President Laura Chinchilla This is not a border problem, it is the invasion of one nation to another.
Tomas tropical storm that hit the country in November 2010 and left 34 homeless families in Guanacaste. These families today received a visit of the president Laura Chinchilla and the Minister of Housing and Human Settlements, Irene Campos. Residents of Housing Project Llanos de Moya, Santa Cruz de Guanacaste,welcomed the government authorities in their new [...]
Health authorities in Costa Rica had an average of more than 1900 cases of dengue, 40% more than last year in the same period. Vectors coordinator of the Ministry of Health, Rodrigo Marín said that Limón represents 60% of reported cases this year. For this situation the health minister, Daisy Corrales, began a campaign to [...]
Only the gas station, La Favorita, located in Pavas sold in the last hours more than 1,000 gallons of average sale fuel. Apparently this Tuesday there will be a lack of the product due to a strike scheduled to be held by about 430 truck drivers around the country. The reason for the strike, is [...]
Bad odor, yellow foam and dark discoloration of sea water, are characteristic of a red tide. This phenomenon that hit this month in the central Pacific coast is a situation that has affected the tourism and fishing. Antonio Porras, technical director of the Costa Rican Institute of Fishing and Aquaculture (Incopesca), said the first sampling [...]
Officers of the Armed Forces and the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) conducted raids in Parismina Guácimo, Jimenez Pococí and Tibás, San Jose. They confiscated approximately ¢17 billion in cash, six firearms (9mm), five cars, seven cell phones and over 20 phone chips. The detainees are a woman named Zapata and 13 men. The individuals were [...]
During the filming of Sharkwater by Rob Stewart, the now infamous Sea Shepherd — a large vessel used in preventing illegal shark finning and whaling — encountered a Costa Rican ship called The Veradero illegally shark finning in Guatemalan waters. During the incident (all caught on tape), the Sea Shepherd would receive orders from Guatemalan [...]
The Immigration Tribunal rejected the appeal presented by the Cuban who has lived 50 days in the Juan Santamaria Airport. He was later sent by the Department of Immigration to Panama. This was confirmed by the Deputy Minister of Interior, Marcela Chacon. The Director of Immigration, Katia Rodriguez explains why this person was sent to [...]
Overfishing, global warming and the lack of appropriate laws to protect marine resources all contribute to the problems Costa Rica faces protecting it’s national sea waters. The aim is that this situation can be dealt with in a better way. The Costa Rican Fisheries Federation attempts to bring change in the presentation of a bill [...]
The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep) prepares a ¢47 decrease in the price of gasoline Plus next month. The price of that fuel will go from ¢735 to ¢688. Meanwhile super will see a price drop from ¢746 to ¢700. Another product that will decrease will be diesel, but only ¢15 per liter. Today [...]
After receiving a tip yesterday after mid day, Police Drug Control division of OIJ, in conjunction with the Fiscal Control Police, Coast Guard and security forces, confiscated 522 kilos of cocaine at the Moin port in Limon. After reviewing 129 containers, authorities found the drug in 4 containers. In the first one they found 200 [...]
