Walter Espinoza, director of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), confirmed that they failed to identify an agent who allegedly tried to sell information to the president of Club Sport Herediano, David Patey. On Monday, Patey gave a press conference denying links to any illegal activity. The American and a shareholder of the team surnamed Brannon […]
Archives for March 13, 2018
Costa Rica reports 14 dead women to date
A total of 14 women have died violently so far in 2018. According to figures from the Observatory on Gender Violence against Women and Access to Justice, with official information from the Inter-Institutional Sub-Commission for the Registration of Femicide, to date there are four homicides, five deaths pending investigation by the Judicial Branch, and five […]
Ticos will see price increases in goods and services
According to data provided by the National Institute of Census and Statistics (INEC), of the 315 goods and services that make up the consumer basket, 52% increased in price, 39% decreased in price and 9% did not present any variation. Primary and secondary education, gasoline, tomato, avocado, natural flowers, and air tickets will be part […]
Emilia Navas was sworn in as Attorney General
At about 5:53 p.m. on Monday, Emilia Navas Aparicio was sworn in as the new prosecutor general of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. With the message of endorsement of Carlos Chinchilla, president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Navas vowed to maintain the transparent work that she initiated in October of last year when she was […]
Authorities deny opening Turrialba Volcano to the public
The National Commission of Emergencies (CNE) denied an information spread on Monday morning about a possible opening of Turrialba Volcano to the public. According to Blas Sánchez, a geologist from the CNE, access to the volcano’s summit has never been authorized. Since 2012, it has restricted access by recommendation of the Technical Advisory Committee on […]
Strong earthquake hits several areas of the country
A strong earthquake occurred at 3:43 p.m. on Monday afternoon. The earthquake was perceived in Tibás, los Sitios de Moravia, Jacó, Oreamuno, Escazú, Sabana, Poás, Guadalupe, Tres Ríos, Alajuela, Orotina, Naranjo, Puriscal and Puntarenas, among others. According to the National Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI), the telluric movement had an intensity of 4.6, and the […]