The Ministry of Agriculture (MAG), through the National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA), wants the agricultural production in Limón to be benefited with technological innovation. As a result, they are investing 370 million colones to be used by more than 350 ranchers and farmers in the country, specially from the Atlantic area. Sustainable livestock, environmentally friendly […]
Archives for August 30, 2016
ICE saves more than one billion with return of rentals
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) saved ¢ 1,145 million per year with the return four rentals used for warehouses and offices. The amount was the annual payment for rent, maintenance and cleaning of the buildings. This economy is part of the plan called Real Estate Development Storage (DINBO), successfully completed last July, as part […]
Ministers of Foreign Affairs want a meeting to review the Cuban Adjustment Act
Costa Rica and 8 Latin American countries proposed a high-level meeting to review the American policy that promotes illegal immigration of Cuban citizens to US territory. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Guillaume Long informed that foreign ministers from Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru delivered a missive to Secretary of State John […]
Solís: “Crime in Guácimo has nothing to do with release of prisoners”
After the atrocious murder of an 8-year-old child in the town of Guácimo, Limón, President Luis Guillermo Solís showed his indignation yesterday in social networks. Many of his followers on Facebook criticized his comment, attacking him for favoring the release of prisoners, a mandate from the Ministry of Justice. In view of this, Solís defended […]
Mosquito eggs spread Zika
A study published on Monday states that female mosquitoes can transmit the Zika virus to their eggs, which suggests that the efforts to kill adult mosquitoes are insufficient. Scientists from the medical unit of the University of Texas wanted to know whether female mosquitoes could pass the infection to their eggs, as it happens with […]
Power struggles divide the Costa Rican cooperative movement
Freddy González, Executive secretary of the National Council of Cooperatives (CONACOOP) and Rodolfo Navas, Manager of the Cooperative Studies and Center (CENECOOP), are having some serious disagreements. González accused Navas of embezzlement of public funds, and the latter assures that the accusations are due to political reasons seeking to affect his image. On the other […]