Authorities from the Ministry of Finance broke the tradition of delivering the National budget for the period 2017 and declined to give details to the Congress. Minister Helio Fallas just declared that the Budget is 9 billion colones and he reported that all further information would be released at the headquarters. Congresswoman Rosibel Ramos, from Partido […]
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Almost 8,000 MEP employees were absent on Thursday
10% of the workers of the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) (about 8,000 employees), were absent from work on Thursday, due to the strike called by the Association of Secondary School Teachers (APSE) in order to make a demonstration against the Public Employment bills. They protested in front of the Congress. Teachers, janitors, cooks, librarians […]
Pregnant women with Zika in Nandayure are stable and under medical observation
According to the Ministry of Health, on Wednesday, two pregnant women were added to Zica cases reports. Out of the 839 cases, 22 pregnant women have been infected with the virus. Most of them have already given birth. At the moment, the two women have been treated in Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) health centers, […]
Water supply will be interrupted in Heredia
From September 1st and for two months, Santa Lucía de Barva and San Josecito communities from San Rafael de Heredia are going to have interruptions in the water supply due to a series of repairs that the Public Service Company of Heredia S.A. (ESPH) is going to do in one of the tanks. The service will […]
3 months of detention for the bank robbery culprits
Sarapiquí Criminal Court ordered three months of preventive detention for the five culprits of aggravated robbery that took place at the National Bank of Finca 6 in Rio Frío. The robbers broke into the bank office with AK-47 guns, and forced people who were there to lie on the ground, and took the money from […]
Car seats for children are necessary!
“They are expensive” or “I forgot it” or “it is a short trip” are just some of the excuses that drivers make when they are caught traveling with minors without their safety devices in vehicles. Mario Calderón, director of Traffic Police, lamented that Costa Ricans are not worried about children’s safety. We must protect them, we […]