Yearly Archives: 2015
What About the Girls
Submitted by Mitzi Stark, WILPF - Nov. 10 is Malala Day designated by the United Nations to honor the teenager Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, shot by the Taliban on Oct. 9, 2012 for urging education for girls. This year the United Nations has been focusing on adolescent girls. Like...
What’s Next, A Tax For Fast Food?
QCOSTARICA - Grabbing at straws to better cover the increasing cost of public health care and possibly to better the health of Costa Ricans, the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS or Caja) is looking at a new revenue source, a special tax on fast food (comida rapida in...