The Border Police stopped a shipment of liquor that was hidden in a secret compartment of a truck driven by a man from Syria. The arrest took place on Saturday night, in Guaycará de Golfito. The cargo is valued at more than one million colones. The police report indicates that the truck carried several lighter […]
Archives for October 29, 2017
Magaly cinema to operate with solar energy from November
Cine Magaly announced that it will operate with solar energy from November. With this, Costa Rica becomes the third country in Latin America to have clean energies in movie theaters. After the installation of solar panels, Cine Magaly will not use electrical energy in its entirety. The investment of the project is around $70 thousand. […]
1500 kilos of cocaine were found hidden in Caldera
The Drug Control Police seized 1517 kilos of cocaine in Caldera’s docks. According to the Ministry of Security, they found the drugs when checking a ship “Cap Pallizer”. The cocaine was located in the container number APRU 5833963, hidden under boxes of the products they were carrying. In total, 31 packages were counted with cocaine, […]
This is the first bus-shower that will benefit more than 300 homeless people in San José
On Saturday, the project “Chepe se baña” officially inaugurated the first shower bus that will be available for people living in extreme poverty in the capital. This is the seventh edition of the initiative in La Merced Park in San José. It is expected that between 300 and 400 people from the street receive haircuts, […]
Costa Rica will reveal the secrets of its “blue zone”
Costa Rica will reveal to the world the secrets of its “blue zone”, the five cantons of Guanacaste in which men and women exceed the average life expectancy, even with ages over 100 years old. The global meeting of “blue zones” will be held from November 16th to 18th in Nicoya, according to information published […]
Tax exemption for electric vehicles might be approved in December
According to Marcela Guerrero, from Citizen Action Party (PAC), the bill that seeks to exonerate electric vehicles from some taxes could be approved in first reading in December, in order to encourage the use of said vehicles. The statements were made during the inauguration of the third electrolinera (charging station) located in the province of […]