The popular social network Instagram will alert about selfie-type photographs that may encourage animal abuse. An investigation by World Animal Protection revealed an increasing tendency to publish photographs with wild animals on Instagram, where tourists without the necessary expert knowledge hold, manipulate and embrace wild animals, endangering their welfare and conservation. The new alert function […]
Archives for December 10, 2017
Snake scared bus passengers in Alajuela
On Saturday, about 25 bus passengers that travelled through downtown Alajuela had the worse scare of their lives when a snake left the trunk of the transport vehicle. The incident took place in the neighborhood of Corazón de Jesús, at 1:15 in the afternoon. Vanessa Montoya witnessed the event. While walking through the Guatemala School, […]
Honduran opposition calls for election annulment over alleged fraud
Honduran parties or bidders formally asked to annul the recent elections by claiming that they were fraudulent, in a new chapter of the political crisis that has plunged the country into chaos. The leftist Alliance of Opposition Against the Dictatorship, which nominated television presenter Salvador Nasralla for president, stated on Friday night before the Supreme […]
ICE president accused of embezzlement
Two unions accused the executive president of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), Carlos Obregón, for alleged embezzlement before the Public Ministry. The action was filed by Sergio Olivares Segura, president of the National Association of Technicians and Workers of Energy and Telecommunications (Anttec), and Mario Chin Rosales, president of the Trade Union Association of […]
Winds knock down trees killing two people
The strong winds that began to intensify in the national territory this Saturday due to the presence of a cold front took the lives of two people in the sector of Playa Chiquita, in Limón. At 1:44 a.m., the Fire Department was alerted of the fall of a tree on a structure, 200 meters east […]
AyA says it respects archaeological remains in Sardinal
Archaeologist Iphigenia Quintanilla, known for her 25-year study of the pre-Columbian spheres, inspected the entire route of the Sardinal aqueduct since July and assured that the trajectory respects the archaeological remains in the area. The specialist did identify a couple of sites with archaeological remains, but these are not in the way of public works. […]