On Thursday morning, officers from the Alajuela Police Force arrested a guy who fell asleep in the armchair of an apartment where he was allegedly trying to steal. At 8:57a.m., the officers got to the place after an alert call made by the owner of the property, located in Cacique Abajo Las Cañas de Río […]
Archives for July 2017
Pizarro awarded “Basic Infantry Training” diplomas to members of his patrol
By virtue of the powers conferred on him by his status, Mr. XXXXXX is granted the rank of ‘Corporal’ for having passed the first stage of Basic Infantry training ‘Patrol Techniques and Value Testing’.” This is the text on the diplomas delivered by José Fabio Pizarro Espinoza, former director of Public Force, to those who […]
Drone filmed 300 tons of trash stranded in Cóbano
The service and disposal of solid waste must be suspended from July 3rd, 2017, until further notice.” This was the message received by the residents of Cóbano, Puntarenas district, because the budget had been exhausted to hire the company TecnoAmbiente , which would take the waste from the community to the Miramar dump, about 100 […]
INCOFER acknowledges 43% of the fleet is in poor conditions
Tardiness, crowded wagons, poor trains and low frequency are part of the regular complaints of train users. Elizabeth Briceño, president of the Costa Rican Railways Institute (INCOFER), said that the “genesis” of these problems occurs for several reasons, including the fact that 43 percent of the available fleet is in poor condition. According to the […]
Treasury filed complaint for Chinese cement case in Prosecutor’s Office
Imports of Chinese cement for commercialization not only had repercussions on the product market and the state bank, but the echoes of this scandal reached the Ministry of Finance and the Prosecutor’s Office. Recently, the press revealed a series of events that call into question the process carried out by the company Sinocem to obtain […]
Protocol of attention for transsexuals is 50% ready
The Medical Management of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) is making huge steps in the development of the protocol of hormonal and psychological care for transsexual people. Although less than a month ago the Board of Directors agreed to provide this service and gave it a period of three months, it already has […]