Volunteer doctors, people who had already retired and an initial investment of ¢536 million allow the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) to continue providing some of the medical services, amid the work stoppage of some employees, already on its fourth day. There are other workers who also work overtime in order to serve the […]
Archives for August 8, 2019
Key road in Santo Domingo will have regulated traffic for five months
About 1.6 kilometers between the McDonald’s restaurant and the entrance to the bridge over Virilla River, on the Santo Domingo de Heredia-Tibás road, will be the subject of a series of works that will require regulated traffic for the next five months. The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) explained that they’ll place pipes […]
Adventure tourists have new security regulations
Visitors who practice adventure tourism in the country will have new safety regulations that include requirements, recommendations and good practices for both service providers and users. The Institute of Technical Standards of Costa Rica (Inteco) is launching three standards that are recognized worldwide and that can be used for the certification of services. -INTE / […]
Judicial authorities look for missing American
The judicial authorities are looking for Charlie Edward Hughes, a 62-year-old American man. According to the report of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), Hughes would have disappeared on August 3rd, 2019 in the Puerto Jimenez sector. The OIJ also reported that they are trying to locate Jossette Yojansel Segura Hernández, 19, who disappeared on August […]
Unionist minimizes patient death
A union representative defended the health unions saying the death of a 48-year-old patient can’t be attributed to negligence, just because they are on strike. Luis Chavarría, general secretary of the National Union of Employees of the CCSS y la Seguridad Social (Undeca) stated that in the CCSS there are deaths every day, with or […]
Police saved injured parakeet
The Border Police saved a parakeet from being run over. As a result of the high temperatures that occurred in Los Chiles, Alajuela sector, the parakeet was disoriented, hungry and fatigued (…) it was barely moving embraced by the sun in a dusty street where a certain death awaited him,” as reported by the Department […]