The result of the Second National Survey of Sexual and Reproductive Health that was carried out in the country in 2015 was presented on December 12th. More than 3,200 men and women were interviewed to determined that: -More than half of the women surveyed and two thirds of the men have had sex at 18 […]
Archives for December 13, 2016
António Guterres swears in as new Secretary General of the UN
Yesterday, the Portuguese António Guterres took office as the new Secretary General of the United Nations. Guterres will replace the Sout Korean Ban Ki-moon next January 1st. I, António Guterres, do solemnly swear to exercise in all loyalty, discretion and conscience, the functions entrusted to me as secretary general of the United Nations,” said the […]
Northern Zone residents were evacuated due to flooding
Yesterday, the Public Force was working in the evacuation of people in the North of the country, due to river flooding caused by heavy rains. The emergency occurred in the sector of Caño Ciego de Los Chiles, where several families had to be evacuated due to the flooded canal. About 14 people were affected. There […]
Ottón Solís urges Constitutional Reform
Legislator and founder of Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC), Ottón Solís, called on the Legislative Assembly to expedite the process of a Constitutional Reform that would sanction Legislators with the withdrawal of their credentials if they fail to their probity duty. Here at the Assembly we talk about ethics, we criticize others for corruption, but we […]
Riots in San José on Monday afternoon
On Monday afternoon rains and riots filled the capital. The video reveals how the confrontations between street vendors and police officers began in downtown San José. The incident occurred in Central Avenue and 8th Street, next to the Central Market at the time that the Municipal Police conducted a search on a group of peddlers […]
Legislator filed writ of amparo against Minister of Sports and ICODER
Legislator Fabricio Alvarado, from Restaruración Nacional Party, filed a writ of amparo against Sports Minister Carolina Mauri and the Costa Rican Institute for Sport and Recreation (ICODER) for refusing to give him information on the construction of the Aquatic Center in La Sabana. The legislator explained that Law 7361 establishes a prohibition to build in […]