The Lincoln Plaza Mall joined the UNIBE Clinic to hold a Health Fair with free and low-cost services over the weekend. The activity started at 10 a.m. for both days and offered services such as free scans at pressure points, glucose by micro method, and heel densitometries. In addition, there was general information on diseases […]
Archives for May 15, 2017
Unionists ask for resignation of CCSS actuary
A group of trade unionists from the National Association of Public and Private Employees (ANEP) requested the resignation of Luis Guillermo López, actuarial director of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). In a letter signed by the trade unionist Albino Vargas, Secretary of the ANEP, the group blames the official for an increase of […]
Turrialba Volcano erupts again
At around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Turrialba Volcano resumed its activity, with an ash-expelling eruption. According to Maarten de Moor, a volcanologist from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), the eruptive column rises 500 meters above the crater’s height and the winds are blowing north. There are still no reports of ash […]
Landslide caused partial damages to house in Cartago
At 1:08 p.m. on Sunday, a landslide hit a home in Cartago. However, there were no fatal victims. The incident took place in the Bermejo area of the Southwest School, where it was raining heavily. The Fire Department’s communications department said a unit went to the scene and found a house with partial damages, water […]
Policletos participated in the 2017 bike race for Europe
Policletos from the PubliC Force of San José participated in an activity called “Cleteada por Europa” (bike race for Europe), during the celebrations of the “Month of Europe”. The activity included a circuit between Roosevelt Square in San Pedro de Montes de Oca and the National Park in downtown San José, and it had a […]
Government celebrates Costa Rican Farmer’s Day
The Costa Rican Farmer’s Day is celebrated on May 15th, therefore the Government wanted to pay tribute to the hundreds of citizens who are engaged in this activity with a traditional television broadcast. Our producers are heroes who know how to cope with adversities as the entire country has witnessed during the different emergencies that […]