Some schools are still being used as shelters in the wake of Hurricane Otto, so the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) is looking for ways to open them to finish the school year. According to minister Martha Mora, children have the right to finish the school year and get graduated. It is very important that […]
Archives for November 2016
Greater vehicular control for Christmas and New Year to start now
The Transit Police will participate in at least seven activities from now and throughout the month of December. This weekend, the Christmas tree lighting in Children’s Hospital is one of the activities to which the traffic police will appoint six officers to control vehicular and pedestrian movement outside the medical center. For Friday and Saturday, […]
Visit the longest mural in Costa Rica
On the street of Tirrases of Curridabat, in Higuerón district, there is a 220-meter-long, up-to-4 meter-high mural. This is the longest mural in Costa Rica. But its size is not the only thing that attracts attention, even its dimensions are not that important when it comes to its meaning. Si yo fuera de algún lugar, […]
Ottón Solís: 845 new vacancies for PANI “is irresponsible”
“Terrible” and “irresponsible” were the words used by legislator and founder of the Citizen Action Party (PAC), Ottón Solís, to describe the National Children’s Trust’s (PANI) decision to open 845 new job vacancies. Solís said that the institution needs to strengthen the care of children and adolescents, but the number of recruitments would increase bureaucracy […]
Government says there are no missing people after Hurricane Otto
The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) confirmed that there are no people missing after the emergency by Hurricane Otto and the death toll closed in 10 people. This was confirmed by Luis Guillermo Fonseca, a spokesman for the entity, who added that there are no reports filed or reports of people who have not been found. […]
Who was Luis Alberto Monge and what was his legacy?
The former president of the Republic, Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez, died at age 90 the night of November 29th, 2016 at the San Juan de Dios hospital, after suffering a cardiac arrest. Monge ruled the country from 1982 to 1986. He was born in Palmares de Alajuela on December 29th, 1925, into a family of […]