PAC candidate is confident he will “steal” votes from Fabricio Alvarado Citizen Action Party candidate Carlos Alvarado says he is optimistic about the support he can achieve in Limón, Guanacaste and Puntarenas, provinces that were won by Fabricio Alvarado on February 4th. The official candidate appeared in a technical tie with the National Restoration in […]
Archives for February 15, 2018
Hooded subjects robbed famous private hospital
At 4:10 a.m. on Wednesday, a group of five hooded and armed individuals assaulted the Metropolitan Hospital, located in San José. The Press Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) reported that a doctor of the medical center told the police the individuals arrived armed, threatened officials and took several cash registers with cash. […]
Yankelewitz lawyer: “Technically it’s not fraud”
José Alberto Monterrosa, lawyer for Samuel Yankelewitz, former owner of Corporación Yanber, said that technically, the accusation from the banks is not for fraud but for another figure. Technically speaking, not subjectively, for me this isn’t the crime of fraud. It could be another figure of a banking nature, perhaps, but it is something that […]
Free health fair awaits you in downtown San José
A free health fair completely open to the public will be held next Friday and Saturday, in downtown San José between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Terminal 7-10 will carry out the activity, in conjunction with Asembis. Part of the services that residents of Barrio México and surrounding areas can access are eye exams, blood […]
Comptroller approves improvements in Quepos and Manuel Antonio aqueduct
The Comptroller General of the Republic approved the investment of more than ¢ 1,500 million in the improvements to the Quepos-Manuel Antonio aqueduct. The comptroller gave the endorsement to the contract signed between the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AYA) and the company Proyectos Turbina S.A. The award was made at the meeting […]
Fuel price increase expected by March 2018
The high international costs of oil and its by-products would push up prices in the local fuel market. With the adjustment, the price per liter of the Plus 91 gasoline will be ₡624, the price of the super gasoline will be ₡653, and that of the Diesel will be ₡546. RECOPE reported that, in addition […]