A Supreme Court ruling against the USO regarding the union’s role in a 2011 strike involving a contractor, CBI, in the Reficar oil field signals a “destructive judicial precedent for the union fight in Colombia,” the USO said.
The Villavicencio Chamber of Commerce (CCV) will create a mechanism to resolve payment disputes between local suppliers and Ecopetrol contractors and monitor payments from the oil producer to its direct contractors.
Road blockades in the communities of Cumaral, Acacías, Puerto Lópex and Villavicencio have blocked truck routes used to transport crude with protestors calling for the government to remove the heavy vehicles passing through the area.
Natural gas producer Promigás has been offered up to US$100M in financing from the Interamerican Development Bank to improve its “Brilla” lending program due to its success in helping the bottom of the pyramid.
The Bicentennial Pipeline (OBC) met with representative of the Disaster Risk Management of Casanare to detail its contingency plan in order to integrate it with the departmental plan.
The General Royalties System (SGR) is calling on Colombia’s academic institutions to help facilitate the proposal process in regions through a “Train the Trainers” program where the universities will play a greater role preparing regional institutions for the SGR proposal process. Parallel to this announcement, the entity also summarized the results of royalty investments in several areas and received new projects as well.
The implementation of the new General Royalty System (SGR) -now in place for a year- has yielded positive results including greater transparency and access to funds for regions, according to Mauricio Santa Maria, director of the National Planning Department (DNP).
Colombia’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MinAmbiente) said in a statement that it has issued regulations that will define the building of watershed councils, part of a larger plan to govern the use of water.
The USO said it has presented a formal lawsuit to the country’s attorney general against Pacific Rubiales and contractor companies for what it describes as anti-union practices and a “violation of the right to gather and associate.”
Members of the municipalities of Munchia, San Luis de Paleque and Trinidad have met with oil company representatives to discuss the poor quality of the department’s roads.
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