The Foreign Ministry reported that, through the National Emergency Commission (CNE), it offered support to Mexico after the 7-degree earthquake that shook the country on Tuesday afternoon. The authorities offered the special disaster-management team managed by the Commission. The Government indicated that if requested, it would send teams specialized in search and rescue (USAR), made […]
Archives for September 19, 2017
CCSS to process HIV drug purchase for next year
In order to avoid a similar situation to the one experienced a month and a half ago, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), has already begun the corresponding analysis that will allow you to determine if you can make an annual purchase of a medicine against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Efavirenz is used by […]
Businessmen from Turkey to do business in Costa Rica
Representatives of 16 Turkish companies from different areas will promote their products in Costa Rica on a Business Roundtable on September 27th. In the food area, they will offer wheat flour, energizing juices, chocolates and pastries. There will also be cleaning products in general. They will exhibit different types of tools such as irrigation systems, […]
HNN Foundation seeks sponsors to help children
The work of the Foundation for the Development of the National Children’s Hospital never ends. They recently launched a web site aiming not only to bring the population to the work they do, but also, to promote the sponsorship by companies and people. The Foundation was created on October 3rd, 1986. Since then its primary […]
Tibás bets on cameras to strengthen security
With the aim of strengthening security in the canton, the Municipality of Tibás announced that it has officially initiated the placement of 82 devices that will be located in 33 points. The plan emerged at the end of 2016, following a wave of violence in Tibás, placing the canton among the areas with the highest […]
Solís condemns North Korean nuclear action in UN speech
President Luis Guillermo Solís said goodbye to the UN with a speech against denuclearization, mainly because of what happened in North Korea, and a request for equality of women in the economic area. On Tuesday afternoon, the president gave his last speech in the General Assembly of the United Nations as a Costa Rican representative, […]