The national budget for 2017, close to 8,9 billions colones, was approved without being voted by the legislators in an extraordinary session on November 27th. The legislators enabled the session because they had until that day to vote the draft cost plan in first reading. But when the session started, the bill, issued by the […]

A group of lawmakers presented a bill to create a unit attached to the Ministry of Justice that will fight against all forms of discrimination. The initiative, known as the “Law to Prevent and Punish All Forms of Discrimination, Racism and Intolerance,” was presented by lawmakers on the Special Commission on Human Rights. The project […]

Storm Otto wreaked havoc in several areas of the country. Upala, Bagaces and Limón are the most affected so far. The center of the tropical storm is already more than 90 kilometers away from Liberia into the Pacific waters. According to experts, Otto will continue to move away from the country but the effects will […]

The National Emergency Commission (CNE) sent supplies to Upala to reinforce one of the areas at risk from Hurricane Otto. The truck went with 150 mattresses and 200 blankets to the Municipal Committee, who will be in charge of the distribution among the population. On November 23th, 100 packages of food  were sent to the […]

Rain is a constant in the cantons of the Caribbean. However, in Pococí, the neighbors also deal with strong wind gusts. At about 9 o’clock in the morning of Thursday the wind started to really lash at them. At that time, Don Fabio González lent his house to the neighbors to take refuge, after a […]

According to security minister Gustavo Mata, about 5 citizens and 3 children had stayed in the community of Barra de Colorado because they hid when the officers of the Public Force arrived to evacuate them. However, Sixto Hernández, one of the residents who did not want to leave the are, declared that they did not […]