This Sunday, Drug Control Police (PCD) officers found 202 kilos of cocaine inside an organic banana container in Puerto Caldera, Puntarenas, according to the press office of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP). It wasn’t until Monday morning that the packages were counted. The drug came from Ecuador and it was headed to Guatemala. The […]
Archives for February 2019
Another machete attack on a dog
A dog was mercilessly attacked with a machete in several parts and then left to die in the old Cementerio de Leprosos in Tirrases de Curridabat. The Press Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) reported that the animal was rescued by officers of the Public Force that passed through the place. The dog […]
OAS: “It will take time” to hold new elections in Venezuela
On Friday, experts of the OAS warned it will take time to hold new elections in Venezuela and, to that end, it is essential that Nicolás Maduro leaves office. The Organization of American States (OAS) assured that the organism can guarantee transparent elections in Venezuela, a country shaken for more than three weeks by a […]
Plastic waste reaches remote area of Costa Rica
The photograph was taken less than a month ago, while a research vessel was working between Puntarenas and Isla del Coco analyzing seamounts and reviewing the relation between what happens under the sea and the surface. The image was taken 3,500 meters deep, confirmed Haydée Rodríguez, deputy minister of Water and Seas during a hearing […]
CNE will allocate funds for bridges and roads in Limón
Nearly 95 thousand people from the province of Limón will benefit this year with the reconstruction of 38 projects that will allow communities to reduce the impact of emergencies through the intervention of river beds, dams, construction of bridges and roads, and more. The cantons of Guácimo, Talamanca, Siquirres, Limón, Pococí and Matina, in province […]
Firefighters try to control fire in indigenous area
Since Saturday, officials of the Fire Department try to control a fire in an indigenous area in order to prevent it from becoming a forest fire in Chirripó de Turrialba. Josué Lara, spokesman of the entity explained there are around eight square kilometers of flame-engulfed land which threatens four villages of the indigenous area Gloriñac, […]