In order to lower tax defaulting for garbage collection, Mora’s Municipality announced a huge fine for those who take out the trash and don’t pay their taxes. According to city authorities, the fine goes from 424,200 colones (a Judiciary basic salary) to 4.242 million colones (10 Judiciary basic salaries). Mayor Gilberto Monge said that this […]
A solution to treat syncytial virus
Hospital Nacional de Niños’ Former director, Rodolfo Hernández, asked authorities to make an effort in order to use the monoclonal antibody drug, because it would reduce respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) contagion in high-risk patients. The doctor explained that in the past, this drug was used with great success, but they stopped applying it. RSV has […]
Precision Coating company will enter Costa Rican market
The fluoropolymer coating expert company, Coating, announced its entry into Costa Rican market. As consequence, they are looking for engineers, chemical technicians as well as manufacturing assembly technicians for the new plant. The American company will start operations in July, in El Coyol de Alajuela. People interested in the job can send their résumé to jobs.CostaRica@precisioncoating.com […]
José María Figueres: this path is difficult but the odds are not entirely against her
With tears in his eyes and with great excitement, the former president of the Republic, José María Figueres, referred to his sister’s candidacy to the general secretariat of the United Nations. The path Christiana has chosen has never been easy and this one is certainly difficult and very complex, but the odds are not entirely […]
More seek refuge in Costa Rica
From January to May, 2016, 1492 people asked for refugee in Costa Rica. According to Gladys Jiménez, head of Directorate General of Immigration, two years ago, 1384 asylum applications were filed, while in 2015 that number rose to 2203. However, during this year, 1492 people has requested refugee. During the past 15 years, Costa Rica […]
Man arrested for spreading child pornography on social networks
On July 7th, a 39-year-old man was arrested under suspicion of spreading child pornography through social networks. Apparently, the subject sent child pornography to a person who alerted authorities through 911. The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) started the proper investigations and they were able to identify the man, who was arrested at his workplace […]