Restaurants’ owners can manage information about their business by using their cellphones. Cashbox closings, cash counts, costumers’ consumption and bills are some of the activities an application designed for them can do. Hiopos Cloud is the ‘app’ that provides support to entrepreneurs who start in the restaurant business. Andrés Echeverri, from Hiopos Costa Rica, explained […]
Archives for July 14, 2016
Golfito and Alajuelita nearly bankrupt
Golfito and Alajuelita have a combined budget deficit of 1,796 million colones, which complicates the financial situation of these municipalities. The Government Accountability Office (CGR) is concerned for management of resources. According to a special report issued by the CGR’s Control Area for Local Development, Golfito municipality has a deficit of 963 million colones, plus […]
Syncytial virus cases decrease in HNN
Last Tuesday, the amount of children admitted the Hospital Nacional de Niños (HNN) for respiratory virus infections began to decrease. However, medical authorities from the hospital maintain the internal state of emergency. Hospital’s deputy director, Carlos Jiménez, stated that in the last hours the situation has returned to normal. He explained that by Wednesday at […]
Streets in San José will be closed for two more weeks
San José municipality has been closing streets in the capital due to some pipe changes in Arias’ irrigation canal. As consequence, part of the work will last two more weeks. Marco Corrales, Supply and Services’ manager, explained that this week they are working on the hydraulic improvement of Arias’ irrigation canal, on a 120 meters […]
OIJ destroyed marijuana plantation in Quepos
On July, 12th, agents of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) of Aguirre and Parrita destroyed a marijuana plantation, located in a mountainous area of the town Dos Bocas de Hatillo in Quepos. According to preliminary reports, on Monday, the OIJ received confidential information indicating the location of an alleged marijuana plantation, so the judicial authorities […]
588 Costa Ricans infected with Dengue in a week
According to the latest epidemiological report by the Ministry of Health, in just one week Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected 588 Costa Ricans with dengue. With these new cases, the total number of dengue victims in the country rose to 9,732, from 9,144 last week. As for Zika cases, the Health Ministry reported 186 cases, 27 […]