Local News
Posted on October 6, 2011
A child and an adult were killed in traffic accident in El Poblado
Matta Nelson | The accident occurred apparently due to mechanical failures in the dump truck
A child 10 years old and an adult, 64, were the two victims left a tragic accident last one in the afternoon on Thursday at the El Poblado neighborhood of Medellin.
The incident occurred in the street race 16A south 41 in the hill of the Club El Campestre.
The commander of the Traffic Police, the greater Wilson Rosales, reported that a truck coming down the road lost control, apparently due to a mechanical failure, and collided with a car.
The car was driven by Oscar de Jesús Enrique Acevedo and children of the owner of the company they worked, they said the authorities.
One child under 12 years was injured. The two occupants of the dump truck, carrying a load of soil, were unharmed.
The tragic incident caused traffic chaos in this sector of the city were closed due to a number of ways to address the emergency.
The Ministry of Transport and Traffic reported that just after 4:30 pm was restored over the railway track.
September 28, 2011
Ibero-American received Medellin Digital Cities Award, category big city
The prize was awarded the American Association of Research Centers and Telecommunication Companies in the twelfth Digital news for city, Bilbao, Spain.
"This is more than an acknowledgment that is to be applauded, it is a long-term, technology is a tool, technology satisfies the needs and the needs of our people are huge," said Horacio Velez de Bedout, president of UNE, from Bilbao .
Medellin also took third place in the category ICT and Health recognizes best practice in the application of new technologies for health service delivery to citizens.
Five years ago in Medellín was launched digital inclusion strategy to break the technological barriers, mainly in the less advantaged. Today, thanks to this strategy, 100% of public schools and 33.6% of citizens have Internet access.
"I think the Government has realized that a technology that cuts across all sectors, with the E-Government, e-government and also that the possibility of making local applications, local content and we are actually closer to the regions because Colombia is a country of regions and it is very important that each region has such innovation development units "said Velez de Bedout.
In this Digital news for city attended by more than two thousand experts and mayors of cities of Spanish and Portuguese.