Marcelo Guerrero, legislator from Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) reported that most of the 92 motions aiming to amend the bill of incentives and promotion of electrical transport undermine the objectives of the initiative. The initiative intends to reduce fossil fuel consumption and to promote the use of zero-emission technologies. According to Guerrero,proponent of the project, the […]
Archives for October 13, 2016
Man arrested with 51 iguanas
After several days of investigation, yesterday at 3 a.m. a 55-year-old man was arrested in Santa Bárbara de Santa Cruz. The man was on a bus with 51 iguanas, one adult and 50 newborns, to allegedly try and sell then in San José. The operation was in charge of the regional office of the Judicial […]
Carpooling: New “app” starts pilot plan
“Dame Ride” is the name of a new application created by Costa Ricans, who aim to take advantage of the maximum capacity of vehicles, thus reducing traffic. For now, during the pilot plan, the idea is that officials from the same company get to an agreement through the platform to share the trip from home […]
EBAIS patients are asked not to miss appointments
The EBAIS centers managed by UNIBE reportedly have chronic patients who have lost up to 5 appointments for nonappearance. This cases are the reason why other policyholders, who really need the benefit, are unable to receive it. We call for patients and relatives of senior citizens to be more attentive to appointments, because most of […]
Charging per data download could affect access to information
A possible increase in the charge for downloading data services on mobile Internet jeopardizes access to information. As consequence, the digital division could grow. People who oppose the measure are using this argument to reject competition in the mobile service rates, because, in their opinion, it enables differentiated charge. Last year, the Press Club made […]
There won’t be many job offers by the end of the year
Employment will grow less during the next vacation as the trade sector is depressed. A similar situation took place in 2015. The prospect of entrepreneurs was compiled by the Institute for Research in Economics (ICSI) from the University of Costa Rica (UCR). Max Soto, director of ICSI, declared that it draws the attention that traders’ […]