As of December 18th, a new route to three points will connect Vancuver, a Canadian city, with San José and Liberia on national soil. The airline Air Transat will operate this triangular route twice a week: on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from December until April 25th. The flight will depart from Canadian soil at 6.30 am […]
Archives for June 2019
New processing plant will generate 120 jobs
A new processing plant for juices and drinks, owned by the company Paradise Ingredients, will generate 40 direct and 80 indirect jobs in Cartago. Paradise Ingredients is the world’s leading banana purée processor and its new operations center will allow it to send its products to the main North American markets. In Cartago we have […]
New Republic is now registered for municipal elections
The former legislator and candidate for the presidency, Fabricio Alvarado, announced on Thursday night that they registered the New Republic party for the municipal elections of 2020. The block that separated from National Restoration, headed by Alvarado, will be present in the elections to elect mayors next year. Through a transmission on Facebook, Fabricio Alvarado, […]
Unusual reduction of ¢ 300 billion to pay debt opened doors to the fiscal gap
An unusual reduction in the stock of debt swaps in the order of ₡300 billion, ordered in 2017, would have been one of the triggers that opened the so-called fiscal gap. This money was included in a preliminary draft budget for the year 2018 and was contemplated for the payment of Costa Rican debt, however, […]
Clandestine dump in Santa Ana contaminates the environment
Patricia Segovia, one of the complainants against an open-air clandestine dump, located in Santa Ana, confirmed to CRHoy.com that the complaint process for contamination was reported since 2015 before the different authorities and, on the World Environment Day, the complaint escalated before the Ombudsman. As observed in the video recorded by the neighbors, with the […]
Assembly authorized and financed lunch with religious leader accused of abuses against minors
The Legislative Assembly authorized and financed a lunch with the religious leader Naasón Joaquín Flores, leader of the Church La Luz del Mundo and self-proclaimed apostle of Jesus Christ, on January 17th, 2018. The minutes of the Assembly state that Gerardo Vargas Rojas, head of fraction of the PUSC, requested to receive the leader in […]