By Ontheweb Sunday, September 7, 2008
ST. LOUIS (AP)—Camilo Villegas gave golf fans a real reason to pay attention to him—a trophy. A marketing dream with his model looks and stylish dress, Villegas won for the first time on the PGA TOUR with three big putts on the back nine at Bellerive on Sunday for a wire-to-wire victory in the BMW Championship.
Villegas closed with a 2-under 68 for a two-shot victory over Dudley Hart, who birdied the final two holes to earn a trip to the Masters with his highest finish in two years.
Bush urges Congress to approve FTAs with Korea, Colombia, PanamaBy Ontheweb Sunday, September 7, 2008
U.S. President George W. Bush Saturday demanded that Congress approve the pending free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama during the upcoming session that begins Monday after a four-week recess.
“In just a few weeks, members will be back out on the campaign trail, emphasizing the differences between the two parties,” Bush told a weekly radio address. “But before they leave Washington, they should show that they can work together on bipartisan measures to help strengthen America’s economy: measures like approving the Colombia and Korean free trade agreements, extending relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax, and addressing one of the American people’s biggest concerns—the high price of gasoline.”
Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord held in SpainBy Ontheweb Sunday, September 7, 2008
Madrid: Colombia’s notorious drug lord Edgar Vallejo-Guarin, nicknamed “Beto el Gitano (Beto the Gypsy)”, has been arrested in Madrid after being on the run for several years, the Spanish Police have said.
Vallejo-Guarin, for whose arrest the US Justice Department had announced $5 million reward, was detained from a luxury hotel in Madrid on the information from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, EFE news agency reported, citing officials.
Ingrid Betancourt named Woman of the YearBy Ontheweb Sunday, September 7, 2008
Vienna, Colombia’s former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt who was rescued in July from the captivity of the country’s leftist rebels has been named the Woman of the Year by the World Awards Association (WAA), the EFE news agency reported Saturday.
The Vienna-based World Awards Association Friday named Betancourt as the recipient of the 2008 Woman of the Year award, the report said.
She will receive the honour at a ceremony Oct 26, details of which would be announced later. Betancourt, 46, has dual Colombian and France citizenship.
Amir Khan ruthlessly exposed by Breidis PrescottBy Ontheweb Sunday, September 7, 2008
The flawed diamond that is Amir Khan was ruthlessly exposed last night as he suffered a devastating first-round knockout at the violently quick and powerful hands of Colombian opponent Breidis Prescott.
After 18 straight wins against an array of mostly light-punching opponents which had established Khan’s box-office appeal, the 21-year-old from Bolton was destroyed in 54 seconds by the fierce puncher from South America.
Colombia 0-1 UruguayBy Ontheweb Sunday, September 7, 2008
Player Ratings: Colombia 0-1 Uruguay
Uruguay were well worth their crucial 1-0 victory over Colombia in Bogota, and are on track to qualify for their first World Cup since 2002. It was a very tight match that was deservedly won by La Celeste. Goal.com rates the performers on the pitch…
By Ontheweb Sunday, September 7, 2008
For the last entry on Colombia, I’ll cover the main courses. To be honest, this was probably the least exciting part of colombian food, but it was still pretty good, depending where you went.
Lunch was fairly standard fare, though we had a much greater selection in Bogotá than in Cartagena or Santa Marta - there were more cosmopolitan, experimental places (not terribly so, but enough to put a little dazzle in your lunch, rather than the Ecuadorian style meat-rice-potato combo). Lunch usually consisted of juice, soup, and main course.
Oil and gas company reports flow rates from Los Aceites-1 well.By Ontheweb Sunday, September 7, 2008
Solana Resources (TSX: V.SOR, Stock Forum), announced Thursday that during a 4.5 hour clean-up period, the Los Aceites-1 exploration well in the Llanos Basin, Colombia, flowed at an average rate in excess of 5,000 barrels of 40 degrees API oil per day, gross.
Solana says Los Aceites-1 reached a total measured depth of 7,108 feet on August 11, and a completion and cased hole short test program started on August 24. Solana says it will install appropriately sized equipment to undertake the required short test as soon as the drilling rig has been moved, with the test anticipated to start mid-September.
A “Bazaar” WeekendBy Ontheweb Sunday, September 7, 2008
The school has been preparing for the annual bazaar for about two weeks now. Each grade is in charge of selling one food item (very typical Colombian food). I expected the fest to be fairly small, with a few food booths and some bingo. Well, I arrived today to a full-blown carnival. There was a rock-climbing wall, a zip-line, a few inflatable attractions, a band, and tons and tons of food. Second grade was in charge of selling the typical Colombian soup called ajiaco. It has chicken, corn, potatoes, cream, rice, and avocado in it. It’s really good. I had some after I had already eaten two lunches. I ate lechona (which is roasted pig) and patacon (which is a flattened plantain topped with meat, guacomole, and salsa. Everything was delicious, but now I am stuffed. I didn’t really want the ajiaco, but it was the end of the day and they gave me a bowl. So of course I ate it : ) I don’t turn down food.
By Ontheweb Thursday, September 4, 2008
Colombian authorities, seeking to head off a potential environmental disaster, were still searching Tuesday for two missing cyanide barrels that had been aboard a ferry that capsized in the Magdalena River.
A total of 96 drums of the highly toxic chemical were aboard the vessel when it sank early Saturday in Colombia’s longest river. All but two of the canisters, which were loaded on a vehicle that was on the ferry, had been recovered by late Tuesday afternoon.
The urgency of the situation was made clear Sunday and Monday by the fact that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe remained at the site, about 220 miles north of the capital, Bogota, to oversee salvage operations.
