At around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Turrialba Volcano resumed its activity, with an ash-expelling eruption. According to Maarten de Moor, a volcanologist from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), the eruptive column rises 500 meters above the crater’s height and the winds are blowing north. There are still no reports of ash […]
Archives for May 2017
Landslide caused partial damages to house in Cartago
At 1:08 p.m. on Sunday, a landslide hit a home in Cartago. However, there were no fatal victims. The incident took place in the Bermejo area of the Southwest School, where it was raining heavily. The Fire Department’s communications department said a unit went to the scene and found a house with partial damages, water […]
Policletos participated in the 2017 bike race for Europe
Policletos from the PubliC Force of San José participated in an activity called “Cleteada por Europa” (bike race for Europe), during the celebrations of the “Month of Europe”. The activity included a circuit between Roosevelt Square in San Pedro de Montes de Oca and the National Park in downtown San José, and it had a […]
Government celebrates Costa Rican Farmer’s Day
The Costa Rican Farmer’s Day is celebrated on May 15th, therefore the Government wanted to pay tribute to the hundreds of citizens who are engaged in this activity with a traditional television broadcast. Our producers are heroes who know how to cope with adversities as the entire country has witnessed during the different emergencies that […]
Costa Rican Foreign Affairs Minister met with Qatar Emir
Foreign Affairs Minister Manuel González met with the Qatari emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Al Zani, as well as other officials from the royal family and the Qatari government. At the meeting, the representatives of both countries discussed potential investments in Costa Rica, the damage caused by Hurricane Otto, alternatives for tourism and hospital […]
ASADAS will lower costs with solar panels
The installation of seven solar panel systems at the Paquera and Cóbano Association of Water Supply and Sewerage Systems (ASADAS) in Puntarenas will cause savings of up to 50% in the monthly electricity bills for these institutions to pump water for the rural aqueduct. Currently, the ASADAS of Pueblo Nuevo, Río Grande, Bajos Negros, Paquera, […]