Legislators from different legislative factions presented a bill to guarantee the financing of the Costa Rican Railway Institute (INCOFER). The initiative includes the financing chapters that were excluded during the process and approval of the Strengthening INCOFER Law and Promotion of the Electric Train in 2016. Marco Vinicio Redondo, legislator from Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC), […]
Archives for March 2017
Turrialba Volcano has remained externally calm for 3 weeks
Turrialba Volcano has allowed Costa Ricans to stop sweeping ashes. However, this does not mean the colossus is inactive. According to the specialists of the National Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI), the volcano is still active, so they remain on alert. The volcano has been silent for little over three weeks now, but, according to […]
Libertarians propose selling Bancrédito or merging it with BCR
The members of the Libertarian Movement, Otto Guevara, Natalia Díaz and José Alberto Alfaro, presented two bills to sell the shares of Banco Crédito Agrícola de Cartago (Bancrédito) or to transfer them to the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR). According to the libertarian bank, the financial situation of Bancrédito is unsustainable and it is clear […]
CNFL will have more ¢8.5 billion for electric network
This year, the National Power and Light Company (CNFL) will have more than ¢8.5 billion to invest in different projects for the electric network. The annual Plan of investment in the Distribution System includes preventive and corrective maintenance; investment in state-of-the-art technology such as thermographic cameras, gas analyzers, reflectometry, isolation and contact meters and energy […]
Drug traffickers from Purral were caught with more than 5 thousand doses
After 20 anonymous complaints, a group of four people was dismantled by the Drug Control Police (PCD) for their links to the drug distribution in Purral de Goicoechea. Approximately five thousand doses of drugs such as marijuana, ketamine, cocaine and crack were found in eight raids carried out by the PCD in the sector Los […]
Ombudsman in favor of recognizing gender identity of transgender people
In response to the request made last year by the Costa Rican State to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding gender identity and the economic rights of same-sex couples, the Ombudsman’s Office was clear in its position. As explained by the Ombudsman, Monserrat Solano, the organization invited all institutions and individuals in the country […]