The Ombudsman Office opposes the increase in the electricity rate requested by the National Power and Light Company (CNFL), and for which a public hearing was held last Friday. CNFL requested an average increase in the electricity rates of the distribution service in two stages: the first one contemplates a 26.63% increase on the current […]
Archives for June 12, 2017
More women are visiting the doctor for vaginal-aesthetic procedures
Although it is a taboo subject, more and more women attend medical offices in search of solutions that only aesthetic gynecology can give them. But far from what one might think, these procedures do not only respond to aesthetic or banal issues, but are often necessary in terms of sexual and reproductive health, as explained […]
Panama investigates Costa Rican containers with heart of palm suspected of carrying drugs
The Panamanian authorities analyzed two containers of heart of palm linked to the drug theft in Sarapiquí over the weekend. Last Saturday, the driver of a trailer reported an assault of a truck loaded with palm hearts. The vehicle was located in a farm in Sarapiquí, where an official named Borbón died after reeiving two […]
Deputy Minister of Transport also leaves office
Deputy Minister of Transport, Giselle Alfaro, also announced her resignation to the portfolio on Monday morning. The engineer stated that she is leaving offices for personal reasons. This news comes at the same time as that of Carlos Villalta’s resignation due to a domestic violence complaint his wife filed against him. Now, the MOPT only […]
MOPT former Minister: “I did not beat her or tried to strangle her”
On Monday afternoon, the Minister of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) Carlos Villalta said that the issue of his resignation is not a recent matter and that he had been studying it for a week, due to his “personal situation”, which was fully understood by President Luis Guillermo Solís. Villalta said that his family situation […]
Venezuelan prosecutor denounces her family was threatened
Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega said on Monday that members of her family have been threatened and persecuted after she distanced herself from the government of Nicolás Maduro. She holds the executive responsible for what might happen to them. The official explained that her relatives have received threats through telephone calls and that they have […]