Officials of the Border Police chased and arrested an alleged human trafficker in Tablillas de Los Chiles, a town in the province of Alajuela. According to police reports, the suspect is surnamed Salinas, 26, and is a neighbor of this border community. The agents surprised him with two people, a 17-year-old teenager and his adult […]
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Central Bank warns of fraud attempts to bank customers
Criminals have been contacting banks customers over the phone and e-mail under the pretext of providing their IBAN account number, but with the purpose of tricking them. The IBAN is a 22-digit figure that is used as a unique identifier for accounts and cards, so that it serves for local and international transfers, which will […]
Legislators observed a minute’s silence for victims of natural disasters
On Thursday afternoon, legislators observed a minute’s silence for the fatalities of Hurricane Irma and the recent earthquakes in Mexico. Unanimously, and with 41 votes in favor, the legislators approved four motions in that direction. The measure of solidarity includes the peoples of San Martin, San Bartolomé, Antigua, Barbuda, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto […]
President of the Court files complaint over insulting image
Carlos Chinchilla, President of the Supreme Court of Justice, filed a complaint with the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) due to an image going around in social media that contains threatening content and insulting phrases against him. The homicides referred to in the image are the one of Canadian Elias Akl, which occurred on May 15th, […]
UNESCO awarded Quepos School for sustainability actions
Inmaculada School, located in Quepos, was recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Education for Sustainable Development (EDS) and Disaster Risk Management (DRM). The school participated along with 5,000 other education centers in the continent in the Continental Schools with Sustainable Future Rally, and it won the first place of […]
Girls who begged in streets would return to Poland without their parents
The Polish girls relocated by the National Children’s Trust (PANI), due to begging conditions propitiated by their parents, would return to their home country. The three-year-old girl and her baby sister were transferred to an alternative protection and custody measure since the beginning of July, because they were both seen with their parents begging and […]