Next year, Desamparados will have an environmental technology center, which will treat and use 25 monthly tons of recyclable material collected by the Municipality. In will be located in Patarrá, in a land donated by the Banco Hipotecario La Vivienda (BAHNVI). It is expected that the center also includes training, induction and prevention areas, recyclable […]
Archives for August 2016
The initiative to transform the DIS is progressing
The Legislative Assembly’s commission on Security and Drug Trafficking ruled in favour of the proposed project for the transformation of the Intelligence and National Security Office (DIS) into the Strategic Intelligence Office (DIEN). The DIEN will serve as a guiding and specialized institution in this matter. However, it won’t follow any discriminatory actions based on […]
The Country has a deficit of 1,600 police officers
Public safety is crucial in any country and Costa Rica is not an exception. Today there is a shortfall close to 1,600 police officers, according to estimates of the Ministry of Security. For this reason, President Luis Guillermo Solís is asking for the expedite approval of the bill on taxes for public limited companies, which […]
Former Minister of MOPT is Rafael Ortiz’s campaign manager
Randall Quirós, former Minister of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) has been assigned as campaign manager to the presidential candidate from the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC), Rafael Ortiz. Quirós, who led the MOPT during the presidency of Pacheco de la Espriella (2002-2006), is supporting Ortíz instead of Rodolfo Piza, general secretary of PUSC. The […]
Baby with microcephaly tested positive for zica analysis
On August 5th, a baby was born with microcephaly at San Carlos Hospital. He tested positive for the first zica analysis. However, authorities keep studying his case. As confirmed by Rodrigo Marín, Minister of Health, it is a case in which the Nicaraguan mother spent the first 12 weeks of gestation in a community where […]
President’s whirlwind trip to the United States: migration and security issues
President Luis Guillermo Solís will travel on Sunday for a meeting with Vice President of the United States, Joseph Biden, on bilateral relations between Costa Rica and the United States, to be held on Monday. Solís will be back in the country by August 23th. Security, migration and climate change will be the central topics […]