Due to a million-dollar debt, the Air-e company cut off the electricity service to the Pies Descalzos Foundation Educational Institution. The school Shakira donated to Barranquilla few years ago.
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The artist donated this educational complex of 14,490 square meters to 1,700 students in 2008 and has been there ever since. School management was left to the district From Barranquilla.
However, this is not the only school experiencing power outages as the company has started doing the same with three other District Educational Institutions (IEDs) in the last few hours.
According to the information known in this way, the other three foreign direct investments are as follows: Colegio Normal La Hacienda, which has a debt of more than 226 million dollars; Colegio Las Nieves, which is more than $27 million in debt; and the María Auxiliadora School, whose debt exceeds $66 million.
Likewise, it was learned that power outages in Barranquilla schools may continue on Thursday, December 28, due to the District’s debt to Air-e. total exceeded 7,700 million pesos.
Let us also note that this last figure is the total debt accumulated since September for electricity services in schools. There was a credit to the account in September, but by December the balance increased.
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Regarding the power outages experienced in these four schools, Barranquilla Mayor Jaime Pumarejo HeinsOn Tuesday, December 26, he inaugurated the monument erected in memory of Shakira on the Gran Malecón.
This fact increases the debts of this district administration to suppliers, contractors and councilors in the capital of Atlantico, which those affected have been condemning for several months.
Deivis Lopez Ortega
EL TIEMPO correspondent
Barranquilla
Source: Exame
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