Frente Amplio legislator, Patricia Mora, presented a motion on Tuesday to call for the appearance of former Security Minister, Deputy Attorney General and now Judge Celso Gamboa. Mora was looking for Gamboa to give explanations before the cementazo committee for the trip where he “ran into” the Chinese cement importer, Juan Carlos Bolaños. Five legislators […]
OECD Labor Committee gave approval to Costa Rica
The Committee on Employment, Labor and Social Affairs (ELSA), which evaluates labor, social and labor market policies in the process of Costa Rica’s accession to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), issued a formal favorable opinion for the country’s entry into that Organization. The Ministry of Labor and Social Security led the evaluation […]
Alert over Irma is suspended in the country
Due to the weakening of tropical storm Irma, the National Emergency Commission (CNE) suspended the yellow and green alerts that were maintained in different regions of the country. According to the latest report by the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), the hurricane was degraded to a tropical storm and is located 240 kilometers per hour from […]
Uber will give you breakfast with two gallo pintos
If you are craving gallo pinto with ripe plaintain and sausage, today is your chance to have breakfast for free, as Uber will give you not one, but two gallo pintos. And this is what you have to do: -Open the Uber app at 7:00 a.m. this Thursday, September 14th. -At the bottom of the […]
30 thousand people from Vásquez de Coronado won’t have drinking water today
About 30,000 people in the canton of Vásquez de Coronado won’t have drinking water this Thursday, September 14th, according to the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA). The suspension of the service will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. due to the maintenance in the Ipís tank, which supplies this area. The […]
Malaria alert in Costa Rica
On Wednesday afternoon, the Ministry of Health declared a health alert in the country due to the nine cases of malaria that have been registered throughout this year. Therefore, we answer six questions about this disease. 1. What is malaria? The mosquito “Anopheles” transmits a parasite called “Plasmodium” to people. When they are already infected […]