The new ambassador of Costa Rica to India, Mariela Cruz, has a diplomatic agenda based on three pillars. In an interview with the university radio show Desayuno, Cruz explained that her agenda is based in yoga, gender and art. Before her appointment, Cruz headed Namasté Yoga Studio and Physical Therapy Clinic, a she project left […]
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Hospitals are swamped
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) showed that in some hospitals overcrowding is not just a problem of the emergency services. According to the hospital occupancy rate, hospitals Calderón Guardia, San Rafael de Alajuela, San Carlos and Enrique Baltodano, exceeded 95% of occupancy during 2016. At a national level, hospitals reached 83.3% of occupancy […]
Project to modernize borders received approval from MPs
The Committee on International Relations and Foreign Trade of the Legislative Assembly ruled in favor of a loan between Costa Rica and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to finance the Border Integration Program to improve infrastructure and strengthening controls. The institutions that will benefit from this investment are the National Customs Service, the General Directorate […]
Sporadic gas and ash emissions from Turrialba Volcano
Turrialba Volcano remains relatively calm, with very sporadic emissions of ash, gas and steam. Eliécer Duarte, from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), said that the volcanic tremor has remained the same. We have seen very high vapor columns above the summit, because the wind has been calm and we have not […]
More than 800 thousand workers do not contribute to IVM
Franco Pacheco, President of the Union Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce and Associations of the Private Business Sector (UCCAEP) presented a proposal to expand the base and make the access to the Invalidity, Old Age and Death (IVM) regime of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) more flexible for 800,000 workers who aren’t currently […]
Affordable ultrasounds
An ultrasound is extremely helpful to detect some diseases. Therefore a campaign will offer this type of examination at a more affordable price. On March 8th, Universidad Hispanoaméricana will perform ultrasounds on urinary tract, prostate, uterus and ovaries, thyroid, breast, testicles, knees, soft tissues or the abdomen in general. The ultrasounds will be conducted from […]