The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) predicts a tropical wave will hit the country between Friday and Saturday. It would be tropical wave number 43 of the rainy season. However, at least until those days the conditions will be kept under the usual parameters for the month of October. Juan Carlos Fallas, director of the IMN, […]
100 filters will provide drinking water to about 200,000 victims of Nate
The Committee for Disaster and National Emergency Assistance (Cadena), a non-profit civil association of Costa Rican Jewish communities, will donate 100 water filters capable of providing localities with 800 liters of drinking water per day, for up to 5 years. This amount of clean water can benefit some 200,000 people affected by storm Nate. The […]
Two policemen caught trafficking drugs from Colombia and Jamaica
A total of seven men were arrested suspected of forming an organization to traffic and market cocaine and marijuana from Colombia and Jamaica. Two police officers named Rodríguez López and Elizondo Martínez are among the arrested. The organization is being investigated since mid-2016 by the Drug Control Police. According to the Office of the Deputy […]
Road repairs after Nate “will take years,” says the government
The Minister of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), Germán Valverde, said that the reconstruction of the road infrastructure affected by Storm Nate will take years. The damage is so great that to restore the infrastructure it had before the Storm will take years,” said the MOPT leader. The priority of the authorities is to enable […]
Who are the new members of the BCR Board of Directors?
The new members of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Costa Rica, as announced by the government, have experience in banking and finances, as well as in business. Haydée Mendiola, Adriana Céspedes, Shirley González, Luis Diego Vargas, William Calvo, Abel Salas and Carlo Alberto Hernández arrived at the BCR to substitute the two […]
Site with spheres in Osa partially affected by storm
One of the four archaeological sites with stone spheres, located in the canton of Osa, suffered partial damage after tropical storm Nate. Through a press release, the National Museum of Costa Rica reported that the archaeological site Finca 6 was flooded. The rest (El Silencio, Grijalba and Batambal) were undamaged after floods and landslides in […]