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 […]
Archives for November 2018
ICE is not asking for data to give you a prize
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 […]
Residents of Siquirres have no power due to fallen post
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 […]
Relatives of deceased foreigners: Costa Rica promotes a tourism it does not control
The parents of two of the young people who died while rafting in Quepos raised their voices to denounce Costa Rica’s authorities neglect to control tourism. Ernesto Sierra and his wife Margarita Estrada (parents of Ernesto Sierra) and Javier Caso (father of Jorge Caso) came to Costa Rica for the third time in less than […]
Citizens walk with pessimism at the end of the year
The Center for Research and Political Studies (CIEP) of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) noted that pessimism and uncertainty take hold of Costa Ricans at the end of 2018. This was revealed by the most recent study of the institution. According to the survey, the negative opinions of citizens about the direction of the […]
Measles Alert! CCSS orders families to vaccinate children
So far this year, there have been seven thousand cases of measles and 72 deaths due to this virus in America. Hence, an extraordinary day of vaccination against measles will be launched in December to protect children, even if they have already been vaccinated. If you have children whose ages range between 15 months old […]