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[00:09:37] Welcome to our front page broadcast with Alejandra
[00:09:40] Forero, next up. The
[00:09:42] headlines. Cuida Aruba, two days
[00:09:46] to clean, prevent and raise awareness. 100
[00:09:50] couples renew their vows of love in Aruba.
[00:09:53] Building collapses in Pereira and they are still looking for
[00:09:56] survivors. The National Government declares
[00:09:59] an economic emergency after the tragedy in Colombia.
[00:10:03] Pyrotechnics fail and cause panic at a stadium in
[00:10:07] Virginia.
[00:10:09] At this hour and every day, I am pleased to greet our
[00:10:13] viewers, as always extending a warm
[00:10:17] welcome to our front-page broadcast with Alejandra Forero. It is with great pleasure that we greet all
[00:10:20] of you, hoping that you had an excellent Thursday.
[00:10:24] We begin with local news, and
[00:10:28] this time, what was announced yesterday by the national government
[00:10:31] and various other entities, including
[00:10:34] the Bureau Inspector, the Department of Public Works, and so on, the second edition of
[00:10:38] Cuida Aruba returns, this national
[00:10:41] day to keep our island completely
[00:10:44] clean. This time, it will be two days, August
[00:10:47] 28th and 29th.
[00:10:51] The government of Aruba is preparing for August 28 and 29.
[00:10:55] the second edition of Cuidaruba, an initiative that seeks
[00:10:58] to unite the community, the private sector, and various
[00:11:01] public institutions in a national day of cleaning,
[00:11:05] volunteering, and preparation for the rainy season. Prime Minister
[00:11:08] Mike Eyman highlighted that the first edition showed that when
[00:11:12] the government, businesses, and citizens work together, concrete
[00:11:16] results can be achieved for the benefit of all society,
[00:11:20] which is why this second day seeks to expand that
[00:11:23] effort and turn it into a movement
[00:11:26] of shared responsibility, inviting schools, sports clubs,
[00:11:30] foundations, community organizations, businesses,
[00:11:33] and citizens to participate with cleaning actions in
[00:11:37] their own sectors. One of the main objectives is
[00:11:40] to prepare Aruba for the rainy and storm season. Authorities
[00:11:44] explain that keeping canals,
[00:11:47] sewers, and public
[00:11:51] reduce the risk of flooding. Additionally,
[00:11:54] removing waste that can accumulate water contributes
[00:11:57] to preventing the proliferation of the dengue mosquito and other public
[00:12:01] health risks. For this second edition, improvements
[00:12:04] will also be made in logistics, including an
[00:12:08] increased collection capacity, a better distribution of drop-off
[00:12:12] points, and more efficient coordination for the
[00:12:15] transport and processing of waste. Finally, the
[00:12:19] government reminded that the waste center remains open
[00:12:23] throughout the week and made a call to citizens to responsibly
[00:12:27] use these facilities. The city inspection
[00:12:30] bureau was also present to extend this invitation
[00:12:33] to the entire community to prepare for
[00:12:37] August 28 and 29 with the second edition
[00:12:41] of Cuidaruba.
[00:12:44] Yesterday, love was experienced in the Gasparito area after
[00:12:48] 100 couples decided to renew their
[00:12:51] vows on our island, thanks to the invitation extended by the
[00:12:55] Aruba Tourism Authority and its program known as Aruba
[00:12:58] I Do. This was the eighth edition of this
[00:13:01] vow renewal, and we were there and have the details.
[00:13:17] A love that deserves to say "yes" again, the Aruba I Do
[00:13:21] event, organized once again by the Aruba Tourism Authority, brings together the
[00:13:25] most important and iconic vow renewal on the island.
[00:13:28] We are very happy today to organize the Aruba I Do
[00:13:32] once again, and in this case, we have a total of 100
[00:13:35] couples who are renewing their vows with us. Today,
[00:13:39] we have the registrations for couples who are
[00:13:42] celebrating from one year
[00:13:46] up to 30 years of marriage, and we are
[00:13:49] at a very special location, which is Gasparito,
[00:13:53] to show that there are varieties of different places where events can be held
[00:13:56] here in Aruba. Today, we have different things that you can
[00:14:00] do. We have two photo booths, we also have
[00:14:04] a flower bar where you can choose your own flowers for the moment
[00:14:07] you renew your vows. In reality, when we opened the link
[00:14:11] for registration, in two weeks we already
[00:14:14] had all the registrations. The Aruba I Do is an event that participants
[00:14:18] are very, very eager to participate in.
[00:14:21] They start asking us a few months before when the link will
[00:14:25] open. Well, my name is, my husband
[00:14:28] Osvaldo, we are celebrating 25 years of
[00:14:31] marriage. We reached it on August 18th, that is,
[00:14:34] Tuesday. We were looking for a romantic
[00:14:37] destination to celebrate, and we discovered Aruba,
[00:14:41] and it just so happens that this event is in
[00:14:45] August. So I prepared the whole surprise for my
[00:14:49] husband, and I gave him the news when we arrived here. I am
[00:14:53] very happy to be here, on all the beaches
[00:14:56] and the event. We hope to enjoy it very much. Oh, well, yes,
[00:15:00] quite surprised, and we feel very good. We also come from Costa
[00:15:03] Rica, although I am Peruvian, but I have lived
[00:15:07] in Costa Rica for a long time, and well, married to a girl,
[00:15:10] right? And well, we are celebrating, as they say,
[00:15:14] 25 years, and we came here to celebrate
[00:15:17] Aruba. We are focused more on responsible
[00:15:20] tourism right now, and for that
[00:15:23] reason, we have focused on somewhat
[00:15:27] smaller events, which is why we are limiting it to only 100
[00:15:30] couples. And we are here
[00:15:33] today in Gasparito because we also want to differentiate that there are more
[00:15:37] places to hold events on the island. The romance
[00:15:41] niche is a very important niche for the island of
[00:15:44] Aruba, to know that couples can come here to celebrate
[00:15:48] their marriage, their honeymoon, to
[00:15:51] celebrate as a family too, that there are different options
[00:15:55] of places where they can hold their events. Oh,
[00:15:58] we've been living together for 5 years and married for 3
[00:16:02] years, precisely today, precisely today is
[00:16:05] our third anniversary. And well,
[00:16:08] precisely looking for a place to celebrate and where to share
[00:16:12] that moment, well, we found this space and decided
[00:16:15] to come. Uh, well, we come from Colombia, and it's
[00:16:19] really very beautiful. We were always thinking, well, what
[00:16:23] do we do to celebrate it? And it's the happy island,
[00:16:26] we had to come. We're going to celebrate 26 years of
[00:16:30] marriage, and we were here for our honeymoon
[00:16:33] when we got married a long time ago.
[00:16:38] And we come from Texas, in the United States. Due
[00:16:41] to family circumstances, we had to postpone our
[00:16:45] 25th anniversary, so we decided this time we can
[00:16:49] do it, and we want to do it with great affection, a lot of love between
[00:16:51] us. We come from Colombia, uh,
[00:16:55] we've been together for 14 years and married for six,
[00:16:58] and well, we wanted to renew our vows in
[00:17:01] the presence of our daughter. Well, first of all, it was a surprise from
[00:17:05] my wife, so, uh, uh,
[00:17:07] happy, we celebrated my daughter's birthday, and coming to
[00:17:11] this beautiful island, this is great,
[00:17:14] beautiful, very nice. We've been married for
[00:17:17] 27 years, this year we'll be 28, and we come from Lima,
[00:17:21] Peru, because our first trip was to Aruba, and we've always
[00:17:24] wanted to come back, but now we've come back with our children. Oh, well, Aruba is
[00:17:28] a beautiful island, with beautiful
[00:17:30] beaches, and it's outside the hurricane zone,
[00:17:33] and it's always very nice to return to the Caribbean.
[00:18:07] In our international round, we begin, as is customary, in
[00:18:11] Colombia, due to the earthquake that occurred last Monday,
[00:18:15] and which has now been four days of this emergency. In various
[00:18:18] cities, such as Pereira, they are trying to clear the
[00:18:22] rubble to be able to find more
[00:18:25] survivors of this tragedy. Unfortunately,
[00:18:28] the hours continue to pass, and the panorama is
[00:18:31] desolate.
[00:18:36] social media.
[00:18:43] A corner building located in Parque la Libertad in
[00:18:46] Pereira, which fell in 40 seconds after the
[00:18:49] earthquake.
[00:18:52] Since then, emergency services have been working
[00:18:55] tirelessly alongside dozens of volunteers, searching for
[00:18:58] life.
[00:19:02] In the midst of the search efforts, suddenly everyone calls for
[00:19:06] silence and calm. Total
[00:19:08] silence, because under the rubble there could
[00:19:12] be someone alive. The trained rescue dogs
[00:19:16] have been key in these search efforts, as they
[00:19:19] are the ones who, with their sense of smell, identify and give the
[00:19:22] indication that a person could be found
[00:19:26] there. We sent two dogs back in to check the
[00:19:30] two spots where our firefighters and military personnel removed
[00:19:33] rubble. Removing rubble allows us to smell
[00:19:38] people so we can send the dog back
[00:19:41] in and they can verify if there is life. Brick
[00:19:45] by brick they are removing everything, trying to find
[00:19:48] life in a building that was four stories tall, according
[00:19:52] to the community. On the first floor there was a bakery, and
[00:19:56] the owner of the premises, who is reported as missing,
[00:19:58] could be
[00:20:01] alive.
[00:20:06] After several hours of work, the silence was
[00:20:09] finally broken, there is life,
[00:20:11] there is life, there
[00:20:15] is life,
[00:20:17] yes sir, the emergency services focus all their
[00:20:21] attention on rescuing alive the man who has
[00:20:24] remained under the rubble for more than 60 hours in this
[00:20:28] corner of Parque la Libertad in
[00:20:30] Pereira. In the midst of the tragedy, the president
[00:20:34] of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, declared a national
[00:20:38] economic emergency and announced different measures that will be implemented
[00:20:41] immediately to thus counteract and
[00:20:44] help the victims of this
[00:20:47] tragedy.
[00:20:50] On his first day, dispatching from the Palacio de San Carlos, current headquarters of the
[00:20:54] Foreign Ministry, President Abelardo de la Espriella assured that
[00:20:57] after the tragedy, the country must enter a stage of
[00:21:00] exceptional fiscal measures to assist the
[00:21:04] victims, such as the economic emergency. The
[00:21:07] emergency that I propose will create a miracle
[00:21:11] fund, an entity that will
[00:21:14] channel national and international contributions,
[00:21:17] which will be allocated to the reconstruction
[00:21:21] of hospitals, educational centers,
[00:21:24] and properties, within the framework of that declaration that will allow
[00:21:28] it to issue regulations and use resources without congressional approval,
[00:21:32] it will provide relief for the
[00:21:35] the payment of public services for the affected
[00:21:38] families by the government,
[00:21:41] rental subsidies for those
[00:21:44] who lost their homes,
[00:21:47] and tax relief measures.
[00:21:51] In the government meeting that lasted more than 6 hours, the Minister of Foreign
[00:21:55] Affairs clarified that since the emergency, they have been in
[00:21:59] contact with the United Nations and various countries to coordinate the
[00:22:02] arrival of aid. Accompanied by the new director of
[00:22:05] risk management, Santiago Tamayo, he announced the arrival of
[00:22:09] four elite search and rescue teams. There are planes arriving in the
[00:22:13] country with humanitarian aid. I can mention
[00:22:16] some 100 tons of humanitarian aid offered by the government of El Salvador
[00:22:21] that arrived last night. We have another
[00:22:24] flight from Mexico. We are starting to
[00:22:27] formalize
[00:22:30] support, requests or applications for support from
[00:22:34] search and rescue teams from the United States, El
[00:22:37] Salvador, Ecuador, and
[00:22:39] Israel. The government has determined two priorities in the framework of the
[00:22:43] emergency: the uninterrupted search for missing
[00:22:46] persons and a reconstruction and relocation plan.
[00:22:52] Devastating stories continue to emerge, stories that tear
[00:22:56] at our souls about people who, unfortunately,
[00:22:59] died in the midst of this earthquake in Colombia. Today we
[00:23:02] present the story of this family whose parents,
[00:23:06] unfortunately, were found dead, and their triplets, three young
[00:23:10] sisters, one of whom is missing, another is
[00:23:13] in delicate condition, and another, unfortunately,
[00:23:17] died.
[00:23:20] Ana, Sofía, and Isabela are some of the faces of the tragedy in
[00:23:23] Cali. These triplets ended up with their parents and another relative under the
[00:23:27] rubble of their apartment. Today, almost 72 hours later,
[00:23:31] and with only Ana safe, their family still hopes to find Isabela
[00:23:35] alive, as the bodies of her parents and Sofía have already been
[00:23:38] found. With moments of much attention,
[00:23:42] with spirits to continue moving rubble
[00:23:45] and waiting, waiting for what might happen
[00:23:49] with... Isabela, who is the last girl we need to recover from the
[00:23:53] family.
[00:23:56] Distraught, her family remembers some previous moments
[00:23:59] shared with the 23-year-old women from Cali, whom they describe as
[00:24:03] angels on earth. How is it to live a situation like
[00:24:06] this?
[00:24:09] Devastating.
[00:24:12] But we have faith, and faith sustains
[00:24:15] us all. On Sunday, I came to her
[00:24:19] apartment. I gave them all some gifts, but we
[00:24:22] only saw each other for 15 minutes and we hugged.
[00:24:26] The victims are counted in droves, tons of concrete
[00:24:29] lie on the bodies of many people still, but in the midst of the
[00:24:33] desolation, the kindness of some of the survivors is a light of
[00:24:36] hope. I
[00:24:40] don't know,
[00:24:44] I think it's better to be
[00:24:47] helping people than to stay locked up and... unable
[00:24:51] to do anything. There are still people under the rubble. More than
[00:24:54] 400 rescuers are working against the clock with the mission of saving
[00:24:58] the missing citizens alive. Meanwhile,
[00:25:02] those who were not affected are pooling aid to
[00:25:05] rebuild the city that once danced to the rhythm of
[00:25:08] salsa. For example, in Versailles, it is one of the
[00:25:12] municipalities, one of the towns that, despite not being large cities,
[00:25:16] also remained totally devastated, and not only because of the losses
[00:25:20] they suffered during this earthquake, but also because
[00:25:24] this place, this town, no longer knows how to be reborn in the midst
[00:25:28] of the
[00:25:28] rubble.
[00:25:32] In Versailles, the roaring of the earth not only shook the
[00:25:36] houses, it also left an entire municipality trying to
[00:25:39] function in the midst of this
[00:25:41] emergency.
[00:25:44] They have been without water and electricity
[00:25:46] for almost 3 days. In the main square, a few
[00:25:50] outlets connected to a generator are for now one
[00:25:54] of the few places where residents can charge their cell phones,
[00:25:58] communicate with their families, and stay connected. A large
[00:26:02] part of the residents are spending their nights in the
[00:26:05] main coliseum. According to municipal
[00:26:08] authorities, about 70% of the
[00:26:11] urban infrastructure has been affected, and
[00:26:15] that can be felt when walking through its streets. The center of the
[00:26:19] municipality has an unusual image: many people
[00:26:22] remain outside their homes, gather in
[00:26:25] this square, and seek, among everyone, a way to understand what comes
[00:26:29] next. The square also became a meeting
[00:26:33] point. Here they talk about the aid, the damage,
[00:26:36] and how to rebuild a municipality that today needs
[00:26:39] everyone. But it is when entering these homes
[00:26:43] that one truly understands what is happening. Entire
[00:26:46] families remain outside, facing walls that are coming
[00:26:50] down, roofs that are no longer there, rooms that
[00:26:53] were exposed. No, well, the truth is, the patio
[00:26:56] was destroyed, and a large part of the
[00:26:59] roof of the L-shaped area. And
[00:27:02] well, thanks to the help of my uncles and some
[00:27:05] collaborators, we were able to build... well, we were able to
[00:27:09] repair, half-repair, because the truth is, it could fall
[00:27:12] again if it shakes again. This
[00:27:15] couple is still in their house, although part of its
[00:27:19] structure is about to collapse. I need to
[00:27:22] look at the bottom part to maybe put some wooden
[00:27:26] blocks to try to reinforce it a little, while, of course,
[00:27:30] we won't be living here. We are just clearing out what's here
[00:27:33] to put it in the most stable part, which is over there. Until yesterday, we were
[00:27:37] in a panic, so to speak, thinking it was going to
[00:27:41] shake again.
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