Hospitals from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) will have new specialists in anesthesia and recovery, gynecology-obstetrics, family and community medicine, geriatrics, cardiology, orthopedics and traumatology, advanced general dentistry, pediatrics, neonatology, among other areas. The Board of Directors of the CCSS approved 283 new vacancies for specialists, who will go to the regional and […]
Archives for February 27, 2017
A new decree generated criticism among buses and legislators
An Executive Decree published on February 3rd on the modernization and sectorization of the bus public transport, generated criticism among buses and legislators. However, Deputy Minister of Transport Liza Castillo defends it and although it mentions that it is a “continuity” of decree 28337 of year 2000, she claims that it is not the same. […]
Police officers seize cocaine and crack in schools
Students are able to get drugs into national educational centers, where authorities have found from alcohol to doses of cocaine and crack, in addition to the utensils to consume and prepare them. According to statistics from the Ministry of Public Security (MSP), just in 2016, 448 doses of drugs were seized in schools, private institutions and […]
Ban on vegetables with pesticide residues
Last year, the State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), managed to prevent the entry of 17 cargoes of beans, 8 cargoes of rice and 4 cargoes of corn, from different origins, because they failed to comply with the maximum pesticide residue limits. The beans came mainly from Nicaragua, although […]
Public universities seek to create common positions
The student federations from five public universities joined forces to create and design common positions that impact national communities. That is why they created the “Student Days”, organized to confirm student’s commitment to the communities throughout the country. The conferences are made up of the federations of the University of Costa Rica, the Technological Institute […]
Search for missing foreigner in Jacó
On Monday morning, representatives of the Red Cross began searching for a foreigner who went missing on Sunday afternoon in Jacó, near Tárcoles River. For unknown reasons, the man went to a mountainous area within the hotel Villa Lapas and could not return. In the evening, the Red Cross suspended the search for the conditions […]