INS collective accident policy will apply for your internship and professional practice For the first time in history, 42,000 students from Professional Technical Colleges (CTP), Professional Institutes of Community Education (IPEC) and Integrated Adult Education Centers (CINDEA) will carry out internships and practices protected by a collective accident policy from the National Insurance Institute (INS). The Ministry of Public Education (MEP) acquired with the INS a policy designed specifically for students of Professional Technical Education (ETP) during their stay in the companies or inst…

• Drugs seized in vehicles and boats • The most recent blow to drug trafficking carried out on Monday resulted in the seizure of 273 kilos of cocaine, one kilo of marijuana and more than 20 thousand dollars. The work of the different police forces of the Ministry of Public Security allowed in the last 45 hours to seize more than five tons of drugs from drug trafficking in different parts of our country. Proof of this are the seizures made by the Border Police on a boat in Sierpe de Osa, where 2,451 kilos of marijuana and 246 kilos of cocaine were seized. While, in the waters of the South Pacif…

San José, August 14, 2024 –The previous week, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice announced the complete ruling that supports the actions of the Government of the Republic to regulate the implementation of 5G technology in Costa Rica through the “Regulation on Cybersecurity Measures Applicable to Telecommunications Services Based on Fifth Generation Mobile Technology (5G) and Higher”, which was issued by the Executive Branch to guarantee the security, privacy and confidentiality of citizen and business data. This decision, which rejects an appeal for protection and preca…

• Second and third major graduation will be at the National Stadium • MEP manages to graduate and recover thousands of young people and adults The graduation of the second and third class of the Baccalaureate for Employability and Entrepreneurship program will take place soon at the facilities of the National Stadium. A few months ago, the grand graduation of the first class with 5 thousand graduates was held in this same facility and, very soon, we will see it again full of graduates with their families. Through the Education Route, this Government is recovering opportunities for 10,000 more …

• Institución ofrecerá actividades al aire libre en estaciones del ferrocarril, Avenida Central, Centros Cívicos por la Paz, así como en los teatros y en el Centro Nacional de la Cultura • Museos del MCJ tendrán entrada gratuita para todo público este 20 de agosto San José, 14 de agosto de 2024. El Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud literalmente se tirará a las calles para celebrar el Día del Artista Nacional, este martes 20 de agosto de 2024. La propuesta cultural para todo público incluirá presentaciones de circo en las estaciones del ferrocarril, intervención con circo y cimarrona en la Aveni…

• INA students from San Ramón, San Carlos, Limón, San Ramón and San José will participate in skills such as Cooking, Web Technology, Graphic Design and Furniture Technology • Young Costa Rican woman will be the first woman in the world to compete in the skill of Metal Construction • Costa Rican delegation leaves for France on September 6, August 14, 2024. They are under 22 years old and will have the honor of participating in a world competition to represent to Costa Rica. In our delegation will be the first woman in the history of these fairs who will compete in the skill of Metal Constructio…

This afternoon, the Government leaders who negotiate the Special Fund for Higher Education (FEES) with the rectors were subjected to threats, aggression and violence in the facilities of the National Council of Rectors (CONARE). The CONARE allowed these aggressors to enter its headquarters and failed to guarantee the safety of the highest officials of the Government. A timely intervention by the Public Force prevented what could have been a catastrophe. The Government repudiates these acts that were evidently known to the rectors of the universities. public universities. In view of this seriou…

• Data collection was carried out in April of this year. • The price of 42 agricultural inputs was consulted in 41 establishments or agroservices. The first survey of sales prices of agricultural inputs for the year 2024, carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), through the Executive Secretariat of Sectoral Planning (SEPSA) and the National Directorate of Agricultural Extension (DNEA), shows decreases and increases in prices in a list of 42 products from the basket of agricultural inputs used in the country. The survey was carried out in April of this year, in 41 establi…

• Works are carried out throughout the country. • As part of these projects, La Amistad bridge and overpass in Hatillo 3 and 4 will be enabled next July. Construction of public works is what Costa Ricans are experiencing when traveling along different routes throughout the country, as part of the Government's clear commitment to improve road infrastructure. “With these projects we demonstrate effective and efficient management in public infrastructure works, which responds to the needs of citizens and contributes to the competitiveness of the entire country,” commented Eng. Mauricio Batalla Ot…

• Step is taken after approval by the Legislative Assembly • Agreement will provide access to a market of more than 17 million potential consumers San José, Costa Rica. June 19, 2024.- Today, the President of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves Robles and the Minister of Foreign Trade, Manuel Tovar Rivera signed the Law that approves the Trade Association Agreement between Costa Rica and Ecuador. This is a firm step for the trade agreement to become Law of the Republic, after on May 30, the Legislative Assembly approved the bill in its second debate. Negotiations to reach this agreement, which will p…

• Investment of ₡1,098 million will allow equipping 12 Community Innovation Laboratories (LINC) and strengthening 44 Smart Community Centers (CECI) throughout the country. • The project seeks to close the digital divide, encourage the development of technological skills by providing access to advanced technologies and training in digital skills such as robotics, cybersecurity, programming and big data analysis to promote more inclusive and sustainable rural development in Costa Rica. The Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT), the Institute of Rural Develop…

As part of all the operations carried out by the Public Force in the country this year, 25,931 people have been presented in flagrante delicto before the Public Ministry. In addition, during the development of Operation Top 20, 7,500 people have been apprehended to date. This operation emphasizes the districts with the greatest operational need throughout the country and reflects positive numbers of police actions. All of this as a result of this administration's efforts to get criminals off the streets. Despite this containment work by the Public Force, a significant number of these lawbreake…

January 13, 2025 CP-004-2025The Government of the Republic makes a significant investment in the canton of Acosta and this Monday, the Minister of the Presidency, Laura Fernández Delgado, visited the canton to follow up on the progress of the works. The Costa Rican Social Security Fund invests 8 billion colones in the construction of the new Acosta health headquarters. A type 1 health area, for primary care. Additionally, on route 301 that connects Acosta de San José with Parrita de Puntarenas, 1.1 billion colones were invested in paving 20 kilometers of the road, as well as the investment of …

• Strategic actions by ICE allow reduction approved by ARESEP. • Reduction benefits homes, commerce and industry. • Institute continues its efforts to provide sustainability to this measure and support the development of the country. January 8, 2025. January began with a reduction in electricity rates for the residential, commercial and industrial sectors, after the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) approved - last December - the reduction requested by the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE). The tariff setting established a system reduction of -18.06% for generation, -9.99% fo…

The President of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, appointed this afternoon Mrs. Marta Eugenia Esquivel Rodríguez as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy. Doña Marta is a lawyer, a career she decided to study inspired by her paternal grandfather, who was one of the first lawyers in San José. She was Minister of Labor and Social Security as well as Executive President of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund. Within her work experience, positions such as Labor Judge in the Judiciary and Substitute Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber also stand out. Humility, courage, her…

• Operations took almost 9,000 people to Flagrant Courts. The Minister of Public Security, Mario Zamora Cordero, highlighted the reduction in homicides in 2024, in which it was possible to flatten the growth curve of the homicidal wave of the groups that are at war in the dispute over territories for the sale of drugs. “The challenge for 2025 is to continue with this effort, which the previous year left fewer homicides at the national level, when compared to 2023. It is worth highlighting the permanent operation in Limón, which achieved a reduction of 32 murders and Guanacaste with fewer 25. A…

January 8, 2025. The summer of 2024 lasted seven months, marking one of the longest dry periods in recent years, which generated water shortages throughout the country. However, for 2025 the scenario is more encouraging: we will have a shorter summer, of only four months, as a result of the effects of the La Niña phenomenon, which has allowed more favorable conditions for the production of water and the supply of this valuable liquid to the country's homes. Although originally, the forecast was that this dry season would begin in the month of November 2024, as of January of this year there is …

• AyA began a project to improve the aqueduct, whose investment will be more than ₡7,637 million • Project will allow the development of the industrial zone in Limón • The work will benefit more than 132 thousand inhabitants January 8, 2025. The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) began the project to expand and improve the drinking water supply system of the Limón aqueduct, a project that seeks to increase service coverage and promote economic development in the province. The works began last December and will last until the first quarter of 2026. These include the installatio…

11 thousand adults will receive their degree during the second BEE graduation, which will take place next Friday, December 13 at the National Stadium. With more than double the number of graduates than the first edition, this will be the largest graduation in the history of Costa Rica. The Program, which was born in this administration through the Education Route, is recovering thousands of students who between 1988 and until 2019 left the classrooms for various reasons and were not able to complete their studies and obtain their high school degree. The Minister of Education Anna Katharina M…

• Awarded by PAHO. The Huetar Norte Region of Costa Rica was awarded the Malaria Champions award, awarded annually by the Pan American Health Organization to countries, member states or localities that have carried out outstanding actions in addressing malaria. The award is a recognition of the reduction in autochthonous cases that has been experienced in recent years, going from 378 in 2022, to 128 in 2023 and only 8 in epidemiological week 40 of 2024, which represents significant progress towards the elimination of autochthonous transmission of malaria. This reduction has been possible thank…