To prevent any situation of suspension of services in health centers in the country in case of a strike, the Ombudsman, Montserrat Solano, asked the Costa Rican Department of Social Security a contingency plan. Through a letter sent last June, 22nd, the ombudsman’s office requested a report on the coordinated measures to ensure health care […]
Archives for June 2016
Teacher’s demonstrations during vacation season
Vacation season is coming but education union called upon demonstrations. Asociación de Profesores de Segunda Enseñanza (APSE) general secretary, Hugo Marín, said that demonstrations are going to be regular and they will protest even during vacation. We are organizing demonstrations before and during vacation season. We need to be active, especially during legislators’ session week […]
Electricity business towards carbon neutrality
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) moves steadily towards carbon neutrality. An example of this is that Power and Light removed 100% of its emissions of greenhouse gases and incorporated hydroelectric plants Arenal, Dengo and Sandillal to this process. In addition, they started checking gas emission inventories in the plants in the Chorotega region. Power […]
Moratorium request on pineapple plantations for polluting water in the North
Edgardo Araya, member of Frente Amplio, asked President Luis Guillermo Solís to declare a moratorium on pineapple plantations expansion in the North because water is polluted with agrochemical substances. Araya declared that Agroindustrial La Lydia company, located in San Carlos, admitted there are three chemical polluting substances: two of them are in Pital and San […]
Vehicular restriction on vacation for two weeks
The vehicular restriction applied from Monday to Friday in the central town of San José will also go on vacation from July 4th to July 15th, just like students do. The decision is based on previous year records, in which there is a significant reduction in the number of vehicles entering the capital city since […]
Budget for roads approved
On June 29th, the Committee on Financial Affairs of the Legislative Assembly approved a second special budget, which includes 20,257 million colones for municipalities’ road network maintenance. The budget must be exclusively used for road improvement and restoration and if there is any money left, it has to be used for road works. President of […]