The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (ARESEP) approved a reduction in electricity rates from the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) in all its system, which will come into effect on January 1st, 2017. The rate reduction responds to the fact that the Reventazón Project was not included in the calculation of the base rate, because […]
App will let you know the progress of the list of surgeries in the CCSS
A mobile app tells you the position of your pending surgery in the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). “Surgical Route” is an aggregate of the app of the Single Health Record (EDUS) that allow patients from 21 hospitals and the Eye Clinic to keep track of their surgeries since the moment they were scheduled. […]
António Guterres swears in as new Secretary General of the UN
Yesterday, the Portuguese António Guterres took office as the new Secretary General of the United Nations. Guterres will replace the Sout Korean Ban Ki-moon next January 1st. I, António Guterres, do solemnly swear to exercise in all loyalty, discretion and conscience, the functions entrusted to me as secretary general of the United Nations,” said the […]
Northern Zone residents were evacuated due to flooding
Yesterday, the Public Force was working in the evacuation of people in the North of the country, due to river flooding caused by heavy rains. The emergency occurred in the sector of Caño Ciego de Los Chiles, where several families had to be evacuated due to the flooded canal. About 14 people were affected. There […]
Riots in San José on Monday afternoon
On Monday afternoon rains and riots filled the capital. The video reveals how the confrontations between street vendors and police officers began in downtown San José. The incident occurred in Central Avenue and 8th Street, next to the Central Market at the time that the Municipal Police conducted a search on a group of peddlers […]
Legislator filed writ of amparo against Minister of Sports and ICODER
Legislator Fabricio Alvarado, from Restaruración Nacional Party, filed a writ of amparo against Sports Minister Carolina Mauri and the Costa Rican Institute for Sport and Recreation (ICODER) for refusing to give him information on the construction of the Aquatic Center in La Sabana. The legislator explained that Law 7361 establishes a prohibition to build in […]