If you are craving gallo pinto with ripe plaintain and sausage, today is your chance to have breakfast for free, as Uber will give you not one, but two gallo pintos. And this is what you have to do: -Open the Uber app at 7:00 a.m. this Thursday, September 14th. -At the bottom of the […]
Archives for September 2017
30 thousand people from Vásquez de Coronado won’t have drinking water today
About 30,000 people in the canton of Vásquez de Coronado won’t have drinking water this Thursday, September 14th, according to the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA). The suspension of the service will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. due to the maintenance in the Ipís tank, which supplies this area. The […]
Malaria alert in Costa Rica
On Wednesday afternoon, the Ministry of Health declared a health alert in the country due to the nine cases of malaria that have been registered throughout this year. Therefore, we answer six questions about this disease. 1. What is malaria? The mosquito “Anopheles” transmits a parasite called “Plasmodium” to people. When they are already infected […]
Yet another false bomb alert
At 5:15 on Wednesday afternoon, police authorities had to activate the emergency protocol due to an alleged bomb. This time it was in the Courts of Justice of Heredia. According to Carlos Barrientos, officer of the Municipal Police of Heredia, after receiving the alert, “the security officers of the Court gave the order of evacuating […]
Government issues decree with protectionist measures for rice imports
In order to avoid a greater import of rice, the Government decreed a safeguard measure that increases the grain tariff to 46.67% and that will continue until December 31st. A SEA (Special Agricultural Safeguard) measure is a temporary increase in the tariff applied to an agricultural product, to counteract the increase in imports or the […]
UN warns about “crimes against humanity” in Venezuela
On Monday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called for an international investigation into the excessive use of force by the Venezuelan authorities, saying we could be facing crimes against humanity. My investigation suggests that crimes against humanity may have been committed… I urge the (UN Human Rights) Council to launch an international investigation […]