Two people had to be assisted by the Red Cross on Wednesday after being attacked by bees in the province of Alajuela. The incident occurred at around 1 p.m. on the north side of Palmares park. The Fire Department was called to control the situation and ruled out more victims. A man and a woman […]
Archives for August 2016
650 kilos of marijuana were seized during operation
A total of 30 bags of marijuana were found and seized on Tuesday night in Portete Limón. Coast Guard officials found the bags in the sea, after they were released from a speedboat. Although the official amount is not ready, officials believe it could be more than 650 kilograms of the drug. Officials later chased […]
BCR achieves strong recovery in profitability and funding
After several years with low returns, Mario Barrenechea, manager of the State Bank of Costa Rica, announced on Wednesday that the institution finally managed to recover. In addition, the bank managed to improve its funding by the public and reduce its need for Stock Exchange. The manager said that excluding the bank from the consolidated […]
Government deports illegal Haitian and sends warning to migrants
Costa Rica is willing to be more rigorous due to the immigration crisis that has been hitting hard for months. Proof of this is the deportation of a Haitian citizen named Thello, who remained here with an irregular immigration status. Costa Rican authorities suspect Haitian are posing as Africans in their way to North America. […]
Millennials: It´s time for the working world to reinvent itself
Generation Y, also known as Millennials, is the demographic group that follows Generation X. There is not a certain date for the beginning and the end of this generation, but it is estimated that the dates of birth are from 1980 to 1999. The 2020 Vision survey was conducted in 25 countries with 19,000 Millennials. They […]
The constant battle of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Article 14 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states that Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in line with their cultural methods of teaching and learning.” This is one of the goals on the Sustainable Development Agenda for […]