Tuesday morning would be a good day to avoid travel through downtown San Jose. Two unions that represent taxi drivers are planning a protest to begin at 9:00 am at Parque Central. Instead of targeting the Solis administration, drivers will converge on the constitutional court and likely bring eastern San Jose to a stand still. […]
Archives for June 20, 2016
Better situation for livestock production
Rainy season has come and it has filled Guanacaste and San Carlos livestock production with joy because before it, millions on losses were reported due to the drought as a result of El Niño. According to the executive director of CORFOGA (National Livestock Corporation), Luis Diego Obando, they happily hope that rainfalls remain as normal […]
State visit: Honduras comes to Costa Rica
A year ago, President Luis Guillermo Solís visited Honduras. Now, it’s Honduran President’s turn to visit Costa Rica. According to Solís, Juan Orlando Hernández “will only visit Costa Rica. We had arranged a state visit, equivalent to mine in Honduras.” Although a longer stay was planned, it won’t be possible. The First Lady was also expected […]
Surprise visits to avoid multiple pregnancies
The Ministry of Health will make surprise periodical inspections to the only private center authorized by the entity to perform in vitro fertilization procedures (IVF) in the country, Centro Fecundar Costa Rica. According to Dr. César Gamboa, director of Garantía de Acceso a los Servicios de Salud, the center will be asked the patient registry […]
Liberia’s water outage
The Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers announced that Liberia will not have drinking water on June, 20th 2016. The suspension is due to maintenance work to be performed on a 350 MM main water pipeline, located in Barrio Moracia, which supplies water to the entire canton. The most affected districts will be Pueblo Nuevo, Moracia, […]
Wanted! US fugitive escaped from migration
The man in the photograph is required by Costa Rican authorities after escaping the detention center of the Immigration Directorate, in Hatillo, on Sunday night. John Wesley Saatio is an American citizen wanted in his country for being a sex offender with a 25-year sentence. He was arrested in Jacó on June 3rd. As confirmed […]