The National Police of Spain discovered an air route for drug trafficking involving Costa Rica, Panama and the Canary Islands. The cocaine transfer under this pattern was detected on June 27th, when authorities seized a suitcase with 22 kilos of cocaine at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas International Airport, located in the Spanish capital. The suitcase traveled […]
Archives for July 2017
Brunca Region has the highest need for education
The children and adolescents of the Brunca Region in the province of Puntarenas are the ones who have fewer spaces for recreation and are more excluded from the Costa Rican educational system. This is clear from the VIII Report “State of the Rights of Children and Adolescents (Edna)” of the Interdisciplinary Program of Studies on […]
Government will not block Uber
The battle that is taking place in the streets between the formal taxi drivers and Uber is getting out of control. Vehicle assaults, death threats and more have occurred in recent days. Once again, taxi drivers asked the government to block the application. However, from the Presidential House the answer is the same: it will […]
New calculation of the dollar exchange rate started on Tuesday
Beginning on Tuesday, new methodology for the calculation of reference exchange rates (purchase and sell), as announced by the Central Bank of Costa Rica, begins to govern. The exchange differential on July 4th will be ¢ 7.07, which means a reduction of ¢5.95 compared to its close on Monday. With the change the reference exchange […]
Bancrédito will lay off 300 employees
On July 14rh, Banco Crédito Agrícola de Cartago (Bancrédito) will lay off about 300 employees. The members of the union were notified of this decision on Tuesday after a meeting with the board and management of the entity. In April, the bank registered a total of 694 employees before the General Superintendency of Financial Institutions. […]
Heavy rains caused floods in Belén
At 3:22 on Tuesday afternoon, heavy rains caused flooding in the neighborhood of San Isidro de Belén de Heredia. Therefore, the authorities carried out a preventive closure in the area. According to Ramón Arrieta, Municipal Police Officer of the area, the River Quebrada Seca goes through here and it overflowed. There were also some drawbacks […]