Starting this Monday, 362 people will tour the country to conduct the National Household Survey (Enaho), a consultation that will visit 13,500 homes to collect data on income and employment, among others indicators. The study, prepared by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), collects information in the six planning regions of the country, […]
Archives for July 2017
Costa Rica criticizes Nicaragua’s “fairy tales” in the border dispute
Costa Rica condemned the “unrealistic” and “fairy tale” claims of Nicaragua in the border dispute between the two countries to be heard by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The ICJ ruled in 2015 regarding the small border territory known as Isla Calera (Harbor Head in Nicaragua), recognizing that it belongs to […]
Men should closely follow their private parts’ health
Self-examination is thought of as something limited to women. However, the truth is that men should be alert to palpable changes in their private parts. Testicular cancer is the most common disease in men between 20 and 40 years old. It is also the second most common disease among the population between 15 and 20 […]
Italian man hid marijuana in works of art
An Italian tourist was surprised at the Juan Santamaria airport with paint impregnated with marijuana. The Drug Control Police officers (PCD) arrested the foreigner who came from Oaxaca, Mexico, and headed for Montezuma, Puntarenas. The foreigner is surnamed Smaniotto, 41, and carried two wooden boxes in a suitcase whit the the drug. The paintings were […]
Police operations continue in the Caribbean
The national authorities continue with different operations in the national Caribbean. According to the Public Force, in the last hours actions were taken on different roads and bars in the province of Limón. For example, the Public Force arrested two men with modified firearms in Guácimo and two other subjects carrying daggers and one firearm. […]
Twelve years in prison for kidnapping a baby
Thanks to hard evidence presented by the Prosecutor’s Office of Quepos and Parrita, Santos Martínez Gutiérrez, a Nicaraguan national, must serve a 12-year prison sentence, after being found guilty of the offense of aggravated abduction of a minor. The sentence was issued by the Criminal Court of the area on Monday morning. The charges brought […]