Through the use of drones, the Costa Rican Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI) built a virtual model to show the morphological changes suffered in Turrialba volcano between 2017 and 2019. The analysis, prepared and published by volcanologists Cyril Muller and Geoffroy Avard, highlights that in those two years the depth of the active crater grew […]
Archives for September 11, 2019
Foreigner couple was murdered in Alajuelita
A video shows the terrible scene of the double homicide of a couple in a car on Tuesday afternoon in Alajuelita. Apparently, according to witness version, two subjects aboard a motorcycle would be responsible for the double murder. According to the Costa Rican Red Cross (CRC), the 25-year-old woman and the 30-year-old man did not […]
Health alert for improper use of herbicides
Although they must be used only by professionals and for agricultural purposes, herbicides are being mishandled by some people and that is putting public health at risk. Given this situation, the Ministry of Health issued a health alert so that public institutions, private and the general population, do not use the chemicals for the control […]
CCSS complies with the Comptroller’s order and terminates agreements with unions
After more than eight hours of analysis and discussion, the Board of Directors of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) unanimously complied with all the provisions of the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) where the agreements signed with the unions are canceled. Román Macaya, Executive President of the CCSS, calls for sanity because […]
Road operations for national holidays will start on Friday
Road operations for the celebration of Independence Day will begin from next Friday, September 13th, and will run until Sunday. The General Directorate of the Traffic Police reported that by Friday the entry of the Independence Torch, from Nicaragua, is expected at 11:00 am. From that moment, the authorities will offer an escort that will […]
Despite contingency measures, fiscal deficit reached 4% in August
Costa Rica’s fiscal deficit reached 4.1% of GDP last August, largely caused by the high interest payments on government accumulated debts. If compared with the same month of 2018, the deficit grew 0.3 percentage points this year. Interest payments continue to punish the financial deficit, and are the main challenge to stabilize the debt and […]