Archives for January 28, 2019

The latest global data indicate that cases and deaths from cancer will grow in the region at a faster pace than the average. From different sectors, they warn about the need to act to improve access to cancer care. Better infrastructure, more financing, human resources and availability of treatments are some of the most mentioned […]

On Monday, an 11-month-old baby died after being attacked by a dog in Tibás, and in this regard, the Canine Federation of Costa Rica (ACAN) regretted what happened and reiterated the importance of a regulation of “powerful dogs” in the country, because they had already warned that something like this could happen. Through a press […]

It’s time for the taxi driver sector to sue the government for the breach of this contract. We are handling the idea of asking for that compensation for more than 40 taxi driver families that are being ruined by these platforms.” This was expressed by Alexis Retana, representative of taxi drivers in Costa Rica, on […]

The Legislative Assembly will have to deliver two daily reports to the Ministry of Health as part of the monitoring and control over what happened last week regarding cases of influenza type A. According to María Inés Solís, president ai of the Congress, staff of the institution was in the Assembly last Friday as well […]

On Monday, the National Security Adviser of the United States, John Bolton, urged the Venezuelan military to peacefully accept Nicolás Maduro’s exit from power, and reiterated that “all options” are on the table when asked about a possible military intervention. We ask the Venezuelan army and the security forces to accept the peaceful, democratic and […]

Some 200 children from the Southern Zone of the country need help to go back to school on February 6th. The volunteer program of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) is organizing a collection of school supplies for these children whose parents have a hard time to purchase the materials. The beneficiaries will be students […]