The National Coast Guard Service maintains the search for the Hilary boat, which was going to carry out fishing work in the Central Pacific and left the docks on May 14th, in the province of Puntarenas. The boat was going to Quepos and the last report was received on June 9th. The boat was expected […]
Archives for July 10, 2017
Psychiatric Hospital performs damage count after flood
After the flood that affected 70% of the National Psychiatric Hospital last Friday, Edwin Acuña, administrative director of the medical center, explained that this morning they returned to normal activities. These problems are recurrent, they occur every year, according to Acuña, due to a ditch that is overflowing. The incident on Friday resulted in the […]
RSN confirmed total disappearance of the famous Poás lagoon
At the beginning of June it was about to disappear, but on July it was confirmed: the crater lake of Poás Volcano disappeared. Before the increase in eruptive activity, the lagoon, composed of acid and hot waters, measured 300 meters in diameter and 40 meters in depth. These types of thermo-mineral formations have been there […]
Dengue highlights in Ticos’ digital conversations
A digital study indicates that Costa Ricans, on average, daily mentioned the word dengue at least eight times in a year. This is revealed by a PN Connect study, which analyzed the emergence of the word in Central America. Social networks like Twitter, forums, blogs and digital news counted 3,000 mentions between May 2016 and […]
June had the lowest road death numbers in 2017
A total of 26 people died on the road last June, nine less than in May, making this figure the lowest so far this year. According to Sonia Monge, deputy director of the Traffic Police, as of June 30th, there was a report stating there were 240 deaths as a result of traffic accidents. However, […]
Man was arrested for impersonating a police officer
On Saturday night, officers of the Public Force of the canton of Goicoechea arrested a subject who identified himself as an agent of the Fiscal Control Police (PCF) of the Ministry of Finance. The incident happened in Calle Blancos, in a house located in Lotes Volio when the authorities came to deal with a tenancy […]