The Costa Rican company Constructora Meco ranks 18 of the 50 largest construction companies in the Latin American region. The ranking is based on gross sales revenue and is supplemented by data available in stock markets and superintendents, audited accounts, corporate statements and respected expert organizations in the field. Meco is the only Costa Rican […]
Archives for October 2016
CANABUS: the government should define the rules for electronic payment
Last Friday, the MOPT held a forum on “The importance of electronic payment for the modernization of public transport”, but Alfredo Villalobos, president of the National Chamber of bus drivers (CANABUS), didn’t attend the activity and sent a letter explaining his reasons. We do not understand the position of the ministry and we insist on […]
Hotel is offering 100 temporary jobs in Guanacaste
The Andaz Península Papagayo Hotel is offering a total of 100 opportunities for temporary employment for the next high season. A job fair will be held at the Universidad Latina in Solarium, across Daniel Odouber Airport in Liberia, on October 13th and 14th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those who are interested in jobs but […]
A drug-trafficking family was arrested in La Cruz de Guanacaste
Thanks to the investigation conducted after several anonymous calls to the confidential line of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ), it was possible to dismantle a narco family in La Cruz de Guanacaste. A 49-year-old woman, surnamed Lara, was arrested after a raid conducted by the Drug Control Police (PCD). She is involved in various drug-related […]
Residents of Santa Ana avoid tragedy
With garbage tins and cones, neighbors of downtown Santa Ana prevented several cars and motorcycles from felling into a big hole that opened on the street in front of Plaza Caralco. According to Carlos Araya, he and other neighbors watched a bulge forming in the road. At 9:30 a.m. I told the others that something […]
The fight against teenage pregnancy faces a new challenge
The country is getting ready for a new challenge in the prevention of teenage pregnancies. The second phase is to work on the details for the implementation of the Mesoamérica Health project. Mario León, coordinator of the program from the Costa Rican Department of Social Security, declared that it is too early to know how […]