Costa Rican authorities think that fight against drug trafficking will be more efficient due to the donation of two 110-foot patrol boats, two patrol aircrafts and armored patrols, among other things. María Fulmen Salazar, Minister of Security, and Juan José Andrade, Vice Minister and Director of the Public Force expressed their satisfaction for the donation. […]
Archives for August 2016
Iran is interested in Nicaraguan inter-oceanic canal
Chinese company HKND is in charge of constructing the Nicaraguan Interoceanic Canal. It expects to complete the work by 2020. The planned shipping route should be 3 times larger than the Panama Canal, It will be an investment of 50 millions dollars. However, they should have begun the work two years ago. Rosario Murillo, Nicaraguan […]
Puma Energy will start a remediation plan
The company Puma Energy announced that it has started a remediation plan on Nicaragua Pacific coast, due to the explosion and fire ot two crude oil storage tanks. 2 storage tanks, owned by Puma Energy, with a capacity of 144,000 barrels each, and located in Puerto Sandino, burnt down for more than 3 days. The […]
Firefighters will create a database with the riskiest areas of the country
The Distinguished Fire Brigade of Costa Rica will be better prepared for earthquakes, floods or major fires. This is achieved through working in lifting georeferenced information in different places of the 7 provinces. The work will take place over the next 9 months. The firefighters will collect structures’ data to create a national database on […]
More than 400 ICE employees requested labour mobility
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) received new applications to be part of the Voluntary Labour Mobility Program (MLV), a process that finished this month. 419 people submitted their request, but applications in business areas, commercial management or customer service were denied. A press release indicated that these cases should be studied because the measure should […]
Project aims to improve education evaluation
Legislator Mario Redondo, from the Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA), presented a bill to strengthen the quality of Costa Rican education. According to Redondo, the proposal seeks to ensure continuous evaluation of the design, organization and results of the educational system. The initiative links the resources constitutionally allocated for state education to achieving quality results in […]