Hospital Nacional de Niños’ Former director, Rodolfo Hernández, asked authorities to make an effort in order to use the monoclonal antibody drug, because it would reduce respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) contagion in high-risk patients. The doctor explained that in the past, this drug was used with great success, but they stopped applying it. RSV has […]
Archives for July 8, 2016
Precision Coating company will enter Costa Rican market
The fluoropolymer coating expert company, Coating, announced its entry into Costa Rican market. As consequence, they are looking for engineers, chemical technicians as well as manufacturing assembly technicians for the new plant. The American company will start operations in July, in El Coyol de Alajuela. People interested in the job can send their résumé to jobs.CostaRica@precisioncoating.com […]
Hatred killed Beauchamp Durán children
What could have driven Michael Adrián Salmerón to commit the heinous crime in Matapalo? As determined by the judge, a deep hatred against Yeimmy Jessica Durán Guerra was the trigger for the multiple homicide against five members of the Beauchamp Durán family. Salmerón, 24, was sentenced to 183 years in prison for stabbing to death […]
José María Figueres: this path is difficult but the odds are not entirely against her
With tears in his eyes and with great excitement, the former president of the Republic, José María Figueres, referred to his sister’s candidacy to the general secretariat of the United Nations. The path Christiana has chosen has never been easy and this one is certainly difficult and very complex, but the odds are not entirely […]
More seek refuge in Costa Rica
From January to May, 2016, 1492 people asked for refugee in Costa Rica. According to Gladys Jiménez, head of Directorate General of Immigration, two years ago, 1384 asylum applications were filed, while in 2015 that number rose to 2203. However, during this year, 1492 people has requested refugee. During the past 15 years, Costa Rica […]
CR close to falling into undesirable list
Is Costa Rica on the verge of falling into list of countries that do not cooperate in the fight against terrorism? The question arose on Thursday because the Legislature did not meet the deadline to approve a legal reform that criminalizes terrorist financing. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) called for the country to meet […]