Archives for March 2017

Sistemas Constructivos Panacor SA Company, which manufactures the Panel Building System, defended the materials used in the construction of social homes in Pococí, including the styrofoam. However, last Tuesday, legislator Gerardo Vargas Varela, from Frente Amplio, Criticized the use of such materials. The sandwich system, composed of two sheets of fiber cement with an expanded […]

Legislator Edgardo Araya, head of Frente Amplio, presented a bill that would force traders and producers to report goods that use genetically modified organisms, known as GMOs. The initiative aims to modify article 34 of the Law on Promotion of Competition and Effective Consumer Defense. According to Araya, in Costa Rica there is a total […]

Since March 15th 50 families of onion producers gather in front of the centennial Catholic Church of Santa Ana. This centenary tradition congregates parents, children, grandparents and grandchildren in an annual meeting that both producers and buyers look forward to. About 200 hectares of onions were planted in this valley and its surrounding mountains until […]

A bill intends to set a tax to soda drinks to finance the purchase of high-cost medicines. The bill is under discussion in the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Legislative Assembly. Authorities from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) asked lawmakers to rule affirmatively the proposal. With the tax, which would be ¢ […]

A video uploaded in Guanacaste Conservation Area Facebook page shows the birth of dozens of turtles, which started to walk the sand towards the sea. Melquisedec Peña Pomares’ video shows such a wonderful image, where you can appreciate the animals that are slowly starting to walk. I’m having the joy and pleasure of seeing little […]

Seven children, aged from 2 to 10 years, lived minutes of terror. Last Friday night, the second floor of their house burst into flames in Desamparados. The children were completely alone. Apparently, one of them was playing with a lighter, which would have been the cause of the incident. When they were already surrounded by […]