At 1:15 on Monday afternoon, a call alerted about a fire on a 50-foot boat. The event happened in the Sami Marley workshop of Cocal de Puntarenas. According to the communications department of the Fire Department, there were 3 units working at the scene because the fire affected the machinery area of the boat. The […]
Sloth stopped traffic in Dominical
On Monday afternoon, a sloth literally stopped traffic in Barú de Dominical, in the South Zone of the country. The animal was recorded by the Costa Rican photographer Juan Pablo López, who told that in order to avoid hitting the mammal, they decided to close both directions of the road, so that it could cross. […]
Almost 450 people arrested in Palmares’ celebrations
In 2016, the celebrations in Palmares ended with 322 people arrested and this year the figure reached 434, most of them by possession or use of drugs. According to the Press Office of the Ministry of Public Security, police officers also seized sharp weapons and a significant amount of drugs, including marijuana and crack cocaine. […]
Civil Aviation completes certification of Juan Santamaría Airport
The General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica concluded the process by which it certifies the Juan Santamaría International Airport. The entity indicated that within the regional safety targets it was established that 48% of the international airports of Central America and the Caribbean had to be certified by December 2016 at the latest. […]
CCSS needs technological system in pathology services
An Internal Audit study of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) revealed the need for the institution to improve and integrate the pathology services in a single computer system in the hospital centers. According to the research, the CCSS has not formalized a formal document that standardizes the processes of pathological anatomy. We are […]
San José-Cartago train suspended
The Costa Rican Railways Institute (INCOFER) suspended the train that travels from San José to Cartago at 7:15 a.m. and the one travels in the opposite direction at 8:00 a.m. María Fernanda Arias, spokeswoman for the entity, explained that everything is due to a failure in the compressed air system, as a result of one […]