In 2018, more than 300 trees have been planted in La Sabana, thanks to the reforesting program that is 68% complete to date. On Saturday, 75 new trees were planted during the fourth volunteering day for the project Rearborización del Parque Metropolitano La Sabana. The goal is to have 450 new trees by the end […]
Archives for September 2018
Alvarado wants strike to be declared illegal
President Carlos Alvarado, will ask the Court to declare illegal the indefinite strike called by the unions on Monday. The strike will affect people going to work, children who won’t go to school, people waiting for health treatments and surgeries, it will affect people’s effort to produce. So this strike is unjustified and improper. Besides, […]
Government promises strike won’t affect Pacific ports
The Costa Rican Pacific Ports Institute (INCOP) reported that Puerto de Caldera will continue to operate normally during the strike, as well as the docks in Puntarenas, Quepos, and Golfito, since the strike won’t affect any of the services provided by the Pacific Ports. Juan Ramón Rivera, executive president of this entity said that, if […]
Absorption of Bancrédito by the BCR will remain a pending issue
The vote for the second reading of the bill that allows the BCR to absorb Bancrédito was scheduled for this Thursday, however, it was not possible. The BCR had even called for a press conference on Friday at 10 am to give the details of the merger, but at about 7 pm it canceled the […]
Legislator wants to prevent “honor-saving” abortions
Ivonne Acuña, from National Restoration, introduced a bill to repeal articles 93, 113, and 120 of the Criminal Code, which – in her opinion – open the way for abortions. In 1970, when this code was promulgated, these crimes were considered “dishonoring” if -The abortion was committed to hide the dishonor of the woman -The […]
Opposition calls for a 24-hour strike in Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan opposition Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy called for a 24-hour strike on Friday to press for the release of hundreds of political prisoners and demand the resumption of dialogue with the government of Daniel Ortega, in the midst of a political crisis that left 320 dead since April. Opponents called on the […]