On Tuesday afternoon, the president of the National Association of Educators (ANDE), Gilberto Cascante, met with the Social Affairs Committee where he had to refer to bill 21.097 that seeks to define essential services, provided that their workers don’t go on strike. During his speech, the head of the association was asked if school cafeterias […]
Archives for January 22, 2019
Government won’t send ambassador to the Netherlands appointed by Epsy Campbell
The government is holding back the appointment of the new Costa Rican ambassador to the Netherlands, despite the fact that since November 2017 this country granted the approval in to diplomat Norman Lizano, appointed by the former foreign minister Epsy Campbell. Lizano, who has the rank of ambassador, is the current president of the Costa […]
Pineapples surpassed bananas as the main agricultural export product
In 2018, pineapple exports surpassed those of bananas, for the first time in history, according to figures presented on Tuesday by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Promotora del Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica (PROCOMER). Pineapples had one of the best years, with a 5% growth in exports, equivalent to $49 million. In contrast, […]
Government says there will be no political assessments for therapeutic abortion
The Executive Power said on Tuesday that there will be no “political assessments” in the technical standard that President Carlos Alvarado will sign this year to regulate therapeutic abortion, or induced abortion for medical reasons. This issue is being addressed directly by the Minister of Health (Daniel Salas), who is responsible for the technical and […]
Government finally delivered project to regulate Uber
“Project of reform to the system of remunerated transport of people and regulation of the companies with technological platforms of transport”. That is the title of the initiative presented by the government on Tuesday afternoon, after two extensions. It will be processed under the file 21.228 in the Legislative Assembly and, according to Agustín Castro, […]
Coyote sighting in conservation area
A beautiful coyote was seen in a street in the Guanacaste Conservation Area, which is unprecedented, especially because it was daytime. The photographs were published on the Facebook wall of said organization and were taken by Christian Zúñiga. Today we had the opportunity to closely observe an impressive species of our dry forest, a Canis […]