de percepción frente a la importancia de usar otras alternativas que simbolicen esta celebración por parte de la comunidad, se continúan comercializando en las entradas de las iglesias ramos elaborados con materiales de la palma de cera, la Iraca, la Areca, entre otros, por eso, además de controlar, queremos sensibilizar a los feligreses sobre la importancia que tiene para el medio ambiente, abstenerse de distribuir ramos que contengan este tipo de hoja que está en vía de extinción”, indicó Francy Restrepo Aparicio, directora del Dagma.
La Autoridad Ambiental invita a remplazar estas especies silvestres por plantas de cosecha, así como las espigas de trigo, el carapacho u hojas de maíz conocido como amero. Igualmente, realizar ramos artificiales elaborados en papel, cartón u otros materiales puede ser una alternativa que no atenta contra el medioambiente.
La tala de la Palma de Cera está prohibida y las personas que sean sorprendidas talando, movilizando o comercializando productos provenientes de esta especie serán sancionadas por la Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca-CVC, con el decomiso del material, multas Y /o arresto, según Decreto Ley 2811 de 1974.
Alternativas para el Domingo de Ramos
Para vivir una Semana Santa sostenible y responsable con la naturaleza, el Dagma recomienda elaborar los ramos en materiales alternativos como la cáscara de amero (el mismo de las mazorcas), o utilizar follaje o plantas vivas sembradas en viveros, como las palmas robelina o areca.
• Plantas vivas de palma areca (Dypsis lutescens),
• Hojas o ramos tejidos en palma Robelina (Phoenix roebelenii)
• Ramos tejidos en amero o capacho de la mazorca,
• Ramas de eucalipto (Eucalyptus)
• Ramas palma botella (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis)
• Espigas
• Adornos florales,
• Especies ornamentales como rosas (Rosa), claveles (Dianthus caryophyllus), margaritas (Bellis perennis), Forsitia o Campanita china (Forsythia), helechos (Pteridium aquilinum), lengua de suegra (Dracaena trifasciata).
• Hojas de plátano (Musa paradisiaca),
• Tallos de Juncos (Juncus).
El Dagma, la Policía Ambiental y Ecológica, la Arquidiócesis y demás entidades distritales hacen un llamado a la comunidad para que evite prácticas que pongan en riesgo la flora silvestre y los ecosistemas estratégicos de la ciudad, la región y el país e invita para que en la Semana Santa que se avecina cuiden las especies y denuncien cualquier actividad que atente contra la flora, ya sea su extracción, comercialización o transporte ilegal.
Más de 20 voluntarios de la comunidad Eco- Altos de Santa Elena, en una sola mañana retiraron cuatro toneladas de residuos del río Meléndez, desde el nacimiento de la quebrada Indumil hasta Casa Loma, dándole un respiro y una nueva vida este importante afluente de Santiago de Cali.
Con el propósito de contribuir al mantenimiento de la calidad del agua y la salud ambiental de su entorno, la comunidad del Eco- Altos de Santa Elena, se unió para liberar la franja forestal protectora de la quebrada afluente del río Meléndez.
Lo hizo a través en una jornada de trabajo que inició con un proceso sensibilización sobre el valor, importancia y belleza de este ecosistema. El Guardaparque, Dagoberto Angulo, invitó a la comunidad a recorrer la quebrada Indumil desde su nacimiento hasta Casa Loma, retirando de su entorno todo aquello que muchas personas arrojan a su cauce.
John Anderson Grijalva, presidente de la Junta de Acción Comunal de Altos de Santa Elena, agradeció la dedicación y el empeño de todos los que participaron en esta actividad y señaló que, como líderes sociales, tienen el reto de sensibilizar a su comunidad para que no continúen impactando con residuos la margen protectora de la quebrada.
“Es muy importante conservar esta quebrada, que hace parte de la cuenca del río Meléndez. De esta área protegida dependen centenares de animales silvestres que a diario vemos transitar desde nuestras casas y también depende el agua que tomamos los caleños” puntualizó.
Esta actividad liderada, desde la subdirección de Ecosistema y Umata del Departamento Administrativo de Gestión del Medio Ambiente – Dagma, contó con la activa participación del Comité de Comanejo de la Reserva Municipal de Uso Sostenible del Río Meléndez, Sigac, Inciva, Uaesp, Promovalle, JAC Altos de Santa Elena, Ejército Nacional y la Fundación Mujer USE.
El rector de la Basílica del Señor de los Milagros, hizo referencia a la programación que se ofrecerá a los peregrinos, en el marco de la Semana Santa.
Luego de dos años, la Semana Santa, se volverá a vivir con furor en la Basílica del Señor de los Milagros.
Y ante los hechos ocurridos, desde la Basílica, se hace un llamado a la reflexión y al cuidado.
El santuario bugueño, como en otras oportunidades, abrirá sus puertas a todos los feligreses y turista nacionales e internacionales.
De no ocurrir nada extraño, por el tema de pandemia, la ciudad señora y la Basílica del Señor de los Milagros, vivirán la fiesta religiosa de los católicos, durante la segunda semana del mes de abril, entre el 10 y 17.
La Diócesis de Buga, dio a conocer la programación, que se va a realizar, en el marco de la Semana Santa, en la ciudad señora; en rueda de prensa, fue socializada la agenda que se desarrollará en la Semana Mayor, después de dos años de no realizarse presencialmente; CNC Noticias Buga, estuvo en la presentación de las actividades religiosas a cumplirse.
Matías se habría escapado para la casa de un vecino, donde cayó a una alberca subterránea en el sector de Aeromar, Santa Marta.
Matías se habría escapado para la casa de un vecino, donde ocurrió la emergencia, cayó a una alberca subterránea en el sector de Aeromar, Santa Marta.
Noticias Caribe.
Familiares y vecinos en Aeromar, en Santa Marta, se encuentran conmocionados por la fatídica tragedia en la que un menor de 2 años de edad, murió al caer en una alberca.
Barrio Aeromar – Santa Marta.
El menor se encontraba jugando en su casa cuando «se escapó para la casa del vecino», al llegar se paró encima de la tapa de madera que cubría la alberca.
Ante el peso, la tapa se partió y el menor cayó a la alberca subtérranea.
Los padres del niño empezaron a buscarlo, pero no había respuesta.
Tras ser encontrado, Matías fue sacado por un vecino y al notar que todavía tenía signos vitales, fue trasladado e inmediato a un centro de salud del barrio La Paz en Santa Marta, pero ya era tarde, su ingresó se determinó como «sin signos vitales».
El cadáver de Matías, fue llevado a Medicina Legal de la capital del Magdalena, por la Unidad Criminalística de la Policía Metropolitana.
Allí se determinó que murió por inmersión (ahogado).
En la antesala de lo que será la celebración de la Semana Santa, la cual, fue afectada por la pandemia nacional, el municipio de Guacarí, será sede del “Segundo Encuentro de Semana Santas del Valle”, a realizarse el día 19 de marzo, a partir de las 8:00 a.m., en la Parroquia San Juan Bautista, con la participación de los municipios del departamento y sus diversas parroquias.
El tema central para este Encuentro es “Conservación y Rescate de Nuestras Tradiciones Religiosas”, la cual permitirá que en el desarrollo de la jornada compartan experiencias y retos que tienen las organizaciones encargadas de los actos procesionales y la importancia de la transferencia de conocimientos a las nuevas generaciones como garantes de la conservación de cada una de las manifestaciones.
El Municipio de Guacarí celebra Semana Santa desde la época de la colonia, y cuenta con 452 años de fundado. La Tierra del Samán, como también es conocido, con este tipo de eventos sigue mostrando su potencial arquitectónico, cultural, religioso y gastronómico.
La Policía informó que los atacantes se movilizaban en una motocicleta y su paradero es desconocido.
Noticias Magdalena.
Un triple homicidio se registró el medio día de este viernes en Gaira, Santa Marta; las víctimas se movilizaban en un vehículo particular en inmediaciones a la estación de Policía.
Indicaron que las tres víctimas fueron abordados por sujetos que iban en moto y les dispararon en repetidas ocasiones hasta causarles la muerte.
Masacre en la Gaira, jurisdicción de Santa Marta dejó como saldo a tres hombres asesinados
Vale resaltar que la Policía aún no ha dado a conocer las identidades de los tres asesinados.
Sin embargo, manifestaron que ya se encuentran adelantando investigaciones para localizar y capturar a los responsables de la masacre.
En imagen el vehículo de color verde en el que se movilizaban los tres masculinos asesinados.
“De inmediato se activó el Plan Candado, hasta el momento no hay información completa, hay una motocicleta abandonada. Hablan de dos sujetos con prendas oscuras”, indicó Jesús Manuel de Los Reyes, comandante de la Policía en Santa Marta.
Por otra parte, el alto oficial se refirió al cuestionamiento que hace la ciudadanía porque la masacre se presentó a pocos metros de la estación de la Policía. “Eso no es garantía”, puntualizó.
Coronel Jesús Manuel de Los Reyes, comandante de la Policía en Santa Marta
Entre tanto, las autoridades no descartan que la masacre obedecería a ajuste de cuentas por bandas delincuenciales de la región.
El recién nacido fue entregado a las autoridades quienes ya están tras la búsqueda de la adolescente que lo abandonó.
Noticias Caribe
En las últimas horas un recién nacido fue abandonado en la capital del departamento del Magdalena, y gracias a su llanto lo hallaron.
Las autoridades indicaron que el hecho ocurrió en el barrio Santa Ana y el bebé se encuentra bajo atención médica y está en perfectas condiciones.
“El recién nacido estaba sobre una mesa a punto de caerse” expresó la mujer que lo encontró y que de inmediato dio aviso a las autoridades.
Por otra parte, la dueña de la vivienda indicó que mientras llegaban las autoridades se aseguró que el infante estuviera en buen estado.
“Aunque lloraba mucho, aparentemente parecía estar bien de salud. Permanecía envuelto en una mantica. Tenía el ombligo fresquecito y estaba poposeado”, relató la mujer.
Entre tanto, los moradores del barrio Santa Ana de la capital del Magdalena, sospechan que quien dejó a abandonado al recién nacido fue una adolescente de tan sólo 14 años de edad.
“La joven es de contextura delgada, piel morena e iba acompañada de otra mujer” señalaron los habitantes del vecindario de Santa Marta.
At Historical Center Santa Marta opened its doors the first LGBTI Boutique hotel, a place that has drawn attention for the different proposal it offers its guests.
The initiative was created by young people from this community, who bet on designing and organizing a lodging site inclusive and innovative.
Its facade has the LGBTI flag painted and its interior is quite attractive and colorful.
Its owners clarify that it is a hotel that serves as a home for any guest, but it has the colors of the rainbow.
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At the hotel, all those who work, a total of 12, are from this community and are trained to provide inclusive care.
These spaces that are beginning to take shape in Santa Marta are places of opportunity, which help us grow as a city and be at the forefront
“The hotel provides an environment free of discrimination towards different sexual orientations,” said Carlos Cantillo, employee and member of the community.
The members of this population have celebrated the opening of this new space for inclusion and job opportunities for this group of people with different or diverse sexual preferences.
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“These spaces that are beginning to take shape in Santa Marta are places of opportunity, which help us grow as a city and be at the forefront in promoting inclusive tourism,” added Cantillo.
The hotel was officially opened last Saturday 26 of February and since then it has been providing its services to the public.
“At the Calle 13 Boutique Hotel, not only people from the Lgbtiq+ community can come; Those who are tolerant, with an open mind and who live without discrimination towards this population can also do it”, the employee pointed out.
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On a bridge of the Vía Alterna, northeastern sector of Santa Marta, clashes have become a habit with stick and machete among youth who belong to gangs.
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At any time of the day and night they meet in the middle of the road and attack each other for several hours.
These acts of violence prevent the entry and exit of cargo vehicles from the Santa Marta Port and they generate big traffic jams, as recorded in videos broadcast by the community.
Likewise, the residents of the surrounding neighborhoods remain full of panic every time these brawls occur.
And it is that many times the stones thrown in the middle of the fight are going to hit the houses, whose roofs end up affected.
This Wednesday, he presented one of the clashes stronger than so far this year. Not even the police could control the rain of stones thrown by the young people on each side.
For this reason, the intervention of the Mobile Anti-riot Squad was necessary, which with tear gas was able to achieve a return to tranquility in the area and enable the passage of vehicles.
At a Vía Alterna Bridge, more than 100 young people gather to face stones and machetes. This situation has become a serious public order problem that puts the lives of residents in the area at risk and also interrupts mobility. pic.twitter.com/Qy38n7qcgF
We are investigating to establish who are the organizers of these fights. We are going to prosecute them
However, in that intervention, three police officers were injuredaccording to the report of the commander of the Metropolitan Police, Colonel Jesús de los Reyes.
The senior officer commented that these young people meet through social networks to later attack each other.
“We are investigating to establish who are the organizers of these fights. We are going to prosecute them,” said Colonel de los Reyes, who also invited parents to exercise greater control over their children to prevent them from participating in these street brawls.
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Young people do not go to class
The public institution in the area ran out of quotas, and this directly affected the youth population
Richard Olmos, ward leader caribbean wavesassures that the majority of these adolescents, among whom are minors, do not even attend school.
“The public institution in the area ran out of quotas, and that directly affected the youth population, which in a large part decided to stop studying since the pandemic and continues to dedicate their time to leisure, drug addiction and other scourges,” noted the civic leader.
Olmos requested the Mayor social, cultural projects and educational for these communities, as a strategy for the resocialization of young people.
“This is not about prosecuting or hitting those involved. It is necessary to go further and provide them with extensive assistance so that they straighten their path and become useful people to society”, the man pointed out.
Roger Urieles For the time Santa Marta
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He had gone through more than three criminal organizations as head of hitmen.
Within the framework of Police Operation Condor, the National Police of all Colombians, through the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and INTERPOL (DIJIN), in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office, captured in recent hours in the city of Santa Marta – Magdalena, to the individual known in the criminal sphere as ‘Mello Bolaños’, main leader of the North Caribbean Commission, of the organized armed group ‘Clan del Golfo’.
The ‘Mello Bolaños’, had a criminal record of 13 years, had started his criminal career since 2009 as head of hitmen of the criminal organization ‘Los Paisas’ and later of ‘Los Nevados’, with criminal interference in the department of Magdalene; In 2017, he offered his services as a hitman to the organized common crime group ‘La Silla’, dedicating himself to charging for the protection of drug shipments to large drug traffickers in the ports of Santa Marta, under the name of alias ‘La Silla’ or ‘ Elkin’, in order to preserve the security of shipments.
Due to his extensive criminal record alias ‘Mello Bolaños’, he was subcontracted at the beginning of 2021, by the top leader of the ‘Clan del Golfo’, to take command of more than 97 members of the North Caribbean Commission in the departments of Magdalena. and La Guajira, in order to continue with the monopoly of the cocaine hydrochloride shipping routes to Central America and Europe, was also in charge of ordering and coordinating selective homicides in this jurisdiction, being considered by the Colombian authorities as a high-level target. value.
The criminal organization had instructed this leader to seize drug trafficking routes, bringing together criminal groups in the region to jointly traffic and meet the international demand for the drug, for which they also used nearby collection centers. to the main port and other clandestine shipping sites on different beaches in the sector, where he controlled the output of cocaine hydrochloride, charging up to one million pesos for each kilogram.
Alias ’Mello Bolaños’, was left at the disposal of the competent authority for the crime of conspiracy to commit a crime.
New complaints were learned about situations of insecurity that candidates for the Congress of the republic in the department of Magdalena.
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This time, Claudia Vázquez, a candidate for a peace seat, assured that as an applicant it has been impossible for her to promote her name in the upper parts of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, due to the presence of armed groups.
He found some armed men on a motorcycle on the trail that leads to the corregimiento and they prevented him from entering
According to Vázquez, in this territory he is only allowed to enter Rodrigo ‘Yoyo’ Tovar Vélez, son of alias ‘Jorge 40’, who through alleged intimidation is pressuring the population to vote for his proposal.
“My running mate Daimer Dangond was going to the village of Doña María, in the upper part of the Sierra, and found some armed men on a motorcycle on the trail that leads to the village and they prevented him from entering,” Vázquez said.
This situation was reported to the authoritieswho did not give him the relevance he demanded, according to what he said, because they did not have enough evidence.
However, the issue became more relevant after another politician, also in the same area, announced a similar fact.
In this case, the armed men intercepted him and they disarmed their scheme of security. Subsequently, they were forced to withdraw from the territory.
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Authorities are investigating both cases.
Based on both situations, an investigation was initiated into what is happening in specific points of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
This testimony reinforces the version of the legal adviser of the government of Magdalena, José Humberto Torres, who warned that in that department there are armed groups that accompany the application of Jorge Rodrigo Tovar, son of former paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias ‘Jorge 40’.
“In Magdalena, the GAO (Organized Armed Groups), heirs to paramilitarism, are forcing voters to vote for alias Yoyo, son of paramilitary chief Jorge 40; Everything indicates that the heirs of the parapolitics will also return to Congress,” the departmental official warned at the time.
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The solution to the crisis of shortage of drinking water that the capital of the department of the cupcake It seems that you already have a solution in sight.
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At least that is what the technical, environmental and economic studies that were carried out to define the water sources that will provide the deficit of 2,400 liters per second of water that the city currently has.
In this sense, it was established that the Piedras, Guachaca and Buritaca rivers, in the Sierra Nevadawill be in charge of supplying the aqueduct, which will later distribute it to the samarium households.
According to the study, the river stones The existing infrastructure will be used to increase the water concession from 400 to 800 liters per second for a scheme that from October to December can capture 800 liters per second.
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The rest of the year, 400 liters per second or less will be captured, depending on the flow of this water current.
Looking for money to finance the project
Currently the project is at 66 percent, but with the approval of the final alternative, it is expected to have the works defined in the next three months.
“We will build the first stages and for the remaining phases, we will leave a precise roadmap for the next administrations,” he said.Governor Carlos Caicedo.
For her part, Mayor Virna Johnson indicated that this progress was possible through cooperation with the Government.
The works involved in building
In the explanations of the rulers, it was known that in the Guachaca River A subsurface filtering gallery-type intake 20 meters long by 18 meters wide and 3.6 meters deep will be built.
In the months of January, August and September, 2,400 liters per second will be captured through it; and from February to July between 1,600 and 2,000 liters per second.
Design of the catchment plant for the rivers of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Photo:
Governorate of Magdalena
At Buritaca River A catchment of 900 liters per second will be located and water will only be obtained in the months of February to July, when the flow cannot be completed with the Guachaca tributary.
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The Guachaca and Buritaca intakes will have water pumping stations to take it to the new El Curval plant, where a pipe with a diameter of 1.5 meters and 29 kilometers in length will be used.
In the El Curval sector, in the township of Bondathe new potabilization plant will be located, which will be of the fully automated conventional type.
The project also includes the designs of the aqueduct networks of the Nuevo Milenio, Villa Dania, Garagoa, Cantilito, Timayuí, November 11, El Yucal neighborhoods, among others, and the Bonda corregimental head, which will be completely connected to the new infrastructure. for continuous 24-hour service.
By Roger Urieles For THE WEATHER Santa Marta @rogeruv
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En Santa Marta hallaron el cuerpo de un mujer, lo habían dejado en la trocha El Manantial, tenía una herida de bala en su rostro.
En Santa Marta hallaron el cuerpo de un mujer, lo habían dejado en la trocha El Manantial, tenía una herida de bala en su rostro.
Noticias Caribe.
El domingo 27 de febrero, las autoridades encontraron el cuerpo de la mujer al rededor de las 9 p.m., tenía una herida de bala en el rostro pero Medicina Legal en Santa Marta, deberá terminar si tenía otras lesiones, si sufrió abuso o tortura de algún tipo.
Al parecer la víctima habría sido asesinada por un impacto de bala en su rostro, posterior a ello su cuerpo fue dejado en la trocha del barrio La Paz.
Hasta ahora, la mujer no ha podido ser identificada por no tener ningún documento en el momento de lo sucedido.
La Policía Judicial de la capital del Magdalena, llegó al lugar de los hechos para proceder con el levantamiento del cuerpo y realización de investigaciones pertinentes conforme al caso.
La mujer vestía de short y una blusa corta, se espera que sea identificada por sus familiares o en algún otro caso por un conocido.
Se trasladó el cuerpo hacía la morgue de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses donde se le realizará la necropsia de rigor.
Esperan tener resultados que faciliten el reconocimiento de la víctima este mismo lunes.
Mientras la policía en Santa Marta busca establecer si hubo algún reporte de desaparición, y una vez identificada, establecer si había denunciado alguna amenaza.
Asesinan de un tiro en el rostro a una mujer en una trocha del barrio La Paz
El hallazgo de la fémina se acaba de registrar en la zona sur de Santa Marta.
Santa Marta during recent weeks has been hit by strong gusts of wind that wreak havoc in different areas of the urban area.
Fallen trees, damage to electrical infrastructure, as well as roofless businesses and homes, are part of the panorama left by the breezes that are stronger at night.
Relief agencies declared an orange alert in the face of emergencies unleashed by the dry season.
One of the cases that alerted was due to the fall of a leafy tree, which after being uprooted by the wind fell on a house. Fortunately, the building was vacant and there were no injuries.
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Likewise, the temperature and the winds have triggered the number of vegetation cover fires. Firefighters deal with four to five conflagrations a day, demanding the maximum of their capacity.
Jorge Lizazo, head of the Advisory Office attached to the office of Mayor Virna Johnson, explained that “the hydrometeorological and meteorological conditions that give rise to the declaration of alerts by Ideam, are due to the phenomenon of intra-seasonal variability of the climate known as the dry season or less rain, which is expected to last until March 14.
According to the information provided by the Ideam, the threats are moderate, however, the territory could experience gusts of wind between 46 and 64 km/h, moving in a northeasterly direction; meanwhile the wave height will vary between 2.0 and 4.0 meters.
Recommendations for orange alert
In Santa Marta, different recommendations have been issued to avoid risks and complications during the current weather conditions.
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Among other warnings they suggest not to park vehicles under trees, power poles, billboards or other types of elements that can fall due to the effect of the winds.
Also deposit garbage in its place, to reduce the risk of fires in the vegetation cover.
During wind alerts, do not set sail in shallow-draft vessels without authorization from the port captain’s office.
Likewise, do not allow children and the elderly to enter the sea without their supervision and company and recommend refraining from using floats on the beaches.
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In the village of Guachaca, rural area of Santa Marta, the children are receiving their classes in improvised classrooms in billiards and cockpits.
In this area, the available schools are small, quite deteriorated and do not offer the minimum conditions to accommodate the student population, which has grown considerably in recent years.
The community, desperate for the new generations to receive an academic education, adapted spaces that, although not adequate, allow children to meet to pursue their studies.
Emilse Giraldo, president of the Community Action Board of the district of Guachaca, assures that the maximum coverage of educational institutions has already been reached and that many children and adolescents have been left out.
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“In the case of the little ones, they have been attending classes that were adapted in public establishments for adults. Although it is not ideal, it is the only option we have for them to receive the educational service,” said the leader.
Here it is necessary to fix the current institutions and build a mega-school to meet the high demand
Giraldo called on the Mayor’s Office to provide study solutions to Guachaca, a territory that, as he describes, remains in oblivion by the rulers.
“Here we need to fix the current institutions and build a mega-school to meet the high demand. This is a great need that we have and I hope it will be met by the administration on duty”, expressed Emilse Giraldo.
The parents, although they are not satisfied that their children are teaching in a cockpit, end up accepting this temporary solution in the hope that the study conditions for the population will soon improve.
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“Although these rooms were improvised, we must bear in mind that previously they were a cockpit and a pool table, which could have bad effects on the health of my children,” said Neira Tarazona, a mother of a family.
For the inhabitants of Guachaca, it is not justified that in these two years of pandemic adjustments and maintenance have not been made to schools.
“All without exception are abandoned, and do not provide minimal guarantees to educational personnel,” said the president of the Action Board.
ROGER URIEL Special for WEATHER SANTA MARTA
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A three-year-old baby drowned after falling into a bucket in the patio of her home, in the road to MincaTres Puentes sector, Santa Marta.
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According to the version of the relatives, the infant was playing and had the accident that cost her her life.
Her parents, who were in another part of the house, began looking for her when they noticed the absence of their daughter, until they found her submerged in the container.
They immediately helped her and transferred her to a clinic, but it was too late. Doctors reported that the minor had drowned.
In any case, the Police and entities for children and adolescents start an investigation to establish the exact causes of his death.
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a moment of carelessness
The family indicated that, because they do not have a 24-hour drinking water service in the house, they tend to store the water resource in large buckets.
Unfortunately, none of them noticed that the three-year-old girl went to the patio and ended up inside some containers.
“It was a matter of a few minutes. We desperately looked for her everywhere until we realized that she was drowning, ”said a neighbor who was also in the house.
Roger Urieles For THE WEATHER Santa Marta @rogeruv
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The current dry season has caused the Manzanares, Piedras and Gaira rivers, which supply the drinking water treatment plants of Santa Marta, to register a significant decrease in levels close to 50 percent. This fact generates a low water supply for the provision of the aqueduct service.
Although the provision of the service to users has not yet been totally affected, the public service company, Essmar, has already activated a care protocol to avoid a critical Depletion, like the one that has been held in previous years in the city.
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Essmar’s plan is to improve the response capacity of the aqueduct system and mitigate the impacts of drought on samarian homes.
Among the actions contemplated in the action protocol are the prioritization of the rational use of water campaign; availability of a fleet of tanker vehicles during 24 hours; articulated visits with the communities and Corpamag in the catchment area of the Gaira river and control against illegal connections.
Likewise, seven drinking water loading points will be set up for tank trucks, in order to increase – if required – the volume supplied to users and communities.
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In the same way, the execution of cleaning brigades in the intakes was planned and supply schedules will be implemented for the communities dependent on water from the adduction lines to increase the volume of input to the Mamatoco plant.
The installations of pumps in catchments of the rivers were also announced. Apple orchards and Stones.
Faced with these actions, special agent Yahaira Díaz Quesada assured that “the strength and articulation of the entities and the community allows us to find concrete actions to arrive in an effective and forceful way to mitigate the situations that arise in the face of the drought season ”.
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