Archives for January 10, 2014

An analysis of court cases involving water rights, show a marked increase in filings since 2008. A total of 134 cases have been filed since 2010 and most are related to the protection of water sources (60.5 percent), access to safe drinking water (35 percent) and the need for sanitation (4.5 percent). In particular communities […]

In addition to accepting applications for visas to enter Costa Rica, the embassy in Managua is inundated by Nicaraguans who are applying for visas to travel through the country in route to Panama. According to officals with the consulate in Managua, a total of 23,000 visas have been issued between December 11th and January 6th. […]

Police at the La Reforma prison arrested five women and one man on charges of transporting narcotics to inmates. The drugs were discovered after one women complained of feeling ill, and a subsequent x-ray turned up a package, wrapped in condoms and inserted into her vagina. Another women, wearing a skirt was discovered after her […]

Following the implementation of a system to digitally process firearms permits, the Ministry of Security has detected 50 security guards that lacked successful completion of a firearms course. The false credentials were detected by cross checking information. Security officials are now preparing to run checks and cancel the permits of security companies that fail to […]

Among the merchants who are now accepting payment via the Zimp Smart phone application are Benetton, Trigo Miel, Ópticas Popular and the Antojitos restaurant in San Pedro. A total of 200 merchants have signed onto the system, which allows users to pay at the cash register with their Andriod based phone or Apple iPhone. User […]

The tax department collected a total of 163 million colones ($330,628) from people who crossed the border at land immigration checkpoints during the holiday rush. The tax is $5 per person, plus $2 for baggage, which must be inspected. Original Article in crhoy.com