La Niña phenomenon will not have a strong impact between December and March in Central American countries, one of the region’s most vulnerable to disasters due to the effects of climate change, according to a regional expert in Guatemala. For the moment, La Niña is expected to be light, then there is no concern for […]
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Toxins that killed turtles in El Salvador would not reach Costa Rican waters
This week, El Salvador registered new cases of dead sea turtles on beaches along the Pacific coast. The same thing had happened at the end of October and the beginning of November, when at least 300 sea turtles were found dead. The site of the discovery is in the Bay of Jiquilisco, in the department […]
Campaign aims to collect five tons of glass
A recycling campaign seeks to break the record of five tons of glass, collected in previous editions and calls the population to join the initiative, which will run until November 30th aiming to reach the goal of 10 tons. This is the third edition of the Glass Recycling Campaign of the Vical Central American Vidriero […]
Subjects arrested for illegally transporting Ticos to the US
On Thursday, the Professional Migration Police arrested two Costa Rican people linked to a criminal organization for human trafficking, specifically the trafficking of Costa Ricans to the United States. The subjects were arrested in two raids carried out in sectors of Pérez Zeledón, under the functional direction of the Deputy Prosecutor’s Office of the First […]
Former employee: Working in Sinocem affected my resume
A group of at least 20 former employees of Sinocem, a company of Juan Carlos Bolaños, have been waiting for their severance check for just over two months. This is only the first of the concerns. The former workers assure that the companies that they come to compete for new positions discriminate them upon learning […]
What are the best and worst municipalities in the country?
The Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) presented the 2016 Municipal Management Index in which only 12 municipalities obtained a grade higher than 70. The comptroller assured that the report registers a setback in the average score of the municipalities and shows that important difficulties persist to provide public services, park maintenance, garbage collection and […]