On January 10th, Daniel Ortega will be inaugurated as president of Nicaragua. Ortega will remain for five more years in office after winning the election in November 2016. The Foreign Ministry confirmed that Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís will not attend the event nor will he appoint any authority from the country to represent […]
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Two thousand patients wanted for surgery
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) is looking for two thousand patients with problems in the knee and carpal tunnel to operate them this year at the National Center for Rehabilitation (CENARE). According to the director of CENARE, Dr. Roberto Aguilar, the plan will run throughout 2017 and aims to sweep all hospitals with […]
Train to arrive in Alajuela before March
The trip between downtown Alajuela and San José was inaugurated on April 11th. There were mayors, ministers and even the President of the Republic were in the wagons. But eight months later, the train still does not reach its destination: Alajuela Hospital. However, the locomotive could be heard strongly in the area before March. INCOFER […]
1.5 million cards already have proximity payment technology
The country already has about 1.5 million credit and debit cards with “contactless” technology or payment by proximity, which consists of a radio frequency antenna that is incorporated into the plastic so that the payment is made when approached to the points of sale. The amount was calculated by the Central Bank based on information […]
Decrease in the amount to be paid for traffic fines
Good news: a reduction in the fines of the Traffic Act is in force since January 1st. Based on the Price Index published each June by the National Institute of Statistics and Census, the Judiciary must calculate the amount of traffic fines governing the following year, from the first day of January. The CPI in […]
33 Fake Food Handling Certificates were confiscated
The Health Ministry confiscated 33 fake food handling certificates with various irregularities in the tents from the exhibition field of Zapote. This was confirmed by Guillermo Flores, director of the Central-South region of San José. We conducted an investigation with different directors of these areas and many of the certificates were confiscated because they do […]