On Saturday, authorities of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced the start of “Operation Safe Summer”, so that if you want to visit parks, volcanoes, mountains and beaches, you can do it in peace. The “Safe Summer Operation” is a series of actions including roadblocks, flyovers, surveillance in the Pacific and the Caribbean, as […]
Archives for January 2017
Senior citizens from Quepos will have a new home
An agreement between the Welfare Association for the Elderly San Francisco de Asís from the community and the Joint Institute for Social Aid (IMAS) will improve the quality of life the senior citizens of Quepos with the construction of a new home. With this project, the facilities of the association will be moved to a […]
Escazú, Alajuelita and Desamparados will have no water on Monday
The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) announced that the cantons of Escazú, Alajuelita and Desamparados will suffer an interruption of the water service on Monday. The suspension will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., while performing interconnection work with 300 mm pipes on Bermúdez River. The areas to be affected in […]
Man caught smuggling pills for erectile dysfunction
A man smuggled a big kit with erectile dysfunction pills, contraceptives and various types of antibiotics from Nicaragua, but authorities caught him when traveling through Los Angeles de La Fortuna, in San Carlos. A motorcyclist named Vásquez was arrested on Saturday after the authorities found 400 units of these drugs in a bag while searching […]
Costa Ricans won’t need a visa to travel to United Arab Emirates
According to the Chancellery of the Republic, the UAE will eliminate the visa requirement for all Costa Rican citizens. Prior to the visit of President Luis Guillermo Solís, Foreign Minister Manuel González held a bilateral meeting with his emirate counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in which he agreed to eliminate this requirement. In addition, […]
UNA dismissed vice-president charged with 30 counts
The deputy vice-president of the National University (UNA), Hernán Alvarado Ugarte, was removed from office on January 1st. Alvarado was reported to the Office of the Public Ethics at the University Comptroller for allegedly doing private consulting work with other entities while serving as full-time teacher at the institution, before being appointed as Vice-President. According […]