Costa Rica faces a “critical fiscal juncture,” according to the conclusions in a recent report prepared by the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR), which analyzes the fiscal and budgetary developments of the public sector in the country. This state, the document says, is due to a high level of public debt and its constant […]
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Body found by authorities could be African child
On Monday morning, officials from the Ministry of Public Security and the Red Cross located the body of a child, which they presume could be a 4-year-old African child identified as Samuel Bienga Fernand, missing since last Friday in Bahia Salinas, in La Cruz, Guanacaste. The discovery occurred at 09:24 a.m. on a beach located […]
Romanian tried to traffic eggs with drugs
A Romanian national named Milcea will spend the next four months in pre-trial custody as a suspect in the crime of international drug trafficking. The accused was arrested on August 30th, when he was about to leave Costa Rica, on a flight bound for Madrid, Spain. After a nervous attitude at the airport, he was […]
Costa Rica celebrates first day of condom use promotion
On Monday morning, authorities celebrated the first day of promoting the use of the female and male condom, and the water-based lubricant. Since 2011, Costa Rica has had a policy of sexual health, which seeks to provide the elements for the safe exercise of sexual rights. The decree to promote condom and water-based lubricant opens […]
Poás and Turrialba expelled ashes once again
Volcanoes Poás and Turrialba have emanated ash in small quantities in recent days, according to the latest report from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI). Geoffroy Avard, an expert in charge of the Volcanic Surveillance Program reported that the colossus from Alajuela showed some weak pulses of ash emission. The gas plume […]
ICE removes service that charged ₡6 for sending photos and videos
As of October 5th, the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) will remove its offer for sending multimedia messaging (known as MMS) from mobile devices. This type of messages send photographs or videos through the traditional system for text messages and nowadays it’s for those that don’t use mobile applications (such as WhatsApp or Telegram). The […]