On Tuesday, Calderón Guardia Hospital inaugurated important improvements in the hemodialysis service and a new operating room for the care of cancer patients who require minimally invasive surgeries. The investment in the equipment amounts to 500 million colones, as each machine has a cost of $17 thousand. This also implies an expansion of the schedules […]
Archives for May 9, 2017
The Netherlands is looking for information located on Costa Rican servers
The Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) is cooperating with an international raid, requested by the Dutch police, to give information that would be relevant in a money laundering investigation. The OIJ is still searching for evidence in some offices, located in Centro Colón, that apparently provided data hosting services to the suspects. Dutch police asked the […]
ARESEP seeks to hold Uber responsible for operating illegality
The Public Services Regulatory Authority will open an investigation to determine what legal responsibilities Uber or related companies may have for providing remunerated transportation services without a concession or permission from the Public Transport Council (CTP). The General Direction of Attention to the User will carry out the process of investigation. Marta Monge, director general […]
Nat Geo shares a beautiful photo taken in the vicinity of Irazú
On Monday, the National Geographic Magazine in Spanish shared in its social networks this photograph taken by Don Ricardo Rojas. It is not the first time that Nat Geo publishes pictures by this guy. On this occasion, the image shows the beauty of the vicinity of Irazú Volcano. Rojas recalls that he took the picture […]
Animal welfare law to be voted on Thursday
The draft law that would punish animal abuse with jail will be voted in the legislative plenary next Thursday, according to legislators from the parties Acción Ciudadana (PAC) and National Liberation (PLN). The debated promises to be heated and legislators are still involved by the definition of the term “animal.” Those who advocate a broader […]
East wing of Calderón Guardia Hospital would be ready by 2020
On Tuesday, the CCSS announced that within two or three weeks they will begin the construction of the East wing of the Calderón Guardia Hospital would begin. The idea is that the building is ready by 2020. Rocío Sáenz, Executive President of the CCSS, explained that with this construction they intend to restore the hospital’s […]