The company Puma Energy announced that it has started a remediation plan on Nicaragua Pacific coast, due to the explosion and fire ot two crude oil storage tanks. 2 storage tanks, owned by Puma Energy, with a capacity of 144,000 barrels each, and located in Puerto Sandino, burnt down for more than 3 days. The […]
More than 400 ICE employees requested labour mobility
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) received new applications to be part of the Voluntary Labour Mobility Program (MLV), a process that finished this month. 419 people submitted their request, but applications in business areas, commercial management or customer service were denied. A press release indicated that these cases should be studied because the measure should […]
CCSS offers 29 medicines to treat some diseases
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) has included 29 active ingredients and medicines to improve the control and development of diseases such as HIV, whooping cough, hepatitis C and cancer. Albín Chaves, director of epidemiology at the Fund, said that adding new, effective drugs for patients is a challenge because it requires studies to […]
MAG is fighting against the stable fly
Authorities from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) have a coordinated approach to control the outbreak of the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) so neither banana, citrus and pineapple plantations nor the livestock production in Huetar Norte region, the Caribbean and Los Santos are affected. This work is done with authorities from the State Phytosanitary […]
Solís: “I’m concerned about Donald Trump’s chance to win”
For the first time, President of Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solis expressed his opinion regarding a possible victory of Donald Trump, Republican Party candidate in the American presidential elections. Solís, after leaving a meeting with President Barack Obama, told that he was very concerned because Donald Trump has a chance to win the elections on […]
Costa Rica will have a dengue vaccine
From January to date, Costa Rica has reported 12,952 cases of dengue and the disease is widespread throughout Latin America. For this reason, Sanofi company launched a vaccine that will arrive in the country in December. It is already being sold in Paraguay and Brazil and it will be distributed in Mexico, El Salvador and […]