American President-elect Donald Trump threatened Toyota automotive company for its project to build a new plant in Mexico to produce cars destined for the US market. Toyota plant said will build a new plant in Baja, Mexico, to build Corolla cars for U.S. NO WAY! Build plant in U.S. or pay big border tax, twitted […]
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Turrialba volcano’s ash plume does not exceed 500 meters
Although Turrialba volcano has had a constant eruptive activity, the ash plume does not exceed 500 meters. Mauricio Mora, expert at the National Seismological Network (RSN), said that the tremor has had great amplitude and eruptions have not been sustained, but they have increased by periods. However, the direction of the winds towards the southwest […]
Patients with cancer won’t have to make a line at México Hospital anymore!
Patients with cancer at México Hospital witnessed extreme changes in the waiting room of the oncology service. One of them is that they don’t longer have to stand in line at the outpatient clinic. A single reception would allow greater agility in the care for patients from Oncology, Palliative Medicine, Oncologic Surgery, Radiotherapy and Breast […]
Water is still potable despite ash
The water processing plants responsible for water purification in Costa Rica are trained to filter the ash that reaches rivers and streams. Thus, according to the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA), the quality of water reaching the Costa Rican homes is guaranteed despite the significant ashfall emanating from Turrialba Volcano. This is […]
INCOFER: “the train service is operating as usual”
The Costa Rican Railway Institution (INOFER) confirmed that the train service operated as usual on January 5th. The institution does not foresee any other suspension after 2 days in which some services were interrupted. Technicians managed to repair the locomotive affected by power failures and damaged hoses, which caused the suspension of several services. In […]
Unions are angry because of the new bill in Congress
9 national unions are upset because the Executive ordered the discussion on the bill that proposes a reform to the calculation of additional remuneration in the public sector. If the real problem are the interests of the national public debt (evasion), if the government itself declared that it is the deficit trigger, then the approach […]