The recent and unbearable traffic jams and the absence of solutions by the authorities have made people look for alternatives to reduce the problem. This is the case of San Miguel Arcángel parking in Paseo Colón, San José, located on streets 32 and 34, Avenue 42 (200 meters south of KFC). With “Bike to work” […]
Archives for June 2016
150 kilos of cocaine in sugar cane plantation
Agents of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ), stationed in the Regional Office of Santa Cruz, are investigating the discovery of 150 kilos of cocaine in a sugar cane plantation located between Ortega and Cañas River in Santa Cruz de Guanacaste. Preliminary reports indicate that judicial investigators received a confidential tip about the drugs in the […]
Calderón Guardia Hospital needs O+ blood
Calderón Guardia hospital specialists are urgently requiring donors with O+ blood type, because their reserves are dangerously low, which could limit the performance of several surgical procedures. The requirements to donate are: 1. Being between 18 and 65 years old. 2. Having a minimum weight of 50 kilograms. 3. Having a light breakfast that does […]
Legislator criticizes light assessment to benefit prisoners
Mario Redondo, legislator from the Christian Democratic Alliance party, questioned the simplicity of the studies conducted to free 209 prisoners from jail Gerardo Rodríguez, located in San Rafael de Alajuela. According to the legislator, the assessment to place the prisoners in the semi-institutional regime were made in just 7 weeks. However, according to experts in […]
Solís: ICT employees’ demonstration “is enigmatic”
According to president Luis Guillermo Solís, the decision of 300 employees from the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) to jump into the streets with posters and demands is “enigmatic”. The Minister of Tourism, Mauricio Ventura, doesn’t even have a proposal, and only said that the past administration made excessive hiring, which should be reviewed because […]
Alarming rates of obesity and traffic accidents in CR
Figures from INCAE’s Social Poverty Index released on June, 27th are worrisome in 4 important aspects: obesity, traffic accidents, access to education and waste collection. Jaime García, INCAE’s representative, explained that the first aspect is a great pending task for the country, since it ranks sixth Latin American most overweight countries and it is within […]