The holidays are over and reality is back, so the vehicle restriction resumes on Monday, January 2nd. Today, the vehicles whose plates end in 1 or 2 cannot enter downtown San José. The authorities of the Transit Police suspended the ban on December 26th, preceding the activities that were developed in San José and the […]
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If you did not pay the vehicle ownership tax in time, we have bad news
If you did not pay the vehicle ownership tax in time, we have bad news: from January 1st, interests will apply due to the delays. In addition to the interests, if the Traffic Police surprises you without the document, it can also fine you and you will have to pay 51,316 colones. Furthermore, they can […]
Citizens from Quepos took the law into their own hands
A criminal act made the population from Manuel Antonio Quepos react and take the law into their own hands. As reported by Carlos Hidalgo, spokesman from the Ministry of Public Security, the situation is under control thanks to the Tourist Police: a man tried to steal a tourist, who did not want to file a report […]
Costa Rican beauty in three minutes!
8 months ago, Isaac Centeno, an independent film producer, set a personal goal: to visit a different place in Costa Rica and record it with his camera. He would make a video every time he went out so that people could appreciate the natural beauty of the country. At this time, he has visited 32 […]
Solís: “we’ve had a great economic recovery thanks to El Impulso program”
In the first national broadcast of the year, President Luis Guillermo Solís boasted of the economic recovery that the country had through the “Impulso” (Impulse) program. A year has passed since the government launched the program to improve the conditions of competitiveness of the country. The set of actions announced by President Solis included measures […]
Turrialba’s first eruption in 2017
As not to lose the habit, Turrialba Volcano erupted for the first time this year on January 1st. The video cameras of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), which are installed a few meters from the top of the colossus, registered the first eruption of the year. Gino González, from the Volcanoes […]