The First International Congress of Culture of Peace: “Dialogue between prisoners and the Costa Rican penitentiary system”, organized by the Ministry of Justice and Peace, the Center for General Studies and the Chorotega Headquarters of the National University (UNA), will be held from June 22nd and 23rd at the Liberia Campus of the Chorotega Region […]
Archives for June 23, 2017
Narco storehouses grow amid national parks
Drug trafficking groups are increasingly taking over protected areas in Costa Rica. The low accessibility and the limited security resources available make it easy for criminals to operate in these areas. There are narco tracks along the entire Pacific coast of Costa Rica,” said Bernardo Aguilar, representative of the Neotropical Foundation. This entity developed the […]
Philharmonic to give free concert in San José
The Philharmonic Orchestra will give a free presentation next Saturday in downtown San José. The concert will be held in the esplanade of the Church de la Soledad in Chinatown at 6:30 p.m. The Philharmonic is expected to perform well-known “plancha” songs, rock in Spanish and English and classics of Latin music. In addition, singers […]
Fire left three families homeless in Alajuelita
A fire left three families homeless this Friday morning in Concepción de Alajuelita. Dilana Zamora, Supervisor of the Fire Department, said the report was received at 1:28 a.m. in Las Vegas neighborhood. When the units arrived, the fire had completely destroyed two houses and the emergency could be controlled in the third house, which was […]
155,000 Josefinos will have no water on Saturday
Nearly 155,000 residents of Santa Ana, Escazú, Alajuelita and Desamparados will be have no drinking water on June 24th, according to the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA). The cut is due to preventive maintenance work at the Puente Mulas 1 and 2 pumping stations, which is why it is necessary to interrupt […]