The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) launched its new ‘Only the Essentials’ campaign on Monday in the country’s two main tourist markets: the United States of America and Canada. The campaign will be activated in the American cities of New York, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, Tampa-Orlando, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Seattle, Austin, Detroit, Los […]
Archives for September 3, 2019
Winds of up to 105 km/h knocked down power lines in Heredia
A video recorded the exact moment when heavy rains and gusts of wind knocked down power lines in the vicinity of Paseo de Las Flores shopping center in Heredia. The images were shared by the Public Power Company of Heredia (ESPH) through its official communication channels. As can be seen, based on data from the […]
Narc plane exploded in Guanacaste
A video captured the moment when a plane, apparently loaded with cocaine, crashes and explodes, rising in flames. The incident occurred on Monday in the Nandayure sector. A person from the community approached the farm where the aircraft precipitated and managed to document the seconds before the accident. As a result of the accident, two […]
First day of strike: more than 200 closed schools and cafeterias
The intermittent teacher strike that began on Monday left negative numbers for the education system. According to the report of the Ministry of Public Education (MEP), a total of 18,079 teachers did not show up for work on Monday and instead joined the strike call by the unions. Those numbers represent 21.5% of the ministerial […]
Teachers announce strike until September 12th with a possible extension
The Association of Second Teaching (APSE) announced that the strike that began this Monday will be held intermittently until September 12th. According to the union, the dates were approved by the APSE National Council as part of the actions against the bills that aim to regulate strikes. However, APSE said that although a schedule was […]
Legislators take resources to fight cancer from CCSS
On Monday, the Legislative Assembly approved in the second reading a legal reform that will reduce resources for the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) programs to fight cancer. The initiative -which had 41 votes in favor and seven against- is a modification to article 29 of the General Law on Tobacco Control and its […]