Mexican and American governments agreed to work together to promote development and stability in Central America, as a mechanism to fight the causes of illegal immigration in Central American. US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Mexico City and met with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray and Minister […]
Archives for February 2017
The Deputy Prosecutor requested 6 months of pre-trial detention for a man suspected of raping a woman
Deputy Prosecutor of San Ramón requested 6 months of pre-trial detention for Noguera Henríquez, suspected of raping and attempted murdering a woman in the area. The hearing to request the precautionary measures will be held today at the Criminal Court of San Ramón. The subject was arrested on February 23rd during a raid conducted along […]
President Solís issued a guideline to review wage bonuses
Due to the controversy related to the overpayment granted to Deputy Minister of the Presidency Ana Gabriel Zuñiga, President Luis Guillermo Solís issued a guideline to review wage bonuses throughout the public administration. The decision was signed by the president. As a result, every hierarch of ministries and autonomous and semi – autonomous institutions must […]
Legislators: “that is corruption”
Legislators from four political parties declared that the millionaire overpayment incentives that three vice ministers received are corruption since the officials didn’t deserve them. They declared so because president Solís assured that the payments granted to vice ministers Ana Gabriel Zúñiga, Ana Cristina Trejos, and Carmen Muñoz, who didn’t meet the requirements, are not corruption, […]
There was a whirlwind in Guanacaste
On February 23rd, At 2:10 pm, a new whirlwind took place in Guanacaste, specifically in Canas Taboga wit, in La Ines.The atmospheric phenomenon was captured by Gabriel Porras. It lasted about 5 minutes and it caused no harm. However, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, there were several small whirlwinds, informed Porras. Werner Stolz, head […]
Redondo: “Corruption would be to find an error and not to amend it”
Marco Vicente Redondo, a member of the Citizen Action Party (PAC), attacked allegations of corruption by social-Christian and liberationist lawmakers, following the cases of three vice-ministers of the government, two of whom acknowledged an extra payment on their salary and a third who insists that she is in fact entitled to the payment. Redondo says […]