The National Emergency Commission (CNE) declared a green alert in the Caribbean and the Northern Zone due to the influence of the cold front number nine. According to the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), the cold front moves through the north of Central America, causing the atmospheric pressure to increase and favoring the winds of 50 […]
2017 breaks tragic record with 116 victims of water accidents
Last year not only reached the highest historical figures for homicides and road deaths in the country. The number of people killed in water accidents also broke the record in the national territory. According to Jim Batres, National Deputy Director of Risk Management of the Red Cross, the last 12 months registered 116 victims of […]
Route 27 will have a reversible lane every Sunday of January
To simplify the return of vacationers in January, Transit authorities reported that Route 27 will have a reversible lane every Sunday of this month. According to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT), the lane will be enabled in the direction Caldera-San José, between Pozón and the exchange of Ciudad Colón in a single […]
Former President Chinchilla scolds Channel 6 journalist for this selfie caption
Former president Laura Chinchilla Miranda scolded Channel 6 journalist, Hernán Barrantes, after he a controversial caption on a selfie. Barrantes was working in Corozalito de Nandayure, on the site of a plane crash where 12 people died. He took a selfie and posted it on Twitter. Corozalito de Nandayure. I had to receive the New […]
UNA promotes initiative to counteract climate change
In November, The National University (UNA) launched the “Costa Rican network of local governments in the face of climate action,” a project that seeks to reclaim local climate initiatives. The Paris agreement, as well as initiatives within the National Development Plan 2015-2018, motivated the UNA, along with other institutions such as the Municipal Development and […]
Students seek to promote the local development of Alajuela
Students majoring in Ecological Tourism in Grecia’s Campus of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), seek various proposals to promote the local and sustainable development of Alajuela. One of the initiatives is safeguarding the historical cultural and hydric heritage of the province, until the creation of new ecotourism routes. The students found conservation and sustainability […]