Legislator and President of the Legislative Assembly, Gonzalo Ramírez, took up a bill to allow a portion of the profits of the Social Protection Board (JPS) to be transferred to the Asociación Obras del Espíritu Santo. The initiative was originally proposed by former legislator Víctor Emilio Granados, it expired on August 9th this year, despite […]
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Municipalities create strategies to fight drugs
This week, a group of 15 municipalities will develop different strategies to fight drugs in the national cantons. Part of the initiative takes into account the experience of Argentine municipalities, with a plan implemented by the Secretary of Comprehensive Policies on Drugs of the Republic of Argentina (Sedronar). Fifteen municipalities will benefit from this training, […]
New tropical wave could hit the country this weekend
The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) predicts a tropical wave will hit the country between Friday and Saturday. It would be tropical wave number 43 of the rainy season. However, at least until those days the conditions will be kept under the usual parameters for the month of October. Juan Carlos Fallas, director of the IMN, […]
100 filters will provide drinking water to about 200,000 victims of Nate
The Committee for Disaster and National Emergency Assistance (Cadena), a non-profit civil association of Costa Rican Jewish communities, will donate 100 water filters capable of providing localities with 800 liters of drinking water per day, for up to 5 years. This amount of clean water can benefit some 200,000 people affected by storm Nate. The […]
Two policemen caught trafficking drugs from Colombia and Jamaica
A total of seven men were arrested suspected of forming an organization to traffic and market cocaine and marijuana from Colombia and Jamaica. Two police officers named Rodríguez López and Elizondo Martínez are among the arrested. The organization is being investigated since mid-2016 by the Drug Control Police. According to the Office of the Deputy […]
Road repairs after Nate “will take years,” says the government
The Minister of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), Germán Valverde, said that the reconstruction of the road infrastructure affected by Storm Nate will take years. The damage is so great that to restore the infrastructure it had before the Storm will take years,” said the MOPT leader. The priority of the authorities is to enable […]