A total of 9233 American students chose Costa Rica as a destination to complete their higher education between 2015 and 2016. According to the Open Doors report for this year there is a continuous growth in educational exchanges between the United States and Costa Rica. In addition, said report indicates that the country continues to […]
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Patricia Mora demands resignation of SUTEL board of directors
Patricia Mora, from Frente Amplio, demanded the resignation of the Board of Directors of the Superintendence of Telecommunications (SUTEL). The legislator asked them to leave their positions after the decision of the Administrative Dispute Court to annul a fine of ¢ 2,157 million that SUTEL imposed on the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) for […]
Coastguards could donate boats seized from criminal organizations
A bill that would allow the National Coast Guard Service to donate the boats and other naval assets seized from the organized crime advances in the Legislative Assembly. The Security and Narcotrafficking Commission affirmed the initiative that was presented by legislator Marco Vinicio Redondo, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC). The National Coast Guard Service […]
Criminal analyst of the OIJ joined the cementazo commission
María del Carmen Vargas, forensic analyst at the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), joined the work of the special committee of the Legislative Assembly that investigates the cementazo. The official joined the team of advisers and legislators last Thursday and works full time, according to the legislator of the National Liberation Party (PLN), Ronny Monge, president […]
639 senior citizens were abandoned in the last two years
Between 2015 and 2016 a total of 639 senior citizens were abandoned by their families in Costa Rica. Vacation season registers the peak of abandonment cases. According to the National Council of the Elderly (Conapam), when relatives want to leave these people they resort to various techniques, including leaving them in public places, overmedicate them […]
Sunday’s earthquake claimed three victims
Three people died after the strong earthquake that shook the national territory on Sunday night in Jacó, Garabito. Carlos Hidalgo, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) reported that the last confirmed deceased was a 25-year-old surnamed Zúñiga Chinchilla, who died in Coronado. The man was a resident of Cascajal de Coronado and according […]