March 9, 2026
Companies

ISA 1Q 2018 Net Income Jumps 24% Year-on-Year

Medellin-based international electric-power transmitter and highway concessionaire ISA announced May 9 that its first quarter (1Q) 2018 net income rose 24% year-on-year, to COP$297 billion (US$103 million). Gross revenues climbed 3.6% year-on-year, to COP$1.6 trillion (US$558 million), while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 12%
Colombian economy

IMF Sees 2.7% GDP Growth in Colombia This Year

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on April 30 announced that it foresees 2.7% growth in Colombia’s gross domestic product (GDP) this year. In its latest annual “executive board” report (see: http://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2018/04/30/pr18154-imf-executive-board-concludes-2018-article-iv-consultation-with-colombia?cid=em-COM-123-36986), IMF found that during
Schools

Medellin’s First-Ever Congress of Junior Ornithology Students: Impressive Growth, Wider Appreciation

Just as Medellin pioneered the development of Colombian wild-bird study and conservation via the founding of Sociedad Antioqueña de Ornitologia (SAO) nearly 35 years ago, now the city can boast of hosting the first-ever congress of junior ornithology students. In the April 19 event at Medellin’s Colegio Montessori, some 70 students from four local schools […]