President Luis Guillermo Solís announced on Sunday that the country reported more than 200 incidents caused by rains that occurred in different areas. The president reminded the population that the National Commission of Emergencies (CNE) maintains a yellow alert in the communities of the Central Valley, throughout the Pacific and the North Huetar region. Only […]
Archives for September 2017
CNE issues yellow alert for heavy rains
The National Emergency Commission (CNE) issued a yellow alert for the communities of Central Valley, Central Pacific, South Pacific, North Pacific and Huetar North. According to the entity, the high temperatures of the morning and the humidity that comes from the maritime systems adds to the normal conditions of the rainy season, with intense activity […]
Legislators celebrate rejection of Juan Carlos Bolaños appeals
Ronny Monge, from the National Liberation Party (PLN) and Patricia Mora, from Frente Amplio, welcomed the decision of the Constitutional Chamber to reject the habeas corpus and the amparo appeal filed by Chinese cement importer Juan Carlos Bolaños. Bolaños initiated legal action against the special commission of the Legislative Assembly, which investigates the loan granted […]
Panamanians celebrate arrest of fugitive in Costa Rica
The arrest of Gilberto Ventura Ceballos in Costa Rica was celebrated by the Panamanian authorities and the media in Panama deemed it of great importance. Ventura is linked to the murder and abduction of five young Chinese people. They were murdered in the years 2010 and 2011. On Saturday, agents of the Judicial Investigation Agency […]
Central Pacific Region makes progress in inter-institutional process of commercial license
Within the framework of the Strategy for Simplification of Procedures and Regulatory Improvement, the regional axis was launched through the “Inter-institutional Procedure for Commercial License in the Central Pacific Region” project in the municipalities of Puntarenas, Orotina, San Mateo, Esparza, Parrita, Quepos, Montes de Oro, Monteverde and Paquera, making the formalization of companies happen in […]
450 volunteers join the cleaning day at Guacalillo beach
Each year, in September, the Terra Nostra Association, within the framework of the Green and Clean CR Program, heeds the call of the Ocean Conservancy to participate in the World Day of Beach Cleaning, which is celebrated in more than one hundred countries in the world. In Costa Rica, clean-up days are held in various […]