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Police stop buses used by unions |
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 By A.M. Costa Rica staff Germán Marín, director of the Traffic Police, reported that 22 buses were stopped Wednesday because they did not have permits for the service they were providing. Traffic Police officials had warned that officers would be watching on roads for the illegal use of buses or vehicles used by unions to transport their members to the Wednesday march in San José. According to the report of the transit officials, the buses have a specific permit according to their functions, be it student transport, public transport or tourist transport. This permit must be in accordance with the activity and routes that were registered before the Council of Public Transport. "Those permits are only for operating on specific routes, so if the vehicle transits through a non-corresponding route or offers a service for which it does not have a permit, it is subject to a fine of ¢104,000 colones and the seizure of the plates," stated the report. "In the event that the drivers change the route or the nature of their functions, they would be breaking the law, so they were fined and the plates were confiscated," the report ended. According to the police report, transit officials detained and fined several drivers who transported the members of the unions because they did not have the legal permits to transport union members and alter the routes they regularly make. The police report said that the majority of buses stopped were in rural areas in Limón, Puntarenas, Guanacaste, Alajuela and Heredia.
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Association of Educators
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Were reviewed
more than 70 units of which were
sanctioned 22 for not respecting the Traffic Law. According to Wendy Jimenez, spokesperson for the General Directorate of the Traffic Police, "We do not proceed with actions against citizens. We simply verify that the users of the routes circulate according to the current legislation. The police simply do their duty, ensure that each driver respects the law.” “This morning, at 7 a.m., we reviewed more than 70 units of which we sanctioned 22 for not respecting the Traffic Law 9078, not having the permission of the Public Transportation Council for the service they were providing,” reported Marin. |
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The Labor Court in San
José has declared strikes of
employees of six public institutions to be illegal |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Labor Court now has resolved cases involving the National Production Council, the Housing Ministry, the National Emergency Commission, the Municipality of Santa Ana, the Central Bank and the Social Protection Board. The last resolution occurred Wednesday when Judge Siany Barboza gave her ruling on the case of the Social Protection Board, saying, "According to the file, the movement called by the National Association of Public and Private Employees and the National Union of Workers and Workers will be declared illegal.” She also ordered the unions to pay ¢1 million colones (approximately $1,726) for payment of personal and procedural costs. Barboza’s ruling stated that in the case of the Social Protection Board, "the strike violates two requirements established in the Labor Code to be legal. The first is that the unions failed to prove that they had the minimum support required. Second, it did not state that the conciliation process with the government had been exhausted before calling the strike.” As part of the legal process, the unions involved have three days to appeal this ruling.
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The strike
violates two requirements
established in the Labor Code
to be legal, said Judge.
According to
the report of the labor judge, 42
government institutions have
registered requesting that the
strike be declared illegal. Of
these, six have been resolved with
a ruling in favor of the
institutions and against the
interests of the union. There are
still 36 cases to be resolved.
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New
procedure for lost or stolen residence card
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff
Marco Carrión, director of Assault Section of the Judicial Investigation Organization, informed the public on the changes in the procedure for requesting a new residence card for foreigners whose card has been lost, stolen or damaged. Carrion stated previously people were asked for the residence card, or this document was stolen, they had to deliver a sworn statement before a notary public, as well as in the case of the robberies, they must make the complaint in the Judicial Investigation Organization. This process has now changed and requests for a replacement document must be made at Migration and not at the offices of the Judicial Investigation Organization, the director added. The modification of the process allows the judicial police to concentrate on specific crimes and not invest resources in attending incidents where theft or another crime is not involved, Carrion said. When a card is stolen, however, the victim must make a regular complaint at the Judicial Investigating Organization and then request the new document at Migration, said Carrion, adding that "In the case of theft, the foreigner must make two processes, first report the complaint in the Judicial Investigation Organization, and then go to Migration to request the new document." The modification of Articles 246 and 248 of the Immigration Regulations were published Sept. 24. All foreigners who have a residence card must process the request for a new document directly in Migration offices, the government said. |
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All foreigners who have a residence card must process the request for a new document directly in Migration offices, the government said. "Now the residents will have direct attention in Migration. The executives of that entity will carry out all the process of renew the document, for free," Carrion said. Carrion warned foreigners not pay any single colon for that service. Any foreigners who make a payment because they do not know the law or think it will speed up the process may be accused of corruption. "I want to alert foreigners, to understand that they should never make a payment for this type of service to any Migration official,” said Carrion. “These services are part of the functions of the Migration staff and are free. There should be no payment, because they risk being involved in a serious crime."
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| Costa Rica presents Buyers Trade Mission |
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By
A.M. Costa Rica staff
Wednesday saw the opening of the 20th edition of the Buyers Trade Mission, billed as the most important export promotion event in the Central American region. It will see 310 buyers from 50 countries this year. The two-day event is taking place through today at the Convention Center of Costa Rica in Heredia and has the participation of 700 Costa Rican companies, exporters or those with export potential, from the agricultural, food and specialized industry sectors. The inauguration of the trade show, organized by the Promoter of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, was attended by the first lady of the Republic, Claudia Dobles Camargo, the minister of Foreign Trade and president of the board of the promotional organization, Dyalá Jiménez Figueres, and its general manager, Pedro Beirute Prada. "The round of business exposure is an opportunity for small and medium enterprises to travel the world in two days and diversify their export markets, access international markets and take advantage of the opportunities that the country's trade policy has been developing", said the first lady. Jiménez, the trade ministry, affirmed that, after 20 years in operation, the Buyers Trade Mission has achieved its great objective: to diversify markets for the products of Costa Rica. “Thanks to this mission of buyers, today Costa Rican companies - small, medium and large - have managed to export for the first time, have expanded their export destinations and others have managed to stay in the markets that already have a presence,” she said. “This event is, par excellence, the instrument for SMEs to access international markets and take advantage of the opportunities that the country's trade policy has been developing. We wish the entire export sector many successes in this day of negotiations…and we remind you that in COMEX and PROCOMER you have allies so that their products continue to reach new markets and continue to grow." She used the Spanish language acronyms for the trade ministry and the promotional organization. Beirute said he sees this 20th anniversary of the Buyers Trade Mission breaking records as it has the largest number of countries participating this year. "This year we have the participation of buyers from 50 countries, of which 12 come for the first time, as is the case of Oman, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Martinique, Ukraine, Poland, Bahrain, Switzerland, Norway, Egypt and the Czech Republic. This shows that our model of export promotion is successful and that the 40 commercial promotion offices that PROCOMER has around the world are antennas that receive opportunities for our export sector," said Beirute. Álvaro Rojas, general manager of the Center of Conventions Costa Rica, said that “it is a privilege to join as host of an event so relevant to the economic interests of the country." said Rojas. |
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The round of business exposure is an opportunity for small and medium enterprises to travel the world in two days and diversify their export markets, said first lady " The event will be attended by a large number of clients who visit many convention centers for their activities, and it is a great opportunity to continue demonstrating that, at the level of infrastructure and service, ours is at an international level.” Rojas added. Officials said that an estimated 90 percent of the 700 participating companies are small and medium enterprises and 141 of them come from regions outside the Greater Metropolitan Area: Huetar Norte, Huetar Caribe, Central Pacific, Chorotega and Brunca. Additionally 87 percent of the 310 international buyers are new to this event, they added. The Buyer’s Trade Mission representative stated that the event is composed of various components such as: * Business round: In 25 minutes the Costa Rican exporter presents his goods and starts a negotiation with the buyer. Subsequently, a follow-up process is given to the business with the support of PROCOMER. * Boardrooms: Exporters have the opportunity to present new products to a group of buyers, who will make suggestions for improvement so that they will have greater acceptance in international markets. * Chaining wheel: 160 suppliers meet with 25 domestic buyers to offer their products and become their suppliers. In this way, small and medium enterprises gain knowledge and competitiveness while large companies acquire goods more efficiently and with lower costs than having to import them. * Showcases: These display the products so that buyers know the characteristics of the goods they are going to acquire. |
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Decrease in teen pregnancy reported |
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According to a Social Security report, in 2015 the 17 percent of the babies born were children of women under 18 years of age (11,609 teens). In 2017, deliveries of babies to women under 18 dropped to 14.7 percent (8,124 teens), the lowest recorded in history, the agency reported. According to Nineth Alarcón, director of the Comprehensive Adolescent Care Program, "this fact is very satisfactory because it shows that the efforts made to reduce and stop teen pregnancy have paid off." According to Alarcón, the results are consequences of programs to support adolescent women. These programs have been developed in the Atlantic zone and in the southern zone, and the program will be extended to the Chorotega, Pacífico and central zones, Huetar Norte and Central Valley. "The goal is to reduce this number of births by teenage mothers even more, since a pregnancy, in this stage, truncates their life prospects, makes them more vulnerable to suffer sexually transmitted infections, raising the chances that the baby born with low birth weight and infections are increased during labor or in the urinary tract," said Alarcon Alarcon acknowledged that unwanted pregnancy in adolescents, a problem of multiple causes, requires multiple and integrated solutions. Among the actions he states were developed by the program are: * Activities of health promotion and prevention of pregnancy in adolescence are carried out in different clinics of the country. |
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Teen pregnancy, truncates their life prospects, makes them more vulnerable to suffer sexually transmitted infections, said specialist. * Provision of specific services for the care of adolescents with emphasis on sexual and reproductive health. * Give attention and counseling for the adolescent population. * Train the staff of the clinics to provide counseling and prescription of contraceptive methods and sexual protection within a comprehensive and friendly service. * Support adolescents and their families to strengthen communication and educate about pregnancy prevention, sexually transmitted infections and other health risk factors. |
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Advances made in homicide
investigation
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By
A.M. Costa Rica staff
Sufficient progress has been made in the investigation of the murder of a Spanish tourist that the deputy prosecutor of Pococí has stated that the case will be presented to a court later this year. The 30-year-old Spanish woman was killed Aug. 4 in Tortuguero. According to the prosecutor's office, the investigation has found only one suspect in the crime, a man surnamed Díaz. The Deputy prosecutor for Pococí, José Francisco Mena, said that his office expect to make a formal accusation of the suspect at the end of this year. "We are developing great efforts so that the accusation against this person that we have as a suspect is ready, at the latest, in the next two months," said Mena, who at the same time added that "investigations of a different nature have been carried out with reconstructions of the facts." Díaz, the main suspect, is a foreigner and has been sentenced to six months of preventive detention which began Aug. 15. He was arrested following the analysis of clues in the body of Arantxa López Gutiérrez. The analysis of was part of a judicial police report. The refinery also reported that "The product was quickly contained, while a special truck was moved to the site to collect the fuel spilled and contained inside the pit, as well as the equipment and absorbent material." According to the refinery, these actions of vandalism to steal fuel can put people and the environment at risk of contamination. |
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Costa Rica wire services photo
The
30-year-old Spanish woman
was killed
Aug. 4 in Tortuguero. The victim's
husband found this wife’s
body when she failed to
return after going out
jogging near the hotel. That
same morning, the suspect
was arrested.
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