The problem with migrants continues. From early morning, dozens of newcomers, mostly Africans, are lining up outside Los Chiles Catholic Church to have breakfast. The same situation is taking place in two shelters with 200 people in La Cruz, Guanacaste. Foreigners entered Costa Rica through Panama, but they had to stay in the country due […]

The Ministry of Public Education (MEP) paid 20 billion colones to domestic teachers who work in poor, vulnerable areas. 23,000 teachers received the Lower Development Area Incentive payment. It is traditionally given around midyear to those teachers who work regularly in the ministry’s institutions. The money transfer was held on July, 6th. This incentive is […]

Costa Rican president, Luis Guillermo Solís, said that he’s not setting conditions on Costa Rica’s incorporation to the Pacific Alliance, but the only way to do it is by having fiscal sustainability. I will not be the irresponsible person who makes a decision without a fiscal reform, said Solís. Even when president Solís knows the […]

Water with arsenic is of great concern for several communities in Bagaces, Cañas, La Cruz and San Carlos. The communities have filed several complaints in the Department of Protection of Citizens’ Rights and now the organism is evaluating the villages in the area, where the residents denounced a lack of guidance of the Ministry of […]

The alliance signed by Mexican corporation Grupo Lala, Florida Bebidas and Coopeleche will create more dynamism in the domestic market and will enable producers to sell directly. This was confirmed by Cámara Costarricense de la Industria Alimentaria (CACIA) executive officer Mario Montero and Cámara de Industrias de Costa Rica chief Francisco Gamboa. According to Montero, […]