The Costa Rican Farmer’s Day is celebrated on May 15th, therefore the Government wanted to pay tribute to the hundreds of citizens who are engaged in this activity with a traditional television broadcast. Our producers are heroes who know how to cope with adversities as the entire country has witnessed during the different emergencies that […]
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Costa Rican Foreign Affairs Minister met with Qatar Emir
Foreign Affairs Minister Manuel González met with the Qatari emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Al Zani, as well as other officials from the royal family and the Qatari government. At the meeting, the representatives of both countries discussed potential investments in Costa Rica, the damage caused by Hurricane Otto, alternatives for tourism and hospital […]
ASADAS will lower costs with solar panels
The installation of seven solar panel systems at the Paquera and Cóbano Association of Water Supply and Sewerage Systems (ASADAS) in Puntarenas will cause savings of up to 50% in the monthly electricity bills for these institutions to pump water for the rural aqueduct. Currently, the ASADAS of Pueblo Nuevo, Río Grande, Bajos Negros, Paquera, […]
CNE to start draining dangerous lagoon at the end of the month
The National Emergency Commission (CNE) would start draining the dangerous lagoon that worries the neighbors of the community of Abrojo in Ciudad Neily, at the end of month. Although it has existed for several decades, after Hurricane Otto the lagoon increased, and apparently, a geological fault that run through the place implies an imminent risk […]
This Saturday you can get the pap test for free
If you are a neighbor from San Pablo de Heredia and you have not been able to do the papanicolaou test (pap) all year, do not miss this opportunity. From 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on May 13th, Coopesiba’s health staff will conduct the examination for all women who have not been tested and who […]
Ticos may report environmental conflicts with digital tool
A digital tool will allow Costa Ricans to denounce and have access to the environmental conflicts that are registered in the country through the map of Accessible Environmental Justice , which was presented on Thursday by the Ministry of Environment, the Administrative Environmental Court and the Neotropical Foundation. According to Ligia Umaña, president of the […]