A new booking center aims to make access to information for tourists easier through the website www.pequeñoshoteles.com, where they can find small hotels and book though Internet. This was announced yesterday by vice the president of the Republic, Ana Helena Chacón. The initiative was carried out with the coordination of the authorities from the Costa […]
Archives for June 2016
Turrialba’s new eruption
On June, 19th at 11:57 am, Turrialba volcano registered another eruption and constant activity has been seen since dawn. Mauricio Mora, from the National Seismologic Network (RSN) informed it is unknown how far the ash cloud reached because it was an overcast day. Activities were registered at 12 am, 2 am, 3 am, 7 am […]
CAT scan in Puntarenas
Puntarenas will have a new computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan) service in Monseñor Sanabris Hospital. The Executive Board approved the purchase for more than 635 million colones. Maria del Rocío Sáenz, executive president of the Caja Costarricense de seguridad Social (CCSS), said “it was a great need that was part of the investment projects […]
Controversial 2$ increase on departure tax
According to minister of tourism Mauricio Ventura it is important to revert the 39.600-MAG order that increases 2$ to the 29$ departure tax to finance the Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (SENASA) because it affects the country’s image. According to Ventura, president Luis Guillermo Solís ordered the creation of a commision to discuss the matter. […]
Costarrican weapons in Panama Crimes
A significant number of firearms registered by private security companies in Costa Rica were taken illegally to Panama or were sold to criminals. The Ministry of Public Security stopped following the track of these weapons in recent years, since most of them are weapons taken to Panama by security officers and companies and most of […]
CCSS will invest $ 1.4 million for hemophiliacs
The CCSS will invest $ 1.4 million in anti-inhibitor coagulant complex for 21 hemophilic patients who have developed neutralizing antibodies which interfere with clotting factors. Hemophiliacs suffer from a disorder that causes internal bleeding in joints, muscles in upper and lower limbs, digestive system, urinary system and other areas of the body. There are two […]