A group from Guanacaste created a committee along with Coonaprosal and Coopeoro to request a 15-million-colones financing loan to Banco Popular y Desarrollo Comunal in order to carry out a feasibility study to build a precious metals’ processing plant in Abangares. According to Diego Matarrita, Coopeoro’s credits and savings manager, gold extraction is performed by […]
Archives for July 20, 2016
Legislators approved Alcohol Law amendment
Members of the Parliament approved, in a second reading, an amendment to the Alcohol Law so that the cost of municipal licenses to sell alcoholic beverages is based on the business’ size and gross profits. The initiative was proposed by William Alvarado, Partido Unidad Social Cristiana’s member, and the calculation also includes assets’ value. The […]
Seminar on business growth
How to make your business grow? That will be the topic of a seminar for business owners and entrepreneurs who are just starting and seek the key to success. The seminar will focus on how to create a rather profitable business without the presence of the owner. “6 steps to make your business grow” is […]
1070 teen moms have received a scholarship
1070 teen mothers have received sholarships due to an agreement between the Ministry of Education (MEP) and the Patronato Nacional de la Infancia (PANI). From February to July this year, they have received 100,000 colones every month in order to improve their life quality and to continue their education. Students can complete and submit the […]
Historic transplant weekend
This weekend four hospitals of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) participated in a surgical task without precedents: they performed 10 transplants of organs and tissues. The alert began on Friday night in Mexico Hospital, when the presence of two possible donors was reported. HNN and Calderón Hospital’s team network was activated to perform […]
Prison became field for a soccer tournament
Children from 4 soccer schools visited Liberia’s Institutional Prison Calle Real to play in front of their fathers, who are deprived of their freedom. On Thursday last week, the tournament took place in the prison’s fitness center, where children between 4 and 9 years old participated in the activity called ” Abriendo Puertas a las […]