The reopening of Poás Volcano National Park could be closer. The construction of the five security shelters (one of the requirements demanded by the Technical Advisory Committee for the reopening of this protected area closed in April 2017 due to volcanic activity) will begin this Monday. The bidding process for the acquisition of a gas […]
Costa Rica declared free of Classical Swine Fever
Costa Rica received official recognition as a country free of Classical Swine Fever (PPC). The resolution was approved in the general session N°86 of the World Assembly of Delegates of the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE), held in Paris. This recognition gives Costa Rica an official sanitary status, since the disease is not in […]
Two people arrested for stealing fuel from Matina oil pipeline
Two men were arrested Sunday for stealing fuel from the Matina pipeline. Officers of the Public Force arrested the suspects and confiscated some instruments that they apparently used to commit the crime. The delegation of Matina got the alert and immediately went to the site, where they got a strong smell of fuel. When they […]
Costa Rica will preside permanent council of the OAS in July
Starting on July 1st and for a period of three months, Costa Rica will assume the Presidency of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS). The Chancellor of the Republic, Epsy Campbell, told the press on Thursday that Costa Rica’s alternate ambassador to that agency, Rita Hernández, will be the permanent ambassador […]
Spectacular jaguar sightings in Parismina
Two jaguars put on quite a show this weekend in the sector of Parismina, Limón. The photographs, which were shared on the Facebook page “Parismina Fishing Team”, show the greatness of nature and the beauties of Costa Rica. The jaguars can be seen walking through the beach sector and then eating what seems to be […]
Health: “It is very difficult to think we are going to eradicate Zika”
Daniel Salas, director of Health Surveillance at the Ministry of Health, recognized that zika will be hard to eradicate, after confirming the first case of a baby with microcephaly associated with the virus and another, who has a congenital infection as a result of the virus. Both girls were born in Limón and like them, […]