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 […]
Archives for October 2016
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’ […]
Korea and Costa Rica strengthened their diplomatic relations
On October 12th, president of the republic Luis Guillermo Solís met president of Korea Park Geun-hye. The meeting ass part of the activities included in the Asian tour. They also planned to sign several cooperation agreements on the exchange of tax information, health, safety, science and technology. The president also received an honorary doctorate from […]