A camera captured a beautiful young puma hunting in Corcovado National Park. During the visit to Corcovado National Park on the Path La Leona-Madrigal we saw this beautiful young puma, eating an iguana near the Madrigal River,” shared Osa Conservation Area with a series of photographs, through their Facebook page. Hours later they also uploaded […]
Archives for January 2017
A bill aims to ban polluting cars in 2030
if a bill proposed by legislator Ronny Monge succeeds, the importation of vehicles that use hydrocarbons would be completely banned in 2030. The initiative, which is processed under file 20,227, was presented by the legislator in a press conference on January 17th. The project would also establish a tax ($ 500 per vehicle) to discourage […]
Priest Araya won’t go to trial
Priest Marcelo Araya Alpízar reached an agreement with Luis Segura Guerrero’s family, who died in an car accident in January 2016. He will not go to trial. It unofficially transcended that this indemnification would amount to 110 million colones. Both parties reached an agreement in the preliminary hearing held in the Criminal Court of Alajuela. Segura […]
VECA announced that it will suspend operation for three months
The Vuelos Económicos Centroamericanos Airline (VECA) has announced that it will suspend operations for three months due to a restructuring process that will start next week. The information was confirmed by José Luis Merino, advisor of the company. The adviser indicated that the airline would also return a second aircraft that it rents for its […]
“The trash you throw here reaches the sea”
While walking in the center of San José, pay attention because 35 sewers have a message for you: The trash you throw here reaches the sea. These are messages painted on streets and sidewalks of San José: they are part of a campaign promoted by VerdeAgua CR organization, whose objective is to promote the city’s […]
IBAN, the format that will replace client accounts
From January 22nd, the Central Bank of Costa Rica will start the process of adopting IBAN, a format of bank accounts that will replace the client accounts. According to the entity, the new format will reduce errors in processing incoming and outgoing payments in financial institutions. Since each customer’s account is unique worldwide, it will […]