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Archives for October 26, 2016

Cinchona case: OIJ will present final report in a month

October 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) will present the results of the investigation conducted on Cinchona’s bus accident case, in which 14 people lost their lives. The report will be submitted to the Public Prosecutor in one month. The event occurred last Thursday when a group of pensioners from the National University were on their way […]

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ICE is planning to build a new geothermal, power plant

October 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) held an international tender to purchase a 55-megawatt steam turbine, which will be the central component of Pailas II geothermal, power plant to be built in Liberia, Guanacaste. Initec Energy, Spanish engineering company, will be in charge of the project. Japanese firm Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems is the steam […]

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Another car collides with the train in Heredia

October 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

On Tuesday night, a new accident between a car and Heredia’s train was reported. The incident occurred at the junction of Barrio San Martín in Santa Rosa de Santo Domingo in Heredia. The accident caused just material damages, as no one was injured. Neither the Red Cross nor the Fire Department reported any call or […]

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Reform aims to strengthen fight against trafficking

October 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Members of the National Liberation Party (PLN) Antonio Álvarez and Sandra Piszk presented a bill that seeks to strengthen the fight against human trafficking. The initiative aims to reform articles 172 and 189 bis of the Penal Code and Articles 5 and 6 of the Anti-Trafficking of People Law and Establishment of the National Coalition […]

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Authorities are looking for a child who fell into a river

October 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

On October 25th, at 2:53 pm, the Costa Rican Red Cross was alerted and was asked to assist a rescue unit near the fourth stop of La Carpio, in La Uruca, where a 7-year-old boy apparently fell into the river. Collaborators were on site conducting an intensive search. The Fire Department also sent 3 units […]

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Carrotico: the carpooling system what will benefit the country

October 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The project was born from the meeting of a systems engineer, a developer and an industrial engineer who aimed to improve traffic problems in Costa Rica. As a result, they decided to implement the use of carpooling. The team is made up of two Frenchmen and a Colombian, who arrived from France a few months […]

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