Environment Minister Edgar Gutiérrez and Health Minister María Esther Anchía are waiting for a report from an inter-agency team on the situation at La Carpio sanitary landfill in La Uruca. Last weekend, there was a complaint about the collapse of a slope, which would have generated a nauseating smell in the surrounding residential areas and […]
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MEP will apply sanctions to those who attend Tuesday’s strike
The Ministry of Public Education (MEP) describes the reasons for the Association of Secondary Teachers (APSE) to summon a strike on June 27th as arbitrary and unjustified. According to Ricardo Molina, president of APSE, the union will be in defense of seven axes of their struggle. However, the Directorate of Press and Public Relations of […]
Looking for a job? Supermarket Chain needs 100 employees
The supermarket chain Palí and Maxi Palí will recruit staff and they require 100 new employees. To recruit new staff, they will hold a fair on Friday, June 30th at the Plaza del Mercado Viejo de Mora. Those interested can apply between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. They must bring their resume in either physical […]
MSP saved roosters locked in bags inside a vehicle’s trunk
On Friday, officers of the Public Force rescued four roosters that a man carried in special bags with 29 spurs of tortoiseshell in Desamparados. According to the press department of the Ministry of Public Security, they confiscated the roosters from a subject named Valverde Rivera, who was going to use them in cockfights. Officers moved […]
Couple woke up and found a sleeping subject in their living room
An unusual event made Lawrence Casal and his wife to remain speechless early on Monday, when they found a subject sleeping in their living room in San Francisco de Dos Ríos. According to Casal, his wife got up at 4:00 a.m. and saw the subject fully asleep, so she immediately ran to him. Neither of […]
Man died after 20 hours of efforts to save him from embankment
Minor Pérez resisted 20 hours underground, buried by an embankment that kept the country following every minute of the rescue operation. However, the man lost the battle on Monday afternoon in the hospital. Minor died of the injuries he suffered last Friday, when tons of dirt landed on the bulldozer he used to work in […]