Archives for August 22, 2016

Franklin Corella, member of Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC), urged the enactment of a bill that aims to eliminate age as a tiebreaking criterion in elections. The legislator asked the Executive to include the initiative in the current special session of the Congress, which will end on August 31st. The bill, promoted by Corella, intends to […]

Costa Rica has enough medical specialists to address social security problems. The Specialist Commission, composed of representatives from the Medical Association and the Fund, the Ministry of Health, medical national unions, SIPROCIMECA and SINAME, did not find a good reason for bringing foreign specialists, as suggested by the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). As consequence, […]

On August 21st, at Juan Santamaría of Alajuela park, various activities were held to collect hair for women with cancer. Hair can be donated and properly packed in a transparent bag with your name and tied in a braid (mandatory) or you can make the decision to cut it in place with stylists who perform […]

The group Juventudes Unidas (United Youth Alliance) announced they will fight to explicitly include equal marriage in the next government plan to be presented by the Citizen Action Party (PAC) to compete in the 2018 National Elections. The group claimed that this public commitment is made to demonstrate a clear position on a subject on […]

The Health Services Provision Evaluation (EPSS), held annually in the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), indicated that in 2015 more Costa Ricans were vaccinated. The analysis was performed using the data from the pentavalent vaccine, which protects infants from diphtheria, tetanus, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIV) and whooping-cough. The immunization dropout rate is […]