Access to health approaches 1,085 inhabitants of indigenous communities such as Katsi, Dururpe, Alto Katsi, Bris, Namuwoki and Santa Elena, in the Atlantic area of the country. The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) delivered 20 vehicles to enter areas with difficult geographical access. This is intended to make more efficient the transfer of patients, […]
Archives for February 3, 2017
Who is Ríos Mairena, suspect of killing 5 university students?
The suspect of murdering 5 young people in Liberia took advantage of the peace of the dawn to carry out his macabre plan. The 33-year-old man, surnamed Ríos Mairena, took advantage of the fact that the victims were sleeping to break into the apartment and commit the horrible crime. He walked in unexpectedly, without forcing […]
Three legislators proposed to create a tax on owners of public parking lots
Legislators José Ramírez, Edgardo Araya and Laura Garro proposed to create a tax on owners of public parking lots that would finance the construction of networks of roads and parking lots for cyclists, as well as other special infrastructure. The initiative aims to promote and regulate the use of bicycles as a means of transport […]
600 people could lose their jobs in Barra del Colorado
A group of 600 people from Barra del Colorado could lose their jobs due to the expiration of the traditional trawling licenses and the impossibility of renewing them. A decision of the Constitutional Chamber in 2013 determined that trawling licenses could not be renewed until the necessary mechanisms to make it sustainable are available, so […]
A bill aims to control insect-transmitted diseases
The government is evaluating, one more time, a bill that aims to control insect-transmitted diseases such as zika, dengue and chikungunya , among others. Project 19.398 called “Law for the control of populations of insect vectors of diseases”, establishes sanctions for those who maintain breeding grounds for aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus mosquitoes. If it […]
Cyclists demonstrated in front of the Legislative Assembly
A group of cyclists, who demanded more security measures, lay down in front of the Legislative Assembly in memory of the victims who died hit by a speeding driver last Sunday in Curridabat. They finished the demonstration in front of the Congress in which they delivered 10 petitions to the legislators and they placed a white […]