On Monday afternoon, heavy rains affected different parts of the country, but mainly the Central Valley and North Zone. In fact, at 3 p.m. the IMN’s electric shock sensor had 67 lightning strikes in the Greater Metropolitan Area. According to the Communications Department of the Fire Department, there were floods in the sector of Grecia […]
Archives for July 17, 2017
Unions propose salary readjustment of 3% for second semester
On Monday, the Unified Union and Costarican Social Unity Block (Bussco) handed to Juan Alfaro, deputy minister of Labor and Social Security, a proposal that includes a new salary readjustment formula for the public sector, corresponding to the second half of 2017. The proposal aims to eliminate the lag in the current methodology and includes […]
Undesirable foreigners will stay in the country
A total of five foreigners qualified as “undesirable” by the national authorities will remain in the country, despite the directive of the Minister of Security Gustavo Mata to expel foreigners who represent a risk to Costa Rican security. Three of them will remain on national soil as they have acquired the Costa Rican citizenship, while […]
Costa Rican narcs imitate model of Mexican cartels
What was predictable in 2010, today is a reality: we are totally immersed in organized crime, we are part of it.” These remarks by Attorney General of the Republic, Jorge ChavarrÃa, explain the situation of the country: only in the first 59 days of the year, there have been 91 registered homicides. One of the […]
Manufacturing industry slows down
The manufacturing industry continues to grow but at a slower pace. This behavior is explained by the greater productive activity of the companies that make up the definitive regime highlighting plastic products, chemical substances, bakery products, and in companies of special regimes for the manufacture of medical devices and to a lesser extent food products. […]
MOPT wants to take road safety lessons to schools
A total of 105 students from the Holanda School in Alajuela, receive lessons on the correct performance as pedestrians, passengers and future drivers of public roads. The initiative is part of a pilot project of the General Directorate of Road Education of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), which started in May, but […]