Archives for August 8, 2016

The Ministry of Agriculture began to deliver supplies to 475 cane farmers, affected by the emergency rains in 2015. These workers, mainly from Turrialba, will receive 210 million colones. The delivery project is coordinated by the National Commission of Risk Prevention and Emergency Response (CNE), Turrialba’s Local Emergency Committee and the Chamber of Cane farmers. […]

Dean of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), Henning Jensen, filed a recusal to the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), so that the executive director of the Strategic Development and Information Center on Health and Social Security (CENDEISSS), doesn’t participate in the decision makings related to the rotating residency. Jensen’s request was accepted by […]

The Fishery Costa Rican Federation, along with Gray Fish Tag Research (GFTR) want to promote an approach between the fishery and the scientific sector in order to know about the management and conservation of marine species. As consequence, they are giving scholarships to university students from public and private institutions to develop researches in biology and […]

Representatives of 21 municipal police met to discuss a draft document that proposes steps to strengthen these police forces. The proposal will be submitted to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). The National Network of Municipal Police held the meeting in La Unión de Cartago. Marcelo Solano, head of the municipal police of San José, […]

According to the Ministry of Justice, from 2010 to 2015, 29 prisoners died in Costa Rican prisons. On Sunday, Aldo García Pérez’ death, in La Reforma Detention Center, was reported. The man was attacked with a sharp weapon on several occasions by another inmate surnamed Marín. It is thought that the victim stole a chain […]

An earthquake of 4.8 on the Richter scale occurred nine minutes after midnight on Sunday morning. The tremor recorded 21 kilometers northwest of Puerto Viejo in Sarapiquí was felt in Cariari, Pococí, Limón, Barra del Colorado, Heredia, Upala and San Carlos. The quake was caused by a local failure, according to the OVSICORI. Fortunately, there […]