| Vol.18 No. 605 | Published
Tuesday, June 5,
2018 / First news page |
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| Country invests $7.5 million in flu vaccines | |
 By AM Costa Rica staff
Costa Rican
health authorities announced that the annual
vaccination campaign against four types of
influenza will begin Monday. Officials have
invested $7.5 million in vaccines.
The coordinator of immunization of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, Leandra Abarca, said in a statement that the entity acquired a high-quality vaccine, as it protects against four different types: two of influenza A (H1N1 and H3N2) and two of influenza B (Yamagata and Victoria), which are the ones that most affect the population. She said Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the region that acquired this vaccine, which is the one recommended by the World Organization for the coming years. The authorities will deliver free, priority vaccination to children over 6 months and under 5 years, those over 60, as well as people with risk factors such as the obesity, diabetes, a heart condition, respiratory problems and pregnancy. In 2017, 76 people died in Costa Rica due to causes associated with influenza, 43 fewer victims than in 2016. |
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Seniors will be among the
priority population
to have access to the vaccine. |
| President
faces
the renegotiation of several collective bargains in the coming month |
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By AM Costa Rica staff
The
collective bargaining pact of National
Registry employees is the first one in a list
where the presidency ordered the
renegotiation.
The agreement expires July 21, according to information provided by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. Among the bonuses that the workers of that institution have is a vacation period from 15 to 30 business days. In addition to this agreement, in 2018 those of the the Port Administration and Economic Development Board of the Atlantic Coast, known as Japdeva, and the National Institute for Cooperative Development, known as Infocoop, will expire. President Carlos Alvarado signed on Friday a directive that had been announced by the minister of Finance, Rocío Aguilar, before the full legislature. The document obliges all institutions that have such agreements to renegotiate them after their expiration date. The agreements resemble union contracts that are negotiated by employee organizations with the state agencies. |
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The worker's benefits will
be one of the most challenging initiatives of
this government.
Aguilar said the government will include a representative of the Ministry of Finance in the negotiations during the talks. By 2019, the collective bargains of the Technological Institute of Costa Rica, Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery, Bank of Costa Rica, Fire Department, Social Protection Board and National Institute of Learning will expire. Some labor agreements have been criticized as being overly generous. |
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| Golfo
Dulce
Forest celebrates its 40 anniversary |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff
Thanks to funding coming from the I Exchange of Debt for Nature between the United States and Costa Rica, the Arboretum Project will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve in the southern region of the country. The first stage of the Arboretum Consolidation project, according to the Neotrópica Foundation, is an initiative focused on conservation, research, local tourism and environmental education through the empowerment of neighboring communities, which was celebrated with a festival with the communities benefiting from it. The Arboretum project was financed with funds from the I Exchange of Debt for Nature with the United States. The first stage of the project has been called Consolidation of the Arboretum of the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve as an instrument to increase the knowledge and awareness of local actors in the field of forest conservation, according to the foundation. The execution of the project was a three-year work process of a collaborative platform composed of community institutions, the Osa Conservation Area and the Neotrópica Foundation, through which three rural communities in the area benefited directly: Chal Bay, Alto San Juan and San Juan de Sierpe, totaling around 3,393 people, the document added. The Arboretum project aims to ensure the conservation of the tropical forests of the Osa Conservation Area, in response to illegal logging, hunting, deforestation and changes in land use for the development of other commercial activities such as livestock and African palm, said the foundation. An arboretum is a collection of trees of ecological value and in this case, it is composed of species of high biological value for the Osa Peninsula since many of the species found there are endemic. The project also strengthens mechanisms that allow opening spaces for the development of knowledge, research and awareness on the part of neighboring communities, according to the document. |
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The project was mainly funded by an alliance with the
U.S.
Javier Carazo, a biologist at the Neotrópica Foundation, said that the "organization has coordinated this process involving local communities in the management and conservation of natural resources, the three neighboring communities, which work together to achieve the objectives. Adriana Fernández, environmental manager of Neotrópica, said "this process has become a truly enriching experience, where the foundations have been laid to achieve true sustainable development, providing local people with key tools to enhance the value of the Arboretum and contribute to local development. " "One interesting thing about the project is that initially it was thought to be assumed by adults only, but as it moved forward children and young people where the most interested parties, who will now be an active part of the local committee of the Arboretum," said Juan José Jiménez, administrator of the conservation area. |
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| The legislative bill seeks to create a space registry in Costa Rica | |
By A.M. Costa Rica
staff
A new legislative bill will seek the creation of a registry of space objects, which will be responsible for documenting and promoting research in this area. The proposal was filed last week by Pedro Muñoz, a lawmaker from the Christian Social Unity Party. The draft will also ask Costa Rica to comply with the commitments acquired by the country in 2010 when it adhered to the U.N. Convention on the Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space. Muñoz said Costa Rica needs to promote actions to encourage research and development in the field. "The National Registry plays an essential role in putting the law into practice. That's why when I found out about the joint efforts that had been taking place for a long time, not only to put a satellite in space but to give legal protection to the issue, I did not hesitate to give my support to it," said the legislator. Muñoz was part of an event to present the initiative along with members of the Foreign Ministry and several representatives of the National Registry, which would be in charge of the new unit, and the minister of Justice, Marcia González. In general, the proposal says that all objects thrown into space or driven by the country's initiative, whether or not placed in orbit from the national territory, should be registered. The president of the Central American Association of Aeronautics and Space, Carlos Enrique Alvarado, said the plan will serve to strengthen the capabilities of the National Registry and help develop skills in the matter. |
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This is the first satellite launched by Central America
on April 2 in a project led by Costa Rica.
Likewise, he said his organization has been working and talking about the country having this type of registry for almost a decade, added the proposal is an incentive to "properly insert ourselves in this new technological paradigm." Finally, the director general of the National Registry, Agustín Meléndez, said that the space issue requires joint efforts at the institutional level. After its approval, its regulations would be promoted with the technical, legal and formalities necessary for the operation of the registry," he said. |
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| Contest seeks young people who want to sing
for peace |
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By
A.M.
Costa Rica staff
By creating your own lyrics, you can be the creator of peace. That's the message the contest Song for Peace wants to deliver to students and youth in 2018. "Let our voices be heard" is this year's motto, in order to celebrate the 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The contest is aimed at students enrolled in the primary and secondary levels of the educational system, with ages between 12 and 21 years, according to the National System of Music Education. "It is important that young people participate in this contest since, through music, values can be promoted, both in relation to peace, and the alternative solution of conflicts," said Ernesto Brenes, academic director of the system. Finalists will be able to participate in a creative training camp that will take place at the Juan XXIII Social School in Tres Ríos in July. In 2017, the first place winner was Jessica Matus Moreno of the Professional Technical High School of the East. Her song was “Only with a Word.” In second place was Angelica Blanco and Bryan Monge of the San Vito Nocturnal Academic High School, with the song "Faces of joy." |
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The contest is open to all
students countrywide aged 12 to 21.
The young winners received various awards offered by companies and civic organizations. The winner also had, as part of the prize, an audiovisual production and musical arrangements. |
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| The
'yes' option is apparently winning the plebiscite to create the municipal council of Nosara |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff
The 'yes' option leads in Sunday's referendum in Nicoya, which aims to create of the municipal council of Nosara and provide greater administrative independence to that community in Guanacaste. "Preliminarily, there has not been a definitive result, but we do have the participation of 5,293 people going for yes and 2,680 going no," said Raymer Loaiciga, the president of the organizing committee in a video provided by the press office of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. The tribunal said that 34 votes were declared voided and 193 were blank. For the plebiscite to be valid at least 15 percent of the 40,863 enrolled Nicoyans must vote for the council. That is 6,130 people. The proposal still requires 837 votes more. The preliminary result does not include the count of nine polling stations, according to Loaciaga. "They remain pending review, we have not been able to process them." If the new municipal council is created, the district will acquire functional and budgetary autonomy and may organize its municipal services while still attached to the City of Nicoya, according to the Costa Rican Municipal Code. If the council is created, an intendant must also be appointed, a position of a popular election that has powers similar to those of a mayor. This post would be voted on in 2020. Thursday the electoral authority said that results of this plebiscite will be ready 15 days after the referendum. Loaciaga said in the video that during this week the manual counting will begin. |
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The results need at least 15
percent participation from registered voters to be
valid.
In the country there are currently eight municipal district councils. They are in Peñas Blancas de San Ramón, Tucurrique de Jiménez, Cervantes de Alvarado, Colorado de Abangares, as well as Monteverde, Lepanto, Paquera and Cóbano de Puntarenas. The most recent antecedent of a plebiscite to create a municipal jurisdiction of this type occurred in 2008 when Pejibaye de Cartago sought that goal. However, the votes necessary for that purpose were not reached. |
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| Public
spaces influence the mood and productivity
of citizens |
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By A.M. Costa Rica
staff
The design of public spaces, such as streets, parks or squares, can generate positive or negative emotions in passers-by, a design expert said. According to the interior designer and researcher, Marcela Soto, it is essential to beautify the environment through public spaces and help citizens have a better mood and get along better with each other. "The ideal is to design spaces that motivate. Good design definitely makes us much more productive and also helps us to be happier," she said. Also Soto said that the alteration of the mood of the pedestrians is due to the harmony of the environment, since these spaces with an appropriate design, transmit positive energy and even peace. According to Soto, harmony is achieved through the correct application of color and design. Therefore, all the details can make the difference: from the location of a dumpster to the correct lighting, she said |
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