The Presidential House ordered the Foreign Ministry to take “disciplinary actions” in the case of the trip approved for Daniel Barquero Rivera to travel for two months to the Arab Emirates. Barquero was sent to Dubai in an “outpost” to prepare the trip that the president, Carlos Alvarado, will make to that country next January. […]
Why was the Mayor of Limón arrested?
The arrest of the mayor of Limón, Néstor Mattis Williams, occurred on Thursday morning by the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) and the Prosecutor’s Office and the Public Ministry began to process a possible request for precautionary measures against the Criminal Court of the Atlantic Zone. Next to him, the engineer of the Municipality of Limón, […]
Hospital Mexico ran out of blood
The blood bank of Hospital México is running out of reserves and has already begun to decrease the amount of blood resources that are provided to patients; for example, if a patient requires six units, only four or five are sent. The situation is so serious that they made an urgent call for blood donations […]
Board of the CCSS endorses abortion technical standard
On Thursday, the Board of Directors of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) endorsed the proposal for a Technical Standard for the medical procedure linked to article 121 of the Criminal Code, the entity’s chief executive, Dr Roman Macaya Hayes. According to Macaya, the Board recommended to the Ministry of Health to assess some […]
From Friday transit to Cartago will be regulated
The demarcation of the Florencio del Castillo highway, which connects San José with Cartago, will begin this Friday. Therefore, there will be regulated transit from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm for a week. The National Road Council (Conavi) will carry out the demarcation with solvent paint of the three sections intervened, so, users are called […]
Employment will increase in three of the seven provinces during the first months of 2020
Employers intend to increase their staff in three of the seven provinces, according to the most recent ManpowerGroup Employment Expectations survey. Even so, this increase will be moderate. These provinces are: Heredia, which reports the most optimistic data, San José and Cartago. Meanwhile, Alajuela, Puntarenas, Limón and Guanacaste report a negative expectation. Of the 620 […]