By majority, the Legislative Assembly rejected a proposal by Pedro Muñoz, from the Christian Social Unity Party (PUSC), to include education in the list of essential services that are banned from holding strikes. Legislators agreed to maintain the current proposal that consists in limiting the duration of strikes in the education sector to a term […]
Archives for September 2019
Taxi drivers cornered minister and threatened with protest in front of US ambassador’s house
The situation in the Presidential House also got heated. At about 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday, the Minister of the Presidency, Víctor Morales Mora, went out to talk with the taxi drivers who were demonstrating outside the building and was practically cornered by complaints. He did so heavily guarded by Public Force officers and with part […]
Costa Rica launches new tourism campaign for the US and Canada
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 […]
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 […]