The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation is telling drivers that they can make a right turn when the traffic lights are red. Through a social media campaign, the institution seeks to reduce traffic jams. The move does not imply bypassing road rules, but is allowed by current traffic law. Mario Calderon, head of the traffic […]

During 2016, police have found eight burnt bodies and suspect this is in a new tactic of organized crime in handling internal purges or fighting rivals. Just this week, a total of three burnt bodies appeared in different locations of the country Of the eight cases over the last six months, only one resulted in an arrest for a […]

Despite growth of government’s income, the public deficit remained the same, because public expenditure grew at the same proportion, noted a report by the General Comptroller office. In 2015, government’s income grew by 0.53 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, about 150,000 million colones. However, public expenditure rose 0.49 percent of GDP. Marta Acosta, the […]

Police arrested on Wednesday afternoon a convict, who was released from prison to serve the rest of his sentence on house arrest, for selling drugs. The man, identified by the surnames Atavia Jiménez, served just one year in prison for a 6-year sentence for selling drugs. According to the police, the man allegedly began selling […]

The number and quality of education of Costa Rican law school graduates are being questioned, after the results of the affiliation exam to the attorneys association were made public. Since last September more of 1,000 candidates have taken the exam on three occasions, but only 30 percent passed the test. In Costa Rica there are about […]