Tired of returning home with less money in their pocket after working all day, a group of taxi drivers decided to fight back: they created an application that aims to recover all clients that Uber stole from them. “Taxis de Costa Rica” app allows users to know in advance the price of the travel, the […]

The Drug Control Police (PCD), arrested the first 2 mules of the year. They were apprehended in the kilometer 35 in the southern part of the country. The men carried bags of cocaine in their stomachs. According to the report of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP), the arrests occurred at different times, when they […]

The Christmas holidays ended and some citizens took advantage of the time to get rid of what wasn’t longer useful. In addition to the traditional trash, there are armchairs, clothes, printers, televisions and even a refrigerator in the middle of the street. Vacant lots are also exploited as new landfills and the collection of these […]

Each month, judicial authorities receive from 70 to 80 reports of burglaries in cantons near the metropolitan area of San José. According to the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), that figure tends to increase during the holidays. Eddy Roda, head of the office of assaults, robberies and thefts at the OIJ, made a list of the […]

The Advertisement Control Office determined that the ad driven by The Bank of Costa Rica for Tucán service humiliates women. The ad, which promoted a payment network, generated a great criticism and it was considered “sexist and offensive”. The Ombudsman’s Office, the National Women’s Institute, the Presidential House and several lawmakers disapproved it and requested, […]