The bridge that connects Paracito de Santo Domingo de Heredia with La Trinidad de Moravia was inaugurated despite being unfinished. This was confirmed by the engineer in charge of the project, Silvia Gómez. The press questioned why the official pedestrian barrier is still not ready, even though the bridge was opened more than one month […]

On Tuesday morning the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) arrested 12 people linked to an organized crime gang. One of them was a former police officer named Urbina Obando, also known as “Tigre”. Urbina is allegedly part of a gang responsible for killing two people, one by the name of Omier Taylor, known as “Tu-Pack”, who […]

Legislator Marco Vinicio Redondo Quirós, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), introduced a bill to expand the possibilities to punish tax evaders. This is an amendment to the Code of Tax Rules and Procedures that reduces the minimum amount to punish tax evasion, from 500 base salaries to only 200. Redondo explained that the change […]

On Monday, the Criminal Court of Limón sentenced Limón Keylor Jacob Cole Kelly, also known as Gato Cole, to 14 years in prison for crimes of attempted murder. Cole, 25, faced several trials. First, he was accused for allegedly attempting to kill with another person, a couple of brothers in the neighborhood Los Cangrejos on […]

Parrita and Aguirre are two of the cantons where more people have skin problems. Therefore, the Max Teran Vals Hospital, in Quepos, opened the Dermatology Service on Monday. Robert Vega, director of the hospital, said that the incorporation of this specialty is vital to solve 100% of the conditions in the local population. Vega said […]