Archives for February 2019

There are 104,457 children between 15 months old and 10 years old who have not been vaccinated against the measles virus, one of the most contagious on the planet. From February 11th to March 31st, primary health care assistants – known as ATAPS – will arrive in the country’s schools in search of minors who […]

The increase in the general level of prices during the first month of 2019 was 0.05%, according to a report issued on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). Of the 315 goods and services that make up the consumer basket, 57% increased in price, 36% decreased in price and 7% did […]

Students from the School of Biology of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) identified 1,101 pieces of plastic in 30 fish analyzed in the Costa Rican Pacific. The plastic was found in the fish’s digestive tract. The students analyzed the species Opisthonema libertate, known as gallera sardine. These fish were chosen for the study because […]

Igor Grigorenko, a 44-year-old Russian, was arrested by Interpol officers in Jacó beach, Garabito. The man has come to Costa Rica dozens of times, according to the Immigration and Aliens Directorate. The foreigner had an international arrest warrant for the alleged crime of fraud. So far the authorities don’t know how the crimes were committed. […]

A group of legislators pledged to work on the proposal by the Citizen Proposal Management to make a constitutional amendment to Article 52 so that marriage is only between a man and a woman. With the reform it would read as follows: Marriage is the union of a man and a woman, it rests on […]

Four years after the idea was put away, the National Production Council (CNP) and the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery (RECOPE) revived the plan of partnering for the production and use of ethanol in fuel mixtures. In a letter addressed to the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic last month, the Refiner consulted on […]