Archives for November 23, 2018

President Carlos Alvarado downplayed possible repercussions of the perception of his image through surveys. This Thursday, the Center for Research and Political Studies (CIEP) of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) published its most recent survey on citizen perception. In the analysis, Alvarado’s image was rated by the respondents with a 5 on a scale […]

For almost six decades the historic Mercado Borbón, located in downtown San José, opened its doors to Costa Rican families to provide a quality service in the products it offers daily and now it is renewed with this platform where it sells, manages the payment and the delivery of each product requested by the public […]

The Presidential House and the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) announced the operational plans to face the end and beginning of the year. The actions will be carried out by land, sea, and air. Carlos Alvarado, president of the Republic, and Michael Soto, head of the MSP, were present at the announcement. Daniel Calderón, director […]

San José, Alajuela and San Carlos are the three cantons where the highest number of people are reported dead or with permanent injuries due to traffic accidents. Data from the National Insurance Institute (INS) indicate that 458 people died on the roads in 2017, 30 in San José, 25 in San Carlos, and 21 in […]

The Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) warned the citizenship about a series of emails through which criminals could extract sensitive data. Via Facebook, ICE reported that in the emails people are asked to provide data to obtain a prize of which they are creditors. However, this is not true. When opening the mail, the […]

A fallen a power line post of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) left several residents of Siquirres without electric power service. The incident occurred on Thursday at around noon, specifically on Route 10, about 20 meters from the bridge of that sector. It seems the post collapsed because it is an old structure that […]