According to the National Poisoning Control Center (CNCI), during this year, 2,227 children under 12 years old have been poisoned and have required medical attention. Medicine poisoning is in the top of the list. This year, there have been 947 cases. It is followed by cleaning products poisoning with a total of 140 cases. Physicians […]
Archives for August 19, 2016
Interests represent 21% of current expenditure Government
Interest payments continue pressuring the government’s finances. In July, this area was 21% of the current expenditure of the Executive, according to figures presented by the Vice-president and Finance Minister Helio Fallas. According to the official, the total debt continues to grow. However, its management and rate policy allowed a decrease in domestic interest payment […]
Mena: “I can win and be president”
Sergio Mena, founding leader of Partido Nueva Generación (PNG), still dreams of becoming President of the Republic. However, he also wants to have a seat in the Legislative Assembly. He prefers not to talk about it, though, because he admits that going around saying he thinks about running for both positions is synonym of weakness […]
Civic centers: a weapon against violence in Costa Rica
As stated by the Deputy Minister of Peace, the answer to the wave of violence that has been reported in the country in recent years and that has especially involved an adolescent population, are centers that focus on culture, sports, technology and arts. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) in 2010, […]
Beware! Diarrhea cases are increasing
Epidemiologists from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) are calling on the population to keep sanitation in order to reduce diarrhea cases increase, that usually occurs during August and September. Elenita Ramírez, an expert on emerging diseases, is worried because during this year, they have attended to 183,152 people at the fund’s medical centers. […]
Legislator denounces abandonment of Grecia-Naranjo road project
Michael Arce, legislator from the National Liberation Party (PLN), reported that the National Highway Council (CONAVI) left several unfinished works of the rehabilitation project of the route between Grecia and Naranjo. According to the legislator, he received a copy of a letter by which the engineer Alfonso Quesada, from CONAVI, replied the mayor of Valverde […]