Local scientists find that canine distemper, a common viral infection to dogs are affecting the Wildlife cat families.
Regulatory reforms are being looked into by the Housing Authorities so to reduce the costs of multistory apartment blocks for the needy
Drug pushers are using ice cream, sweets, fruits, pencils and earrings to get children hooked on drugs at schools. This has become a very high priority to both teachers and local authorities to combat.
A higher petroleum bill will hit the population the most as a fiscal reform bill is disgusted in congress. Higher prices will hit the fishing industry, transport and electricity the most. Associations and Chambers from the private sector
insist that government wasteful spending and privileges to wages and bonuses is a problem that has not been properly tackled.
The Central Bank informs that wood farming is contributing 2% to the GDP. A further 3,065 hectares is reported to have registered to the activity.
The compulsory Worker’s Insurance Risks has become 7% cheaper as reported by the Insurance Regulators.
A new National Centre for Conventions highlights a new way of building by using Solar Panels, Botanic Gardens and Led Lightning; the Centre will have a capacity for 4,600 persons and have 16 convention rooms.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock having put further sanitary controls on exports of pineapples, has been objected too by producers who claim that with only 15 days of having these new measures in place, they have experienced an increase to their production of USD$2.3 million.
National Healthcare System reports that 30% of patients do not complete their treatment causing emergency consultations and that between 2 and 2.5% of patients don’t even pick up their prescribed medicines.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development sees the fiscal deficit of the country as its principal cause for concern.
The Comptroller’s Office reports that 55% of professionals did not pay taxes on their returns last year. Out of the total incomes reported only 2.3% was paid to the Treasury.
May registered a historic record for lighting strikes, doubling the previous one. Authorities on alert to a probable hurricane season of unusual dimensions.
Immigration authorities fear a sanitary chaos on the frontier with Nicaragua caused by poor conditions lived by African migrants held up at the border.
The Lanamme, University of Costa Rica’s civil engineering investigative department, studying structural models and materials, informs that 5 of the most important bridges to Port Caldera has lacked maintenance for at least 15 years.
Activists call on Costa Rica to lead the way in cleaning rivers and oceans from all plastics and set this new challenge to all environmentalists.
Heavy rainfall brings the Central Valley practically to a halt as flooding and accidents collapse the road network, which must be said is years behind its times.
The Comptroller General warns the congress commission controlling income and public expenditure that although government income has increased by 0.53% of GDP, spending has also increased by 0.49% of GDP. She laments that no accord has been reached in case of a fiscal emergency; she also criticizes the government for breaking the limits of spending. She warns that by increasing taxes alone will not solve the deficit.
The Municipality of Belen in the Province of Heredia is crying out to the Ministry of Transport to build better infrastructure as they are losing businesses to roads that are becoming parking lots.
The countries aging vehicles has the Ministries of Health, Environment and Transport concerned to a worsening air quality.
Traffic jams worsen as accidents duplicate during the very heavy rain storms of the past two days. Authorities worry as cement and asphalt has led to ‘urban rivers’.
22 African immigrants had planned to avoid detection from authorities by posing as fishermen destined to Honduras.
Week ends with the Central Bank’s reference buying rate of CRC546.81 and selling rate of CRC534.33 to USD$1.00