The works on Yolanda Oreamuno bridge, which connects San José with Heredia in La Pozuelo, have not finished, although the bridge has been operating since yesterday morning. The cars can already circulate in both directions, however, the road surface marking, the placement of traffic lights and the road lighting are still missing. Therefore, at certain times of […]
An unexpected visit!
Officials from Quepos Coastal Environmental Unit, along with staff from the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) of the Ministry of Environment, assisted a sea lion. The animal appeared at Terrazas del Pacifico Hotel in Jacó. Authorities checked that the marine mammal had a perfect health and, in order to guarantee the animal or a […]
Ottón Solís to Ana Zuñiga: “you offend Costa Ricans”
After listening to deputy minister of the Presidency Ana Gabriel Zúñiga’s reasons to justify the millionaire payment she received as a exclusive-dedication incentive without meeting the requirements, legislator and founder of Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) Ottón Solís answered: You offend Costa Ricans. Among other explanations, Zúñiga said that she has been a “victim” of human […]
President Solís answered former president Arias back
Luis Guillermo Solís, President of the Republic, replied to former President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias’ criticism. During the inauguration of San José-Heredia new bridge, Solís said that Arias had not been very informed of what is happening in the country and that he was wrong when saying that this administration remained in […]
Alvarado urged the approval of a bill that would penalize child abuse
Legislator Fabricio Alvarado, from Partido de Restauración Nacional, urged the approval of a bill that would penalize child abuse. The legislator asked the heads of the parliamentary factions and the Board of the Legislative Assembly to support the request to convene the initiative to the extraordinary sessions of the Congress. The project sets penalties that […]
The most dangerous areas of Costa Rica were revealed
The Observatory of Violence from the Vice Ministry of Peace presented the second Catalog Record: Atlas of crime 2016, where the areas with more robberies, rapes and homicides were revealed. The data were provided by the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) and they are presented through districts. According to Jairo Vargas, director of the General Directorate […]