Archives for September 28, 2017

Turrialba Volcano registered two considerable explosions on Thursday, according to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI). The first occurred at 5:30 a.m., whose ash and gases plume rose more than 500 meters above the crater. The second event was recorded at 8:25 a.m. and generated a gas plume that rose more than […]

On Thursday morning, the People’s and Community Development Bank auctioned off three properties of Juan Carlos Bolaños Rojas, a Chinese cement importer. The properties were part of Trust I-5005/2015 of Banco Improsa and were signed to guarantee a loan for $4,457,352.60 granted to Bolaños. As the cement importer failed to pay the loan, the bank […]

Through a videoconference, an American reported to the Criminal Court of Quepos how she was raped by a man named Cortés in Costa Rica, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison. It all happened on April 20th, 2006 at Manuel Antonio beach in the evening, when five men, including Cortés, approached a couple who […]

The fatty acid contained in Costa Rican beef could be your ally to protect you against cancer and heart disease. This was announced by a study made by the Center for Animal Nutrition Research (CINA) of the University of Costa Rica (UCR). According to that research, beef produced in Costa Rica contains a significant amount […]

The lens of the camera of the Costa Rican pilot Everardo Carmona captured the moment when a humpback whale swam with its calf in the bay of Playa Tambor in Puntarenas. The video was recorded at 6:52 a.m. while Carmona was flying a tourist flight to Playa Muertos. According to Carmona, for just over 20 […]

Roberto Arguedas Cháves, former pilot of Chinese cement importer Juan Carlos Bolaños Rojas, confirmed that Libertarian Movement legislator Otto Guevara stayed at the Tempate ranch in Guanacaste, owned by Bolaños Rojas. According to him, Guevara spent at least a weekend at the Bolaños property. He added that he had to take Guevara in a flyby […]