On October 5th, Universidad Latina is going to host a Job Fair for people with disabilities. The Participating companies will offer 500 jobs and 800 people are expected to attend the fair. The fair is supported by the Business Association for Development (AED), FUNDAMECO and the Ministry of Labor, which made a direct invitation to […]
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The month of savings promotion begins
This October the Chamber of Banks will held the National Financial Education Fair, aiming to encourage savings and healthy finances. The institution promotes several tips that can help parents with their children, such as: -Explain to children that the money that finances goods consumed by the family comes from the work of parents. In this […]
The CCSS will conduct screening tests in vulnerable areas to timely detect breast cancer
In order to act as a strainer to enable timely care in early cases of breast cancer, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) will make a screening in women that live in vulnerable areas. It will start in 2017. According to authorities from the Fund, the screening will start as a pilot plan in […]
Private universities reject the scrutiny regarding diploma sales
Deans from Private Universities of Costa Rica Association (UNIRE) rejected any challenge to the private education institutions due to the inquisition conducted by the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) for the sale of undergraduate and graduate diplomas. According to UNIRE, the situation in the institution located in San Francisco de Dos Rios, is an isolated case […]
Paul Watson: “Costa Rica is the most corrupt nation”
The leader of the organization Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, could not remain quiet and attacked the government of Costa Rica; this time for its abstention to support the protection of silky gray sharks in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The government’s decision was […]
Neural crest cells are vulnerable to Zika virus
A group of scientists from Stanford University identified cells which are vulnerable to Zika virus during the fetus’ development. The devastating virus, which is transmitted by the bite of Aedes Aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquitoes, can infect cells that have a role in the skull’s development: this would be the reason why thousands of babies […]