Latin American countries call for end to child labor Jun 13, 2008
Obregon listed Monteria, Ibague, Bucaramanga and Cali as cities with a high rate of child labor, citing the National Department of Statistics. President of the United Center of Workers of Colombia Carlos Rodriguez said "this is proof of the poverty we have in the country, of their parents' precarious salaries that provoke many children to be obliged to work in the street and even sexually exploited.". (Hindu)
AngloGold behind huge discovery Dec 29, 2007
Colombian daily El Tiempo last week reported that the deposit lies some 40 minutes from Ibague in the central province of Tolima and has the potential to double Colombia's gold production by 2011. While the Colombian government had been asked not to reveal the details of the project until February, Colombia's president Alvaro Uribe let slip that the site would require an investment exceeding $2-billion and would generate about 1200 jobs. (iAfrica.com)
Colombia's First Low Cost Airline Oct 13, 2007
Bogota to the following destinations Manizales, Neiva, Armenia, Pasto, Yopal, Ibague, Valledupar, Arauca, Popayan, Villavicencio, Barrancabermeja, Corozal (Sucre), Cartago (Valle). Phase 2. (Suite101.com)
El Tiempo: Colombian Mothers May 8, 2007
Once the paramilitaries handed in their weapons, she contacted one of their men and travelled, without her family knowing it, to Ibague, where they gave her the first information. I was tired of being like an orphan before the authorities which makes one at times like an ineffective victim and threw myself into doing it alone. (Zmag.org)
Six killed in Colombian mudslide Apr 29, 2007
Two children among six dead in mudslide caused by western Colombia flooding Wave of mud destroys four houses, damages 60 others in Ibague, official says Heavy rains have left 17 dead in Colombia since late February Adjust font size ... A wave of mud destroyed four houses and damaged another 60 in the city of Ibague, 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of Bogota, Pineda said. (CNN -- World)
Tolima 1-0 Gremio Mar 16, 2007
IBAGUE (EFE) -- Deportes Tolima, de Colombia, logr una histrica victoria en su recorrido por la Copa Libertadores de Amrica, tras derrotar por 1-0 al Gremio de Brasil y encumbrarse como nico lder del Grupo 3 del certamen con 7 puntos, asegurndose prcticamente su clasificacin a la tercera ronda. Jorge Perlaza, en el minuto 34, le entreg el sorprendente triunfo al equipo de Jaime de La Pava, en un compromiso intenso de principio a fin. (ESPN -- Deportes)
Libertadores: America routs Banfield Mar 8, 2007
After withstanding pressure from the visiting Paraguayan club early on, Tolima, before 5,000 of its fans in the central Colombian town of Ibague, regained control of the game shortly before the end of the first half ... After withstanding pressure from the visiting squad early on, Tolima, before 5,000 of its fans in the central Colombian town of Ibague, regained control of the game shortly before the end of the first half. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Deportes Tolima 1-0 Cerro Porteo Mar 8, 2007
IBAGUE (Servicios de ESPNdeportes. com) -- El caonero Darwin Quintero anot el gol de Deportes Tolima, que venci a Cerro Porteo, de Paraguay, por 1-0 y pas a compartir con Gremio de Brasil el primer lugar en el Grupo 3 de la Copa Libertadores. (ESPN -- Deportes)
