Judge Carlos Chinchilla, president of the III Supreme Court of Justice, approved on Tuesday a bill that seeks to guarantee the principle of prompt and complete justice. The initiative, led by legislator Mario Redondo, from the Christian Democratic Alliance, seeks to reduce the duration of the 5-year trials, on average, to 11 months and set […]
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Breath Alcohol Test Now Available in Costa Rica
A breath alcohol test has just arrived in the country. The product is called “Alarm” and provides consumers with an alternative to measure alcohol consumption. According to Giovanni Sosto, Vice President of Prumisa, the company that markets the product the test is disposable, that is, it is used only once and it has a cut […]
Oil tends to increase due to a reduction in reserves
Oil prices rose due to the next decline in world reserves. The price of a barrel of light sweet crude in the US gained 79 cents reaching $51.03 for May delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). In London, North Sea Brent’s barrel price gained $1.05 reaching $54.17 in the contract for June delivery […]
San Juan de Dios Hospital needs blood donors for Easter
San Juan de Dios Hospital (HSJD) urgently needs blood donors, especially those of type O positive and negative. Nancy Castrillo, head of the Blood Bank, explained that donors are not approaching and this puts the reserves for Easter at risk. Therefore, the microbiologist calls on donors to collaborate urgently. To have an optimal reserve, 40 […]
Judicial employees ask legislators to discard SUPEN plan
In a protest before the Legislative Assembly, employees of the Judiciary demand that legislators reject the proposal of the Superintendency of Pensions (SUPEN) to reform their retirement scheme. The representatives of the different organizations insist on the inconvenience that the Committee on Pension Regimes of the Congress would dictate the bill based on the SUPEN […]
22 thousand migrants have passed through Costa Rica
The migratory crisis experienced in Costa Rica months ago is only a memory. Today there are only about 80 migrants between the southern and northern borders, a very small number compared to the thousands of Africans and Haitians who have already passed through Costa Rica. About 22,000 migrants have touched Costa Rican soil in recent […]