A bill aims to increase working time up to 10 hours a day, from Monday to Friday, as well as to exempt public and private sector employees from working on Saturdays. The initiative, presented by legislator Rafael Ortiz, from Partido Unión Social Cristiana (PUSC), indicates that the cumulative time may not exceed the 48 hours […]
Costa Rica, a great place to make friends
A survey conducted by “InterNations” places Costa Rica as the third country in the world where it is easier to make friends. “Expat Insider 2016” (name of the survey) is aimed at the expatriate population located in several countries around the world. More than 140,000 people from 174 different nationalities were surveyed. Moreover, Denmark, Norway […]
JUDESUR’s financial situation creates controversy
The Board of Regional Development of the Southern Zone (JUDESUR) announced that due to a financial imbalance, social programs conducted in Buenos Aires, Corredores, Coto Brus, Golfito and Osa could be affected. Moreover, according to JUDESUR, since there are not resources, workers, who fulfill different tasks in the Duty-Free Shopping Center in Golfito, could not […]
ICE restored the electric power distribution system in the Caribbean region
The Caribbean region of Costa Rica was affected by the heavy rains that took place on Wednesday. As consequence, the electric power distribution system, that benefits 35,000 users, was suspended. However, yesterday afternoon, some 100 officials from the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) restored the service. Gerardo Mora, from the Business Distribution and Marketing department, […]
Costa Rica, Brazil and FAO aim to drive school feeding programs
60 officials from the Agricultural, Health, Education and Human Development sectors exchanged experiences on strengthening child nutrition education, school feeding, family farming, and abilities development. The exchange took place in the first National Meeting on Strengthening School Feeding Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 Project, which is being carried out in Costa Rica. […]
Hailstorm in Heredia
A strong hailstorm surprised Heredia yesterday afternoon. The heat and humidity in the morning joined atmospherical unstable conditions. As consequence, such phenomena took place. According to Daniel Poleo, from the National Meteorological Institute, the region has had severe convective conditions, that means there is a very high, deep cloud, and the cloud generates gust within […]