Recent cases of tree branches falling over vehicles in San José and Escazú highlight the danger that drivers and pedestrians on national roads are exposed to. Municipalities recognize that they act primarily by complaints from neighbors and have no clear record of the most dangerous areas. However, Alfonso López, head of parks of the San […]
Archives for June 23, 2016
Hotels want to change school calendars
Gustavo Araya, president of the Cámara Costarricense de Hoteles (CCH) declared they will propose to change school break season to reduce the huge difference between the peak season and the offseason. “By doing this, national tourism would grow because people would also visit touristic areas in low season; it would mean better and cheaper prices,” […]
Japanese green vehicles for Costa Rica
The Embassy of Japan and The Ministry of Foreign Affairs closed a 2,7 million dollar deal to buy high-tech green vehicles. The agreement was signed by Chancellor Manuel González and Japanese ambassador, Mamoru Shinohara. The deal was reached thanks to the Economic and Social Development program project. The vehicles will reportedly be assigned to the […]
Armed seas, helpless skies
Although America donated two 10 thousand million patrol boats to face drug trafficking in the sea, Costa Rican airspace is helpless against this threat. This happens because the country doesn’t have what it needs to attack any aircraft. Diario Extra asked president Solís what his opinion was regarding Costa Rica’s vulnerability to drug trafficking in […]
Doctors accuse the CCSS
Unión Médica Nacional (UMN) publicly accused Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) for not usig 427,000 million colones out of the 2015 budget aimed to patients’ health care. The information exposed by Edwin Solano, UMN’s president, reveals that although the institution has funds, waiting lists for surgery, outpatient and diagnostic procedures such as colonoscopy, gastroscopy, […]
African migrants stranded in Costa Rica
More than 100 Africans, including women, men and kids, are stranded in El Jobo community center, 26 kilometers west from La Cruz, near the northern border, hoping to go to Nicaraguan territory and continue to The United States. Africans want the Costa Rican government to help and treat them just as it did with Cuban […]