On Tuesday morning, legislator Óscar López visited La Reforma prison, where he is seeking support so that alimony prisoners can go out to work during the day and return to sleep at night. We are getting to know the experiences of this type prisoners. The project aims to physically constraint them only at night, so […]
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A barcode is facilitating visits in San Juan de Dios Hospital
From now on , the cards to visit patients in San Juan de Dios Hospital have a barcode, which speeds up the daily entry of over a thousand people. Walter Ureña, deputy administrator of the hospital, declared that with this improvement, there is greater control of visitors. They also were able to reduce the admission […]
Country reported the largest growth in the region
According to economists from Aldesa Valores, Costa Rica reported the highest economic growth in Central America during the first half of the year, as measured by the Monthly Economic Activity Index (IMAE), with a level of 4.9%, followed by Nicaragua (4.6%) and Panama (4.2%) Costa Rica’s best performance has been hand in hand with the […]
Who imitated president Solís?
Almost a month ago, an audio, allegedly belonging to President Luis Guillermo Solís, was released. In the audio, he supposedly discussed the action plan against the taxi drivers’ manifestation. However, to date, the investigation has not finished. The Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) took the case and initiated a process to determine who was responsible […]
ANEP wants the Ministry of Finance to make public tax evaders’ names
On Tuesday, the National Association of Public and Private Employees (ANEP) announced that it filed an appeal against the Ministry of Finance and Minister Helio Fallas to make public the importers’ names who evade the Treasury. The requested information is not state secret, on the contrary, there is an obvious affectation to the public treasury. […]
The National Strategy for Poverty Reduction is helping 84,000 families
According to the latest report released by the Presidential House, Near 84,000 families have joined the National Strategy for Poverty Reduction, Path to Development. By 2017, 27,000 new families will be added to the plan to achieve the goal of helping 54,600 people in extreme poverty. The family plan is created between the co-managers individuals […]