Honduran authorities informed that eight children were born with microcephaly. Most cases are associated with zika. As consequence, they urged population to fight mosquito Aedes Aegypti. Honduran minister of Health Yolani Batres explained that five out of the eight women who had children with microcephaly suffered from zika, but the three others claim not to […]
Japanese and Costa Rican scientists will launch the first Costa Rican satellite
Japanese scientists are pleased to work with Costa Rican scientists to launch the first domestic satellite. Mengu Cho, Space Engineering Laboratory’s director at Kyushu Institute of Technology (KYUTECH), visited Costa Rica last week to learn about the project developed by representatives of the Central American Association of Aeronautics and Space (ACAE). According to the agreement, […]
Many believers have started the Romería
July 25th was a reason for many Virgin Mary’s believers to start the Romería to Basílica Los Ángeles in Cártago. As a result, traffic police intensified its operations in certain parts of the road that connects San José with Vieja Metrópoli in order to protect the pilgrims. Mario Calderón, Traffic director, explained that since July […]
19,378,000 colones have been invested in Guanacaste’s road system
Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) has allocated 1,550 million colones per month aimed to maintain and fix Guanacaste’s road system. Between July 2015 and June 2016, Guanacaste received an investment of 19,378,000 colones for maintenance, restoration and improvements of the national road network. Through Roads and Bridges Preservation contracts, a 21-km highway between […]
Abangares’ aqueduct will be renewed
Yanina Soto, Institute for Municipal Development’s executive director, announced that Abangares’ aqueduct will be improved. Improvements in the aqueduct are meant to provide water to more than 18,000 inhabitants. IFAM is planning to build a water intake structure between Gongolona gorge and Boston gorge confluence and the water conduction pipelines to a new desander. The […]
Costa Rican Esteban Gazel will receive Kuno prize!
Costa Rican Esteban Gazel will be awarded by The American Geophysical Union with an international recognition due to the impact of his research in earth sciences. Gazel is a geologist who got graduated from the School of Geology at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) in 2005. He currently works as a professor in the […]