The legislators that make up the Special Commission for Costa Rica’s accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ruled on a bill that implies the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery (RECOPE) must pay approximately $3,000 a year to a fond or in case of possible spills of hydrocarbons in the Costa Rican seas. […]
Archives for December 2018
CCSS asks families to vaccinate children against measles
If you are in charge of children between 15 months old and 10 years old, take them to the nearest medical center to be vaccinated against measles. The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) reports that of the 770 thousand doses, only 45 thousand have been applied, which is equivalent to 5.8%. The parents have […]
Irazú Volcano is covered in frost
Monday morning registered low temperatures in Irazú Volcano and the vegetation was covered with frost. According to the park rangers, during the early hours of Monday the temperature was two degrees Celsius and at 8:00 am it was still too cold. Yirlania Granados works in a local store and assures that she saw everything covered […]
Did you feel the quake?
According to the report of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of the National University (Ovsicori-UNA), there was a strong earthquake at 4:26 p.m. on Tuesday. It had a magnitude of 4.3 and was located 13 kilometers north of Quepos, at a depth of 18 kilometers. The preliminary report indicates that the movement was felt in […]
UN adopts Global Compact on Refugees without support from the US and Hungary
On Monday, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) adopted the Global Compact on Refugees without the votes of the United States and Hungary. The text on the management of refugees received 181 votes in favor, two against and three abstentions. Just likethe Global Compact on Migration, this one is not binding. Both texts […]
Scammers are posing as CRHoy journalists to get personal information
A group of people who pose as CRHoy journalists are requesting information on behalf of this newspaper. Through an email called “investigacioncrhoy@gmail.com” they claim to be part of the journalistic team and ask for sensitive information to different people, including criminal record data. CRHoy stated that all journalists have an email address that bears their […]