With 42 votes in favor and 1 against, the Congress approved, in a secod reading, the law authorizing the development of public works through trusts. The initiative, proposed by legislator Humberto Vargas, allows the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) and the National Council of Roads (CONAVI) to set up trusts of public interest with […]
Archives for February 2017
Patrol security cameras to fight crime
The Municipal Police of Escazú implemented a pilot security plan. As a result, it bought some BodyCam and DashCam cameras with the aim of being tested on the police ground. According to José Rodolfo Ibarra, press officer from the Municipal Police of Escazú, the DashCam is attached to the patrol and the BodyCam is attached […]
SENASA: “kivú is still sick”
A report released by the National Animal Health Service (SENASA) indicates that lion Kivú’s health is delicate. We have the option of practicing general anesthesia in order to study it with two goals: to do a more thorough examination and have a more solid diagnosis and to apply a treatment that helps it improve its […]
President Trump’s administration defended his controversial immigration decree in an appeals court
President Donald Trump’s administration defended his controversial immigration decree in an appeals court after the president accused the media and the justice system of underestimating a terrorist threat. Three skeptical federal judges from the San Francisco Federal Court of Appeals heard government and Washington state arguments, where a court blocked the entry ban on refugees […]
President Trump pledged strong programs for immigration control
US President Donald Trump pledged strong programs for immigration control as he faced a double judicial and political offensive and popular discontent against his order to ban immigrants from Muslim countries. In a visit to CENTCOM, the military command in charge of the Middle East and the fight against jihadist Islamic State, the republican president promised […]
Nicaraguan walked through Guanacaste with two AK-47s
Officers of the Public Force arrested a 34-year-old man named Martínez, who was traveling through the community of Cuajiniquil, La Cruz, in Guanacaste, with two AK-47s, ammunition, and a gun. The arrest was made in Playa Copal, when the officers carried out a patrol and spotted the man, who tried to flee, but was apprehended […]