Archives for August 3, 2016

12 thousand people went to the Expo Animal Welfare (EBA) 2016 that took place in two malls in the country last weekend. It was a fair in which dozens of organizations and companies dedicated to the care of animals gave pets a space in the aisles of Multiplaza del Este and Escazú. In addition, the […]

An official of the Calderón Guardia Hospital received more than 2.5 million colones for a maternity leave that apparently was not hers. Although the 28-year-old woman named Rodriguez had a daughter in March 2014, she took the payment for the period from February 24th to June 25th of that year, without being entitled to this […]

Thirty-two companies will offer more than 1,600 jobs in all areas at the VIII UH Job Fair to be held from August 4th  to August 5th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at its headquarters in Llorente de Tibás. Those interested can register to be electronically evaluated and selected by recruiters. The positions available are: […]

The income gap separating women, married or cohabiting, from their partners decreased over the last 15 years. Last year, when compared to their partners’, those women who work perceived an equivalent of 70% of revenues. In 2001, they received an equivalent of 60%. To estimate the gap, it was calculated the woman’s income regarding her […]

It’s fairly common to dispose of the banana peel, but now these former waste is the raw material for a solution to plastic contamination. Three students from Mexico’s Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) used banana peels to create a material similar to plastic to reduce world pollution. Aranza Meza, Israel Hernández, and […]

According to the last survey on business opinion from the Institute for Research in Economics at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), 57.4% of exporters believe that the stable exchange rate will benefit them. 23.4% believe it will be detrimental for them and 19.2% say it will not affect them. Entrepreneurs said that an increase […]