192 districts from 72 cantons will have free access to Internet, thanks to “Espacios Públicos Conectados” program, driven by the National Telecommunications Fund (FONATEL). Humberto Pineda, director of FONATEL, declared that there will be about 1, 500,000 beneficiaries. 32.9 million dollars were approved. The program is expected to be ready during the second half of […]

peach-palm domestic producers are alert to the threat of a plague known as picudo del pejibaye (peach palm weevil). Areas such as Tucurrique, Pérez Zeledón and the Caribbean are among the most affected ones. According to the State Phytosanitary Service (SFE), the plague entered through a product from Panama to be used in cattle food. […]

It is October, but Christmas is just around the corner and gunpowder comes with it. Poor use of this material may bring horrible consequences for you, so it is important that if you are planning to buy gunpowder, you do it legally. Pyrotechnics are the only legal gunpowder. When it ignites, it produces an effect […]

A Guatemalan citizen, surnamed Calen Cux, was arrested: he tried to take out 125 kilos of cocaine through Peñas Blancas border. The Drug Control Police (PCD) found the drug hidden in a secret compartment located on the sides of the floor of his van. According to Minister of Public Security Gustavo Mata, police officers seized […]

A local commission, created to meet the emergency with crocodiles in Tamarindo, asked citizens not to feed these reptiles and it accused this practice as the reason why these animals are changing their behavior. After the relocation of the crocodile that attacked the American tourist on July 22nd, the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) announced […]