Archives for February 27, 2017

The presidential candidate of the Citizen Action Party, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, welcomed the approval of the Convention regulations in the National Assembly. The PAC will choose its presidential candidate in an open convention next July 9th. The candidate believes that the regulations established by the National Assembly ensure a transparent, democratic and participatory process. It […]

The Red Cross took 11 people to San Vicente de Paul Hospital, in Heredia, due to an alleged food poisoning. According to the entity, the affected ones required assessment in the medical center, since they apparently consumed contaminated foods while they were in a recreation center in San Antonio de Belén. The emergency took place […]

Andrey became an uber driver seven months ago, since unemployment forced him to find alternatives to feed his children and pay the bills. However, on Saturday night he feared for his life when he fell prey of a trap set by red taxi drivers. At 7 p.m., the driver accepted a trip that would leave […]

The blog Infierno in Costa Rica published that legislator Ottón Solís had been arrested in Nicaragua on Friday. I was told that Ottón Solís arrived at the northern border in the Delta Costa Rica and crossed to the Nicaraguan side. It seems that the authorities arrested him for a while because of this,” says the […]

Maribel Cerdas, a resident from Siquiares in Alajuela, could not afford the wheelchair her senior aunt Leticia needs. The woman now says God sent her an angel because a friend told her that Club Activo 20-30 would be donating wheelchairs. I submitted my aunt’s information because she is 85 years old and needs the chair […]

Members of the Environmental Commission paved the way for a bill that seeks to ban the free distribution of plastic bags in stores. The legislators unanimously rejected 20 motions imposed by the Libertarian Movement, which had obstructed the progress of the initiative. The proposal seeks to amend the Law for Waste Management in order to […]