Archives for April 2018

Two patrol 110-feet long boats left the port of Baltimore in the United States and are expected to arrive in Caldera on April 26th to be integrated into Costa Rica’s surveillance force in the Pacific Ocean. The two ships will be the largest in the history of the Coast Guard service. They have the ability […]

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is evaluating deploying the army on the border with Mexico, which he described as a “big step”, after discovering a caravan of Central American migrants moves through Mexico towards the United States. We are going to protect our border with our army,” said Trump during a meeting […]

The Children’s Museum became the “space control center” of San José on Monday afternoon. From there, a historic event was witnessed: at 2.30 p.m., the SpaceX rocket was launched with the Irazú project that will study climate change. It was launched into space from Cape Cañaveral in Florida, E.E.U.U. The project will bring benefits to […]

The fire department reported five victims of fires and a 43% increase in fire emergencies during this Holy Week, compared to 2017. This year 1384 fire emergencies occurred throughout the country, against the 967 cases of the previous period. The figures provided by the Emergency Dispatch Office of the Fire Department show that all emergencies […]

The National Stadium was ruled out for the transfer of powers to be held on May 8th, when president-elect Carlos Alvarado will take office. According to Alvarado, this would generate more expenses and he and his team want this to be a simple event, due to the country’s fiscal situation. He also promised that it […]

The legislative committee that will dictate the bill of the Law for Strengthening Public Finances started this week with about twenty motions proposed by legislators. This bill is the main bastion of the tax reform, since it incorporates reforms to current income and sales taxes, to achieve an increase that helps alleviate the growing fiscal […]