The Ministry of Labor expects hundreds of public officials decide to telework (with previous approval from their bosses) from next week on to avoid worsening the traffic in the streets of the Metropolitan Area. This is because the bridge over Virilla River in the General Cañas will be closed from this Saturday to finish the […]

Costa Rica remains a conservative country. This is the main finding of the most recent Public Opinion Survey, conducted by the University of Costa Rica (UCR). Most Costa Ricans oppose the recreational use of marijuana, abortion in case of rape, the secular state and the recognition of same-sex couples. Most of these issues respond to […]

A total sentence of 48 years in prison was handed down on Wednesday by the Criminal Court of Limón against 6 people linked with a substantial drug transport in Venecia de Matina. The defendants were caught in November 2015 carrying 350 lbs of marijuana imported from Jamaica, valued at 74 million colones. The trial began […]

The six-week closure of the bridge over Virilla River will start on Saturday, so on Monday, many public employees will telework and thereby cooperate to decrease traffic in some roads. The Ministry of Labor highlighted that they do not know how many people will benefit from this alternative, but they do make a call to […]

Former president Miguel Ángel Rodríguez rejected the CCSS intention of transferring resources from the complementary pensions to the Disability, Old Age and Death Pension Fund (IVM). Rodríguez, who enacted the Worker’s Protection Law during his government, thinks the initiative is nonsense and an attempt to steal from workers. According to him, the Comandatory Fund for […]

As if they were bait for fishing, criminal groups operating in the capital use minors as distractors to commit thefts or robberies in crowded places. Each month, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) handles an average of around 390 complaints for theft. But in December last year the figure increased by almost 100 cases. The most […]