The bus that burned down on Friday morning in San Ramón was transporting 45 students. Fortunately, they were all unharmed. Andrea Aguilar, Supervisor of the Fire Department reported that the vehicle burned in its entirety and the passengers and the driver managed to leave without problems. It is not known if the bus had any […]
Archives for April 7, 2017
3,000 police to protect tourists
A total of 3 thousand officials will guard the tourist areas of the country during Easter. This was confirmed by Gustavo Mata, Minister of Public Security (MSP), who announced the operational actions to be implemented starting on Saturday. The Deputy Minister of Public Security, Juan José Andrade, said that the operation contemplates 250 hours of […]
Christian legislators file appeal against their own party
The push and pull continue in Costa Rican Renovation. Legislators Abelino Esquivel and Gonzalo Ramírez lodged an appeal for electoral amparo against an agreement of the National Assembly for declaring them Personae Non Gratae. It was reported that this agreement was taken in November last year by the Executive Committee, which notified it to the […]
Vehicle theft increases in Easter
The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) called for Costa Ricans to take preventive measures during Easter and avoid being victims of vehicular theft and robbery in the tourist areas of the country. According to Luis Madrigal, from the OIJ of Garabito, criminals take advantage of carelessness of the victims, force the doors and break vehicles’ windows, […]
21 municipalities will apply Prohibition in Easter
Until Thursday, a total of 21 municipalities indicated that they will apply the Prohibition duringEaster time, according to a survey conducted by the National Union of Local Governments (UNGL), whiel 53 municipalities indicated that they would not do so. The prohibition of the sale of liquor in the cantons is an exclusive power of the […]
Firefighters rescued man buried by embankment in Coronado
On Thursday afternoon a man, while working on a construction, a man was trapped under an embankment in Coronado. The accident occurred in the main entrance of Barrio Sinaí, 200 meters from the flag factory. According to the Fire Department, the patient was in stable condition and semi unconscious,” when he was transferred to a […]