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“Cualquier Día” short film will represent Costa Rica in the Latin American Global Film Festival

January 30, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Costa Rican producer Marysela Zamora and her short film “Cualquier Día” will represent the country at the Latin American Global Film Festival. This festival, which takes place in the Dominican Republic, is recognized for being one of the most important film fest in the Caribbean region. Zamora is the only Costa Rican that participates with […]

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Beware of this new scam!

January 30, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The Ministry of Public Security warned about a new scam used by criminals to defraud people. It is used against the deaf-mute community, which has filed a complaint on three occasions. Scammers are locating people with this disability and they are offering them to be part of a program to sell food and drinks and […]

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The Executive seems to be interested in shrimp trawling

January 30, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Near 15 environmental organizations denounced an Executive’s ‘obstinate’ intention to show, without scientific support, the sustainability of the shrimp trawling. In 2013, the Constitutional Court declared it was an unconstitutional practice. However, since last year the organizations have warned there is an interest in reactivating this fishing technique. MarViva Foundation, which is against the project, […]

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A group of men has a new proposal to pay the alimony

January 30, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Tired of disagreeing with the amounts to be paid for alimony, a group of men are driving a project so that this compensation is calculated by valuing gross data of expenses and income published in the National Survey of Households (ENAHO) by the National Institute of Statistics And Censuses (INEC). The initiative aims to establish […]

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Three people were arrested for illegally logging trees

January 27, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Officers from the Public Force in Barra del Colorado arrested three people suspected of illegally logging large numbers of trees. The incident occurred in Puerto Lindo of Colorado district in Pococí, the Caribbean zone of the country. The detainees are two children under 14 and 15 years and a 25-year-old adult surnamed Murillo. Public Force […]

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The International Graduate Studies Fair 2017 will be held next month

January 27, 2017 by Staff News Writer

If you are a university student or a professional and you are looking for options to specialize, there will be an activity that will definitively interest you. This is the International Graduate Studies Fair 2017. It will be held at the Radisson Hotel, in San José, on February 9th, from 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm. […]

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