Sandra Piszk, legislator from the National Liberation Party, told the President of the Republic she maintains her composure and that everyone else should do the same. The president called on the legislator and asked her to look in the mirror and review her actions while serving as Minister of Labor before criticizing him. Solís gave […]
Archives for February 1, 2017
Protest in front of Assembly for road violence
Next Thursday, civil society groups will demonstrate peacefully in front of the Legislative Assembly against road violence. The demonstration will take place after the death of three cyclists in Curridabat last Sunday. The three sportsmen were hit by a driver in a black Mustang. The groups will demand the implementation of 10 actions as soon […]
Ponderosa Adventure Park welcomes Lydia, the tenth Costa Rican giraffe
On Monday, Liberia saw the birth of the tenth Costa Rican giraffe. The 50-kilo and meter-and-a-half female giraffe was named Lydia. The giraffe is the first born of the year. According to Tania Pivovarova, veterinarian at Ponderosa Adventure Park, the country must be proud of Lydia’s birth, because not all zoos are successful at giraffe […]
sexual extortion on the Internet is increasing
The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) recorded a total of 80 cases of sexual extortion over the internet in the last year. According to Erick Lewis, director of the OIJ Computer Crime Unit, criminals are foreign gangs that, through social networks, convince men to keep “virtual sex.” They use newly-created Facebook profiles, there are no friends […]
If you drive your car on the beach, you will be fined
Last year, 30 drivers were fined with 51,772 colones for driving vehicles on some of the country’s beaches. If you are caught doing the same thing, you will have to pay 51,317 colones. Mario Calderón, director of Traffic Police, issued a warning to people traveling to the beaches during this summer season, specially before the […]
Solís: “the Central Bank’s autonomy prevents us from changing the decision”
President Luis Guillermo Solís thinks that the salary increase approved by the board of the Central Bank is inappropiate and to the detriment of the message of the Government. Solís declared that Minister of Finance Helio Fallas, who is member of the board, did not approve the increase and although there are several directors who […]