A committee aiming to promote straberry’s research, development and innovation was formed by a large number of strawberry producers from Poas in Alajuela, Varablanca in Heredia, Llano Grande in Cártago and La Cima de Dota in San José. The initiative has the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the Foundation for […]
Archives for August 2016
New method reveals women’s fertile day
A new method that analyzes women´s hormonal mechanism through saliva and determines their fertile window could be the answer for women who want to have children. A high percentage of women do not know that they are fertile and ovulate only one day a month and they think that they have fertility problems, said gynecologist […]
Complaint against Ministry of Finance for expensive electronic billing project
On Thursday, the Chamber of Information and Communications Technology (CAMTIC) filed a complaint for anti-competitive practices that affect the State and the private sector, against the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Company of Heredia (ESPH). Otto Rivera, executive director of the group, explained that the electronic billing project was assigned to ESPH for […]
FA leader supports Ligia Falla’s advise to taxi drivers
The leader of political party Frente Amplio (FA), Edgardo Araya, supports the legal advice that Ligia Fallas, a legislator from the party, offered on Tuesday to the taxi drivers arrested during the protest against Uber. What I find outrageous is that it would be seen as a bad thing that they have an habeas corpus […]
New therapy gives hope to paralyzed patients
On Thursday, it was announced that patients with old injuries in the spine recovered partial senses and legs’ mobility (and some restarted their sexual life) through an experimental cerebral and physical rehabilitation treatment conducted in Brazil. Until now the recovery of those functions after so long (3 to 13 years) had never been seen in […]
Drugs, sex and alcohol: youngsters at risk in Costa Rica’s coastal towns
Costa Rican teenagers living in Guanacaste, Limón and Puntarenas are in social risk due to drug abuse, violence, poor eating habits, and an early sexual initiation. The Children’s Hospital (HNN) latest research, released an alarming data that shows a precocious knowledge about sex, violence, drug and bad nutrition. The study sample included 3,074 students from […]