The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AYA) will carry out a water service suspension in San Vicente de Moravia for maintenance of the Water Treatment Plant. The suspension will take place from six in the morning and until two in the afternoon this Thursday and the AyA estimates approximately 10 thousand people will […]
Movimiento Libertario must pay ¢ 209 million for fraud with training
The Chamber of Criminal Cassation declared the appeal filed by the Libertarian Movement Party to be nullified, so the group must pay ¢209 million, plus ¢67 million more for interest. The Libertarian Movement was convicted in the middle of a criminal proceeding for the crime of fraud against the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), since they […]
Legislator Juan Marín dies in a tragic accident
The death of legislator Juan Marín, representative of the National Liberation Party for the province of Guanacaste, was confirmed on Thursday morning. Marín died in a traffic accident that occurred early this morning at the toll road of Río Segundo, on the General Cañas highway. According to the Red Cross and Fire Department report, the […]
OECD endorses Costa Rica’s actions for consumer protection
The Consumer Policy Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) approved Costa Rica’s adhesion to the Organization. This approval is due to the partial reform of the Regulation of the Law on Promotion of Competition and Effective Defense of the Consumer, in order to adjust the national regulation to international practices on […]
Seismic alert forces suspension of cementazo hearing
After a seismic alert, the entire building of the Courts of Goicoechea had to be evicted by disposition of the officials of the Judicial Power The seismic alert occurred at about 3:21 pm, just when the appeal hearing for precautionary measures was held. At the time of the hearing, attorney Francisco Dall ‘Annese rendered his […]
Quake in the South Pacific was perceived throughout the country
A new 5.2-degree earthquake struck the South Pacific of the country at 3:21 this Tuesday, November 14th. The tremor had its epicenter 38.0 kilometers west of San Pedrillo de Osa in Puntarenas. The depth was 10 kilometers from the surface. It was felt more strongly in Golfito and Rincón de Osa, but it was also […]