At the beginning of June it was about to disappear, but on July it was confirmed: the crater lake of Poás Volcano disappeared. Before the increase in eruptive activity, the lagoon, composed of acid and hot waters, measured 300 meters in diameter and 40 meters in depth. These types of thermo-mineral formations have been there […]
Dengue highlights in Ticos’ digital conversations
A digital study indicates that Costa Ricans, on average, daily mentioned the word dengue at least eight times in a year. This is revealed by a PN Connect study, which analyzed the emergence of the word in Central America. Social networks like Twitter, forums, blogs and digital news counted 3,000 mentions between May 2016 and […]
June had the lowest road death numbers in 2017
A total of 26 people died on the road last June, nine less than in May, making this figure the lowest so far this year. According to Sonia Monge, deputy director of the Traffic Police, as of June 30th, there was a report stating there were 240 deaths as a result of traffic accidents. However, […]
Man was arrested for impersonating a police officer
On Saturday night, officers of the Public Force of the canton of Goicoechea arrested a subject who identified himself as an agent of the Fiscal Control Police (PCF) of the Ministry of Finance. The incident happened in Calle Blancos, in a house located in Lotes Volio when the authorities came to deal with a tenancy […]
Foreigner drowned in Playa Flamingo
On Monday morning, a water accident was reported to have caused the death of a man, as confirmed by confirmed the Central Communications of the Red Cross. The bather was pronounced dead in the place. The emergency was reported at 10:40 a.m. on Playa Flamingo, a Guancaste beach. According to neighbors in the area, the […]
Police invested 8.7 million colones to deal with bomb prank
It was not a silly joke. The false threat that a young man made about a possible attack at Ariana Grande’s concert forced a great display of national security in vain. The 22-year-old, a Colombian national with permanent residence, launched a social network threat against the producer of the event. It was a message in […]