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Municipality will spend ¢ 220 million to stop flooding

October 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The Municipality of San José wants the floods in Chinatown to be a thing of the past. So far, the municipality has invested ¢ 70 million to improve sewerage and rainwater harvesting devices. Repair works stopped to make room for the art exhibition of Prado Museum, held on the boulevard. But they will continue in […]

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Parents of children with disabilities demand better facilities

October 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

On Tuesday morning, a group of parents of children with disabilities who go to the Center for Comprehensive Care Goicoechea, demonstrated on the streets around the center, requiring new facilities for children. They explained their claims: – Overcrowding of children, parents and teachers in an infrastructure that does not have adequate space. – Lack of […]

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Lawyer allegedly facilitated dozens of abortions

October 25, 2016 by Staff News Writer

On Saturday, a woman was arrested for allegedly operating a clandestine abortion clinic. However, the woman, named Morales, had no medical knowledge, since she is actually a lawyer. Morales, 38, was arrested Desamparados Fallas and she was later released with precautionary measures. Apparently, women paid up to 30,000 colones for an ultrasound on the first […]

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Panamanians arrested with more than 3 kilos of compressed marijuana

October 25, 2016 by Staff News Writer

In a road control check point near La Amistad Bridge, that links Cañas and Nicoya, officers of the security forces captured 2 Panamanians, named Finn and Stuart, carrying packages of compressed marijuana. It was further confirmed that Stuart has a history of aggravated robbery. Both men were taken to the Prosecutor’s Office of Nicoya in […]

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Government denies negotiations for more Chinese aircrafts

October 25, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The possibility that the Government buys more Chinese aircraft was emphatically ruled out and it was even taken with surprise by President Luis Guillermo Solís, who said the country “cannot afford it”. At this time, … All the renovated equipment for the Air Surveillance Service of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in the coming […]

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Crocodile that attacked tourist was captured and relocated

October 25, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The crocodile behind the attack suffered by an American tourist on July 22nd in Tamarindo beach was captured and relocated on October 16th. According to an official statement from the Association of Integral Development of Tamarindo, they were able to catch it with the collaboration of officials from Las Baulas National Marine Park. The crocodile […]

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