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Archives for May 24, 2017

Alleged human trafficker almost runs over cops

May 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

A suspected human trafficker was arrested on Monday, after nearly running over Border Police officers in Los Chiles sector. The police were conducting a roadblock, near a border area with Nicaragua, when they stopped a suspicious vehicle. The driver accelerated to escape at great speed and almost ran over the officers. The police began a […]

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Deputy Minister’s spouse wins bid for ₡6 billion

May 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The company of the husband of deputy minister Patricia Cordero Madrigal won a public tender for the construction of a new university field for the National University. The contract is for 6,971 million colones, according to the Comptroller General of the Republic. Juan José Castro appears as one of three legal representatives of Edificadora Centroamericana […]

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The hottest lava in the last 2.5 billion years is in Costa Rica

May 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The hottest lava discovered in the last 2.5 billion years is in Costa Rica, according to a study led by Costa Rican scientist Esteban Gazel from Virginia Tech. The finding was made after analysis and inspections in Tortugal, located in Colorado Abangares. The study, conducted by Gazel and doctoral student Jarek Trela, provides unprecedented evidence […]

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USA audits Costa Rican meat exporters

May 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture and Livestock, represented by Nader Memarian, is performing an audit on four establishments processing products and by-products of our animal origin in Costa Rica. This procedure runs from May 15th to 26th. The objective of the visit is to verify the […]

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CCSS asks municipality to solve floods in HNN

May 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Last Thursday, after heavy downpours that occurred in San José, the facilities of the National Children’s Hospital (HNN) were affected. Water reached the emergency areas, orthopedics and the basement of the health center where the nutrition area is located. In response to this situation, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) asked the Municipality of […]

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Police officer found sloth wounded with a machete in Matina

May 24, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Matina’s Public Force Officers rescued a sloth wounded with a machete and her offspring on Monday night while they were carrying out patrols in the community of La Trocha, in the district of Batán, Limón. Both animals were found by officers, after they received the alert of a subject that attacked them with a machete. […]

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