Max is not a common dog: it takes out the trash from the house, it punishes itself when doing a mischief and it has saved its owner’s life on several occasions. In the last 4 years, Max has been its owner’s right hand: she has Guillain Barre syndrome, a disorder that causes episodes of total […]
Archives for October 2016
Facial biometrics in financial transactions
The automated facial recognition, a biometric method that recognizes a person from a previously created image, is the new tool that can be used to access virtual platforms and apps to make transactions. Coopeservidores is the first financial institution that implements this tool in Costa Rica. International airports and even by big companies such as […]
Ex Judge pretended to be dead to save his life
Judge Álvaro Fernández Silva’s former maid’s daughter, along with two accomplices, tricked him and made him believe that she needed legal help in a case of domestic violence. However, the girl’s true intention, surnamed Arroyo, was to attack him and rob Fernández Silva’s home, located in Poás Alajuela. Since the victim has met Arroyo before, […]
The International Leadership Conference was held in Costa Rica
From October 6th to October 8th, 21 delegates from Central America and the Caribbean and other countries, including parliamentarians, religious leaders, journalists, women leaders and representatives from the civil society participated in the International Leadership Conference (ILC) to promote peace. The event was held in the Radisson Hotel and it was organized by the Universal […]
Free line for confidential complaints in Limón
On Thursday, the authorities set up the 800-LIMONFP (800-5466637) line for citizens to make complaints about crimes in the province of Limón. According to the Press Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) the idea is that citizens can call for free to the confidential line to report on drug sales or murder suspects, […]
Costa Ricans have many options to choose the next president
The government of Luis Guillermo Solís has entered the final stretch. In just 16 months, Costa Ricans will go back to the polls to elect the next president. The electoral picture is still unclear, but the struggle for the presidential seat will be highly divided. According to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, currently there are 16 […]