The number of pregnant women with Zika continues to rise. In less than a week the number increased from six to ten cases, in Carrillo, Guanacaste. Rodrigo Marín, National Coordinator of Vectors, said that two women with Zika were unaware of their pregnancies and two other were added to the list last Thursday, causing the […]
Archives for July 2016
The punishment for Duke’s aggressor: a visit to EBAIS
Duke, the puppy whose snout was severed with a machete, is now recovering. Hundreds of Costa Ricans and those who care celebrate his recovery, but regret that the case is still unpunished. The perpetrator has already been identified. However, nothing can be done because there is not enough evidence to blame him. Therefore, authorities can […]
Two foreigners arrested for growing hydroponic marijuana
The Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) arrested two foreigners on suspicion of smuggling, storing and growing hydroponic marijuana in Belén. Heredia’s OIJ agents conducted raids in an expensive area of Heredia and seized between 3,000 and 5,000 marijuana plants and 50 packs of vacuum-sealed hydroponic marijuana. The foreigners are Dominican and Nicaraguan nationals, whose identities are […]
CINDE: Costa Rica needs more English and more technology
Human talent is Costa Rica’s competitive advantage in attracting foreign investment; however, more English and technology is still needed. Luis Gamboa, president of the Coalición de Iniciativas para el Desarrollo (CINDE), supports this idea and believes there are high-quality, professional and technical graduates in the country, who are capable of carrying out processes of high […]
Civil servants could work 10 hours a day, 4 days a week
Minister of Labour, Carlos Alvarado, announced a staggered schedule for civil servants, in order to reduce traffic jams. The first step is to set 3 different scheduled times to start working: 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. In addition, there is also the possibility to legally modify the schedule for employees to work 10 […]
Only 20% of domestic servants in Latin America are formal
In Latin American households there are 18 million domestic servants, most of whom are capable of informality. According to the report “Formalization Policies for Paid Domestic Work in Latin America and the Caribbean” from the Regional Office of the International Labour Organization (ILO), eight out of ten domestic workers are informal, meaning 80% of these […]