The problem with migrants continues. From early morning, dozens of newcomers, mostly Africans, are lining up outside Los Chiles Catholic Church to have breakfast. The same situation is taking place in two shelters with 200 people in La Cruz, Guanacaste. Foreigners entered Costa Rica through Panama, but they had to stay in the country due […]
Archives for July 2016
23000 teachers received an incentive
The Ministry of Public Education (MEP) paid 20 billion colones to domestic teachers who work in poor, vulnerable areas. 23,000 teachers received the Lower Development Area Incentive payment. It is traditionally given around midyear to those teachers who work regularly in the ministry’s institutions. The money transfer was held on July, 6th. This incentive is […]
Without fiscal sustainability there is no Alliance
Costa Rican president, Luis Guillermo Solís, said that he’s not setting conditions on Costa Rica’s incorporation to the Pacific Alliance, but the only way to do it is by having fiscal sustainability. I will not be the irresponsible person who makes a decision without a fiscal reform, said Solís. Even when president Solís knows the […]
90 kilos of cocaine on a dock in Puntarenas
On Wednesday night, officers of the security forces were patrolling around El Carmen neighborhood in Puntarenas, when they saw some suspicious individuals near a dock. Upon arrival, they located 90 kilos of abandoned cocaine. According to the Ministry of Public Security, a group of officers working on recovery of public spaces in Mora y Cañas […]
Legislature receives global agreement to fight climate change
The Paris Agreement, a global initiative against climate change, was admitted on Thursday in the Legislature. The project was presented to interim President of Congress, José Alberto Alfaro, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Manuel González, the Minister of Environment and Energy, Edgar Gutiérrez. This is a legal instrument signed in December 2015 by 195 […]
Christiana Figueres will be an ambassador on a special mission
According to Foreign Affairs Minister, Manuel González, the government will appoint Christiana Figueres, a Costa Rican candidate for the General Secretariat of the United Nations (UN) as ambassador on a special mission to facilitate the promotion of their aspirations abroad. * This was announced after delivering the Paris Agreement, a global initiative against climate change, […]