12 thousand people went to the Expo Animal Welfare (EBA) 2016 that took place in two malls in the country last weekend. It was a fair in which dozens of organizations and companies dedicated to the care of animals gave pets a space in the aisles of Multiplaza del Este and Escazú. In addition, the […]

An official of the Calderón Guardia Hospital received more than 2.5 million colones for a maternity leave that apparently was not hers. Although the 28-year-old woman named Rodriguez had a daughter in March 2014, she took the payment for the period from February 24th to June 25th of that year, without being entitled to this […]

It’s fairly common to dispose of the banana peel, but now these former waste is the raw material for a solution to plastic contamination. Three students from Mexico’s Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) used banana peels to create a material similar to plastic to reduce world pollution. Aranza Meza, Israel Hernández, and […]

According to the last survey on business opinion from the Institute for Research in Economics at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), 57.4% of exporters believe that the stable exchange rate will benefit them. 23.4% believe it will be detrimental for them and 19.2% say it will not affect them. Entrepreneurs said that an increase […]

President of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, said on Tuesday that the number of Africans who arrive illegally in the country has increased, so he contacted other governments in the region to seek joint solutions. According to the Panamanian leader, irregular migrants enter Panama by different routes through the Darien jungle border with Colombia. It’s a […]

Eco Pilgrimage, a project organized by the Red Cross, gathered 20 tons of garbage along the 21 kilometers of the pilgrimage route this year. 570 kilos of plastic, 24 kilos of aluminum and 32 kilos of tetra pack were collected along the way. This initiative allowed the participating organizations to obtain the ecological blue flag […]