The Income Control and Public Spending Commission of the Legislative Assembly agreed to investigate a 20 million dollars loan granted by the Bank of Costa Rica to the company Sinocem S.A. to import cement from China. There is a list of facts about the loan that seems highly suspicious and that motivates us to investigate […]
Archives for September 2016
Hailstorm in Heredia
A strong hailstorm surprised Heredia yesterday afternoon. The heat and humidity in the morning joined atmospherical unstable conditions. As consequence, such phenomena took place. According to Daniel Poleo, from the National Meteorological Institute, the region has had severe convective conditions, that means there is a very high, deep cloud, and the cloud generates gust within […]
Turrialba volcano erupted again!
On September 22nd, at 1:45 pm, Turrialba volcano erupted one more time, as informed by the National Seismological Network (RSN / UCR ICE). Both the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI) and the RSN had very little visibility in the place due to the wind direction that spread ashes all over the place. In addition, the area […]
Ashes in Toro Amarillo river
As consequence of Turrialba’s volcanic activity, ashes were reported in Toro Amarillo riverbed. Volcanologist Gino González informed that that he witnessed the fact and he calculates that headwaters reached 2 meters high. The phenomenon occurred at about 6 pm, but so far, it hasn’t affected the population. However, González confirmed an increase in the acidity […]
Schools must sing the national anthem from Nicaragua on September 30th
Minister of Education Sonia Marta Mora, delivered, through the Regional Directorate of Education of San José, a notice on September 15th, to inform that all schools must sing the anthem of Nicaragua on September 30th. Mora declared that it is the closure of a civic month and the independence of Central America must be celebrated. […]
Goichoechea has a new bridge!
Citizens from Goicoechea inaugurated the bridge over Patalillo gully, which was in poor condition and complicated the traffic among Goicoechea, Vásquez de Coronado and Montes de Oca. For this reason, the district of Mata de Plátano celebrated the reconstruction. City of Goicoechea data indicate that more than 56,000 people will benefit from the work. The […]