Another cyclist was hit last Sunday in Paraíso de Cartago, according to a video posted on social networks. The images show a cyclist who travels from left to right (on the screen) and is later hit by a vehicle that travels from top to bottom. After the accident, some passersby and the driver of the […]

The road between the Cookie Factory Pozuelo and the Jardines del Recuerdo cementery is being expanded to four lanes and the pavement works started on Monday, so there will be night closures on said road. The works will be conducted between Virilla River and Jardines del Recuerdo every day from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. […]

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) dispatched up to 10 medicines and performed up to 24 tests per inpatient during 2016. With these data, the CCSS said that it increased the number of dispensed drugs, the number of laboratory tests and radiological examinations, compared to 2015. In 2016, 82.2 million drugs were delivered, 3.3% […]

The Ombudsman officially asked the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) to issue the order to implement the program of road safety education in all schools in the country. Given the alarming and increasing numbers of road deaths, the Ombudsman believes intervention is necessary from preschool, elementary, secondary, diversified, technical or vocational education. According to the […]

The project to enable the ferry service between the ports of Caldera, Costa Rica and La Unión, El Salvador is still stranded in the midst of bureaucratic procedures in both countries. It has been a year and a half since the project was proposed by the Government of Luis Guillermo Solís as part of the […]

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) estimates that some 900 people are waging their war to extinguish cigarettes forever, given the number of people who visit the smoking cessation clinics. The clinics were expanded and now they are in 28 of the 29 hospitals in the country. The program takes place in 8 sessions. […]