Archives for July 2017

After the flood that affected 70% of the National Psychiatric Hospital last Friday, Edwin Acuña, administrative director of the medical center, explained that this morning they returned to normal activities. These problems are recurrent, they occur every year, according to Acuña, due to a ditch that is overflowing. The incident on Friday resulted in the […]

At the beginning of June it was about to disappear, but on July it was confirmed: the crater lake of Poás Volcano disappeared. Before the increase in eruptive activity, the lagoon, composed of acid and hot waters, measured 300 meters in diameter and 40 meters in depth. These types of thermo-mineral formations have been there […]

A digital study indicates that Costa Ricans, on average, daily mentioned the word dengue at least eight times in a year. This is revealed by a PN Connect study, which analyzed the emergence of the word in Central America. Social networks like Twitter, forums, blogs and digital news counted 3,000 mentions between May 2016 and […]

A total of 26 people died on the road last June, nine less than in May, making this figure the lowest so far this year. According to Sonia Monge, deputy director of the Traffic Police, as of June 30th, there was a report stating there were 240 deaths as a result of traffic accidents. However, […]

On Saturday night, officers of the Public Force of the canton of Goicoechea arrested a subject who identified himself as an agent of the Fiscal Control Police (PCF) of the Ministry of Finance. The incident happened in Calle Blancos, in a house located in Lotes Volio when the authorities came to deal with a tenancy […]

On Monday morning, a water accident was reported to have caused the death of a man, as confirmed by confirmed the Central Communications of the Red Cross. The bather was pronounced dead in the place. The emergency was reported at 10:40 a.m. on Playa Flamingo, a Guancaste beach. According to neighbors in the area, the […]