Archives for January 2019

The popular festivities of the end and beginning of the year are usually followed by incidents that leave injured people. The famous bullfight in Zapote is the activity that causes the most injuries among the participants. This year, the Costa Rican Red Cross assisted 262 people from December 25th to January 2nd during its special […]

At around 10:25 am on Thursday an aquatic accident was reported in Playa Negra in Santa Cruz de Guanacaste. A surfist who was practicing the sport in the morning went missing. The last time witnesses saw the man he was offshore, so they reported the case to the Red Cross authorities. At this moment, the […]

The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) warned about strong winds that have reached speeds of up to 90 kilometers per hour. This is a condition of high pressure system in the Atlantic, which has caused strong winds in the Caribbean Sea resulting in waves up to four meters high. Wave measurements are based on numerical modeling, […]

An earthquake of moderate intensity shook the beaches of Jacó and neighboring towns on Thursday night. According to the report of the National Seismological Network (RSN), the tremor was 3.9 degrees on the Ritcher scale and occurred 45 kilometers south of Jacó, Garabito. On the other hand, the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica […]

The Executive Power reported that finally, after 10 years, the eviction of the well-known Triangle of Solidarity, a human settlement located in Calle Blancos de Goicoechea that had to be eliminated to conclude the northern stage of the North Beltway road to connect it with Route 32. According to the 2012 census, it was estimated […]

The Minister of Security, Michael Soto Rojas, celebrated the decrease in homicides numbers at the end of 2018. The data provided shows there were 587 cases, while in 2017 the figure was 603 cases. We took all the data of the homicides that occurred in previous years and in the first months and we made […]