Puntarenas’ beaches are literally full of garbage. According to Luis Guillermo Brenes, environmental manager of the Municipality of Puntarenas, the largest amount of waste is located at Pochote, Cocal and La Principal beaches. It will take three to four weeks to clean the beaches. Edgar Gutiérrez, minister of Environment and Energy (MINAE), stated that the application of […]

Train’s service to Paraíso, in Cartago, would be a reality next year, as confirmed by Christian Vargas, president of the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (INCOFER). In September 2014, President Luis Guillermo Solís announced that the train would be servicing Paraíso by middle 2016, but it didn´t happen because there was a cutback in the project’s […]

Oil prices fell on November 2nd to its lowest level in a month in European markets. The data showed an increase higher than expected on the United States’ oil stocks. Brent barrel’s price from the North Sea is 46.62 dollars on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in London. That is 1.52 dollars less than its price […]

Drug Control Police officers (PCD) arrested a man on November 1st under the suspicion of selling drugs near Finca 8 school, in Río Frío de Sarapiqui. The 33-year-old man, surnamed García, has a criminal record for murder and drugs smuggling into a prison facility. The alleged drug dealer was seized with 1,054 doses of marijuana, […]

According to data from the Ministry of Health, the central region of Alajuela has the highest number of dengue cases recorded so far. A new report on the country confirmed cases of dengue, Chikungunya and Zika. It also stated that Alajuela has 3,149 cases. The Dengue that is circulating in the country through 3 different […]

President of the Republic Luis Guillermo Solís explained that this year he will not pay the car ownership tax. The collection of the tax for 2017 began on November 1st; however, the president said that he has lent his car to his children and they will fulfill that obligation. Happily I will not pay for that […]