In its first 3 months of operation, the Municipal Educational Center for Animal Care (CMECA) has already served 119 stray dogs and it currently gives shelter and food to 30 animals. The animals usually arrive with flea infestations, internal parasites, various wounds and infections. Rolando Rodríguez, mayor of Cartago, said that they seem to be […]
Archives for February 1, 2017
Bees and fire in vegetation kept firefighters busy
At the end of January 2017, the Fire Department assisted 6,070 emergencies, according to statistics from the institution. Compared to 2016, this figure represents an increase of 4%. Most emergencies had to do with fires in vegetation (1,102), swarms of bees (945), short circuits (645) and strong winds (279). Moreover, firefighters also took care of […]
Bridge in La Platina will be named “Alfredo González Flores”
On Tuesday afternoon, President Luis Guillermo Solís announced that the bridge over Virilla River on Route 1 in General Cañas Highway would be named Alfredo González Flores Bridge, according to the request he made to the Nominating Commission. I am pleased to ask the Nominating Commission to name it after the former president Alfredo González […]
Solís: Without taxes, the country will be in peril
I say today, January 31st, 2017: the country could be in peril if no new taxes are approved. These were the remarks by President Luis Guillermo Solís due to the little feasibility of the new tax package sent to the Legislative Assembly. Four fractions stated that the document presented by the Ministry of Finance is […]
Two arrests for illegal logging
For the second time in a week, authorities seized a large amount of timber that had been illegally cut in Talamanca. The first case occurred in Bonifé in Talamanca, Limón, where several border officers located, an improvised sawmill and a man -who was later arrested- on the banks of the Sixaola River. In that place, […]
A drug-trafficking family was caught in Coto Brus
Officials from the Drug Control Police (PCD), dismantled a drug-trafficking family operating in San Vito de Coto Brus, in the Southern Zone of the country. Apparently , the group was led by a 31-year-old woman named Concepción, who had the support of several men, including a brother and a subject surnamed Chaves, who were murdered […]