Barranquilla: delivery of Temporary Protection Permits - Barranquilla - Colombia

This Friday began the day of delivery of the Temporary Protection Permit (PPT) to migrants in Barranquilla, which is directed by the District Mayor’s Office, through the Government Secretariat.

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With this call, the authorities seek that about 15,000 migrants receive their PPT, which will allow their migration regularization and access the benefits of the Temporary Protection Statute for Venezuelan Migrants in the country.

The day takes place in the covered coliseum Sugar ‘Baby’ Rojas, which is located at Calle 58 No. 54-59, in the north of the city.

It is supported by the Migrant Center of the Government Secretariat, the Health Secretariat, the Opportunity Center, the Let’s Talk Emotional Vaccine Point, Colombia Migration, Sisbén, the De Pana Que Sí Foundation and international allies of the Migrant Center such as UNHCR, ACNUR, USAID , among others.

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More details of the delivery day

The invitation is for those who have not started their PPT process to do so on this great day and at the same time take advantage of other services

To date, in Barranquilla and the Atlantic, around 32,000 thousand migrants already have their PPT and they regularized their situationaccording to official figures from the district administration.

The Secretary of Government, Jeniffer Villarreal, invited the migrant population that lives in the capital of the Atlantic to be part of this event.

“The invitation is for those who have not started their PPT process to do so on this great day and at the same time take advantage of other services offered by the District, such as health affiliation, Opportunity Center offers, among others,” said the official.

This call for mass delivery will be extended until this saturday February 19, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

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Heritage: Cartagena's coastal protection would affect the walls - Other Cities - Colombia

works for coastal protection from Cartagena, the most important project against climate change facing the nation todaystarted off with the left foot:

They face protests from Bocagrande tour operators and a serious complaint made by the city’s heritage committee, an entity attached to the city’s Institute of Heritage and Culture, IPCC, after the Ministry of Culture, the maximum authority in heritage and restoration of the city.

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A submerged wall of more than four centuries

The works must be at least 100 meters from the breakwater and 400 meters from the walls

In an interview with EL TIEMPO, Alfonso Cabrera, secretary of the Cartagena heritage technical committee, denounced that the start of works in front of the walls, on Santander Avenue, they do not have the approval of this committee and could affect the submerged breakwater: a submerged wall of more than four centuries built by the Spanish, with slave labor, in front of the city to prevent the entry of pirate ships and corsairs.

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“We are facing an archaeological issue. We are talking about a submerged wall that is working, and goes from the bastion of Santo Domingo to the pincers, in colonial times it measured 1,600 yards long, that is, about 1,300 linear meters, translated into the metric system. Precisely in front of the bastion of Santo Domingo, the works touch the submerged jetty and that was the call made by the Heritage technical committee”, explains Cabrera.

However, the works have already begun, precisely between the submerged breakwater and the walled cordon, on Santander Avenue, where the concession responsible for the coastal protection project erected more than 6 kilometers of rocks, which also prevent the view of walkers towards the sea.

“The builders were made some comments so that they can comply with the legal guidelines because it is the breakwater and the wall itself: the works have to be at least 100 meters from the breakwater and 400 meters from the walls,” added Cabrera.

The Ministry of Culture has not
still approved this intervention

The ministry has not yet approved this intervention. Today we will send you a letter with the observations we made to the project so that they can be corrected.

According to the official, this approval not only goes through the Heritage Technical Committee but also through the National Monuments Council of the Ministry of Culture.

But these works do not yet have the approval of either of these two entitiesconfirmed this newspaper.

“Today we have time to remedy all these deficiencies, this is a very large project that includes Bocagrande and El Cabrero; They are more than 7 kilometers and could be suspended until the project is presented, corrected, because today we are exposed to UNESCO taking away the declaration, and the situation is serious because these works would directly impact assets of heritage interest. Cabrera points out.

The rocks in front of Avenida Santander, which are already generating controversy, show the scope of the project.

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“This project has not been approved: there is a very large riprap that affects the historical view, and it is that it began precisely in this area, the most important historically speaking”

Alberto Escovar, heritage director of the Ministry of Culture assured EL TIEMPO that “The ministry has not yet approved this intervention. Today we will send you a letter with the observations we made to the project so that they can be corrected”.

John Montano
Correspondent of THE TIME
Cartagena
On Twitter: @PilotodeCometas

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Cali They activate protection for a family that asked to stop the death of their children - Cali - Colombia

Since July, a criminal attack has been unleashed against a family from eastern Cali, which is in mourning the deaths of three brothers and a nephew.

The mourners assure that the victims were not related to crimes and that they were persecuted for not attending contacts with micro-trafficking and extortion networks.

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The Preciado Angulo family arrived among the founders of sectors such as El Poblado and Comuneros II, in the District of Aguablanca, for more than 40 years.

Milton Juvenal Preciado and Alicia Angulo raised 12 children who grew up in that popular area of ​​Cali.

Last May, two of them went to the jail of the Judicial District of Cali Villahermosa, but they would not have been found to have an alleged relationship with a gang.

On July 31, at the door of the house, Jerson Larry Preciado Angulo, 23 years old, fell mortally wounded at the hands of a gunman. The young man was a soccer player and his relatives deny that he was in business outside the Law.

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Five days later Harvin Alejandro Preciado, aged 34, died almost instantly in an attack by a gunman. He was the father of nine children.

The protection measures that had been determined for two months did not serve to stop the assassins.

Three brothers and a nephew of the Preciado Angulo family murdered in Cali

In September came the murder of Milton David Preciado, nephew of the murdered brothers and who would have witnessed the second homicide.

He was a 19-year-old who was affectionately called ‘turtle’. He was working to pursue his career as a police officer and was one day away from entering that path.

On the night of last Friday, February 11, the fourth crime occurred. A thin young man, wearing a helmet, slid down the platform of a restaurant, as shown in a video.

He came to the corner and fired a firearm three times into the head of a motorcyclist who was having a conversation with another man. The assassin unloaded the fourth impact when the victim fell with his vehicle to the asphalt.

Diego Juvenal Preciado Angulo, one of three brothers killed in Cal.

Was Diego Juvenal Preciado Angulo, who had two trades to support three children and help the family. At that time he served as a messenger. “He was a correct and hard-working man. His children and more of his family depended on him,” they say at home.

The mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina, He said that special accompaniment is needed and asked the Prosecutor’s Office to carry out actions to protect this family. He assured that it is high-profile criminality.

The authorities check if there is influence of a gang and a dissident or a former police officer from jail.

The Mayor asked the Attorney General’s Office that “if you have someone who has made complaints, go ahead and accompany and protect that family, because, surely, they have provided valuable information.”

The commander of the Metropolitan Police of Cali, General Juan Carlos León, He said that progress is being made in a protection process and investigations to determine who are responsible and their motives.

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Increased consumption of high protection masks in the sixth wave

High protection masks (FFP2 and FFP3) as well as paracetamol have increased their sales in pharmacies during the sixth wave of covid, according to a report from the Cofares Trends Observatory

A woman walks in front of a graffiti in Barcelona protected by a mask due to the coronavirus epidemic. EFE/Enric Fontcuberta

Continuous adaptation. These are the two words with which the Cofares report summarizes the two years of the pandemic, a period in which health products to protect against the virus have been changing depending on the successive Covid waves and health recommendations.

Thus, during the months between November 2021 and January 2022 (until the 19th), there has been a notable increase in the demand for high protection masks, and an increase in the demand for paracetamol in Spanish pharmacies, coinciding with the sixth wave of covid.

Specifically, according to data from Cofares, the leading cooperative in pharmaceutical distribution in Spain, the demand for masks FFP2 and FFP3 increased by +642%, while, in tune with the winter season and the confluence of colds and viruses, paracetamol grew by +60% compared to the same period.

“The high rate of spread of the omicron variant -sixth wave- and the return of the mandatory nature of the mask outdoors in December are some of the factors that have been able to favor this significant upturn, together with the fact that the population is aware of the high transmission of omicron”, they point out from the organization’s Data area.

FFP2 and FFP3 have a effectiveness high filter -92%, in the first case, and 98%, in the second, although the specifications of each manufacturer must be observed-, protecting against environmental particles and aerosols and preventing us from inhaling harmful particles, including those that cause the spread of the coronavirus.

If the data is compared month by month with respect to the previous year, it can be seen that, in November 2021, the increase was +206%, going from +931% in December to +959% in January (ten days before the end of the month).

By autonomous communities, notable increases in demand higher protection masks, between November and January, well above the average in Navarra (+1,104%), Catalonia (+1,003%), the Canary Islands (+840%), La Rioja (+796%), Aragón (+746%) or the Community of Madrid (+674%).

In relation to the paracetamol demand in the analyzed period, Ceuta (+274%), Navarra (+114%), La Rioja (+91%), Andalucía (+84%), Aragón (+81%) and Murcia (+70%) are the communities self-employed that have presented the greatest increase, adds this report of Cofares.

Actions for the protection of the environment - Colombia

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Three people were captured moments in which they carried out indiscriminate hunting of wild animals

Within the framework of the operational strategy for the protection, conservation and care of the flora and fauna in the Llanos Orientales region, the Meta Police Department achieved, through a rapid reaction by members of the National Model of Community Surveillance by Quadrants, the capture in flagrante delicto of three people aged 27, 36 and 43, who were caught carrying out indiscriminate hunting of wild animals.

The event was recorded in a rural area of ​​the municipality of Puerto Gaitán, at kilometer 18 in the village of La Poyeta; There, the uniformed Police officers identified these three people when they were traveling on two motorcycles. During the search of their belongings, three 16-gauge shotgun-type firearms were found in their possession, without serial numbers or registration, nor did they have licenses to carry and/or possess these items.

Continuing with the search of the belongings of the subjects, it was shown that minutes before he had carried out the activity of illegal hunting of native animals, since 26 kilos of capybara meat was found, which was seized by the surveillance patrols.

“We continue to use operational, preventive and control strategies in coordination with the regional environmental authorities to guarantee the care and preservation of our fauna, especially the native species, in order to maintain the balance of the ecosystem in the region,” said Mr. Colonel Oscar Fernando Daza Suárez, commander of the Meta Police.

Those captured along with the firearms, the motorcycles and the seized meat were left at the disposal of the Puerto Gaitán Sectional Prosecutor’s Office No. 4, where they must respond judicially for the crime of manufacturing, trafficking, carrying or possessing firearms. accessories, parts or ammunition.