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22/02/2012 |
Bullrich summons City teacher unions for wage talks
City Education Minister Esteban Bullrich summoned teacher unions for a meeting on Thursday to continue with wage talks, after failing to reach an agreement on Tuesday.
22/02/2012 |
Complete list of injured people
Folllowing is the complete list of people injured in train crash in Once train station, which have been taken to Ramos Mejía, Durand, Rivadavia, Argerich, Piñero, Pirovano; Vélez Sarsfield, Zubizarreta, Santojanni, Alvarez, Tornú and Penna hospitals.
22/02/2012 |
'The train was stopping, we don't know what happened in the last 40 metres,' Schiavi
Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi stated during a press conference that the train was stopping as it entered the station, but “it did not stop,” and assured that “we have enough material” to determine the causes of the accident.
22/02/2012 |
CFK suspends afternoon activities in light of Once train crash
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner changed her official agenda for today, suspending planned activities for this afternoon. The decision came in light of the tragic railway accident at Once train station today, which claimed the lives of at least 49 people and injured at least 550.
22/02/2012 |
BA stocks edge up
Buenos Aires stocks closed higher with the Merval benchmark stock index edging up by 1.4 percent to 2,838.62 points. Meanwhile, the country-risk fell by 2.8 percent to 777 basis points in the JP Morgan EMBI index.
22/02/2012 |
Unemployment rate drops to 6.7%
The unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent during the third quarter of 2011, a percentage point lower than the 7.3 percent registered in the same period in 2010, according to the Indec national statistics bureau.
22/02/2012 |
'I flew 15 metres forward due to the impact,' says Once crash victim
The accident that saw a Sarmiento line train crash into the platform at Once station this morning and left some 340 people injured, affected hundreds of people on their morning commute. One of the passengers named Fabián, stated to press, “I flew 15 forward due to the impact. I had people piled on top of me, none of us could move.”
22/02/2012 |
Dollar trades steady at AR$4.37
The US dollar stood at AR$4.31/AR$4.37, thus remaining the same from previous price at the close business at Buenos Aires exchange houses.
22/02/2012 |
Once train crash: 49 dead, 675 injured
Forty-nine people were killed and 675 injured after a train crashed this morning while pulling into Once station, officials confirmed. Emergency teams concluded the rescuing of victims from the wreckage, sending the critically injured to local hospitals to be treated. Paramedics were also treating victims at the scene.
22/02/2012 |
Misiones: Over 700 policemen take over Police station
At least 700 policemen took over the Police Station in Posadas, Misiones Capital city, as they claimed for better working conditions and a salary hike. Likewise, the policemen requested to be allowed to unionize their men.
22/02/2012 |
'Cruise ship is risk-free,' says Health Minister
Health Minister Juan Manzur confirmed this morning that the situation on the MSC Armonía cruise ship, which lost a crew member last Friday to Influenza B, “was under control” and in a “normal state” after it arrived to Buenos Aires port to be inspected by customs and health authorities today.
21/02/2012 |
Heavy traffic as Carnival weekend ends
Traffic was intense as tourists returned to the City as the four day long weekend came to a close. Over 2300 cars traveled down Route 2 as they reached the Samborombón outpost, police sources said.
20/02/2012 |
Former Archbishop accused of sexual abuse dies
Santa Fe’s former Archbishop Edgardo Storni, who was accused of aggravated sexual abuse, died at 75 years old at La Falda City, Córdoba province.
