According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), based in Abu Dhabi, the renewable energy sector employed 9.8 million people worldwide in 2016, a clear increase over 2012. In the report ‘Renewable energy and jobs – Annual balance 2017’, IRENA said that the sector hired seven million people in 2012. In four years, the figure […]
Businessmen oppose Bancrédito’s absorption of Development Banking
Entrepreneurs grouped in the Costa Rican Union of Private Sector Chambers and Associations (UCCAEP) expressed their complete opposition to the Banking System for Development (SBD) being absorbed by Bancrédito. They believe an absorption should be used to correct the serious problems that the state bank is going through. We would not do well if we […]
More than 200 people are being extorted for having credits with Akl brothers
A total of 200 people had loans and credits with Canadian brothers Elias and Ziad Akl, and the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) ensures that a group of thugs continues to collect money from them. Therefore, the OIJ asks the residents of Escazú, Santa Ana and La Sabana or anyone who is being affected by this […]
Former presidents call for justice and support of nations in Venezuelan crisis
Former Costa Rican presidents Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Rafael Ángel Calderón, Óscar Arias and Laura Chinchilla signed a petition letter of justice before the social and political crisis in Venezuela that has claimed the lives of 55 people. They did it with 17 other former presidents of Latin American countries and Spain, also calling for the […]
Victim of rape and child pornography receives psychological help
The nine-year-old girl who was raped to record videos and upload them to the Internet now is receiving psychological guidance to help her overcome the trauma she has experienced for more than three years. Fanny Cordero, a spokeswoman for the National Children’s Patronage (PANI), said that during yesterday’s raid, they took both the girl and […]
Solís congratulated MOPT and CONAVI for opening La Platina
Minutes after the opening of the six lanes of the Alfredo González Flores Bridge, President Luis Guillermo Solís addressed the country through a video on his Facebook page. From Ecuador, after the inauguration of President Lenin Moreno, he congratulated the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and CONAVI for the work done to complete the […]