Archives for April 2017

Officials of the National Coast Guard Service, of the Ministry of Public Security, detained 4 subjects in a boat carrying drugs in the national Pacific. The detainees are Costa Ricans: two of them are surnamed Bejarano, Atencio and Alvarado. They were traveling on a vessel named Karen PG 508, which is a fishing-type boat. At […]

The Municipality of Alajuela is refining the last details to celebrate on April 7th, parades and civic events commemorating the Battle of Rivas. The activities will begin at 8:00 a.m. in Juan Santamaria Park, with protocol acts and then the parades with about 30 schools, colleges and communal bands from different parts of the country. […]

The Public Services Company of Heredia (ESPH) reported they will suspend electricity service in the Aurora sector of Heredia on April 6th. The power cut schedule will be from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., due to the installation of posts and medium voltage lines in the area. The affected area will be the Urbanization the […]

Judge Carlos Chinchilla, president of the III Supreme Court of Justice, approved on Tuesday a bill that seeks to guarantee the principle of prompt and complete justice. The initiative, led by legislator Mario Redondo, from the Christian Democratic Alliance, seeks to reduce the duration of the 5-year trials, on average, to 11 months and set […]

A breath alcohol test has just arrived in the country. The product is called “Alarm” and provides consumers with an alternative to measure alcohol consumption. According to Giovanni Sosto, Vice President of Prumisa, the company that markets the product the test is disposable, that is, it is used only once and it has a cut […]

Oil prices rose due to the next decline in world reserves. The price of a barrel of light sweet crude in the US gained 79 cents reaching $51.03 for May delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). In London, North Sea Brent’s barrel price gained $1.05 reaching $54.17 in the contract for June delivery […]