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A woman who owns a house, a commercial space and two apartments located in Tirrases, Curridabat, lost her assets because a group of young people who are allegedly involved in drug trafficking took control of them. The victim, surnamed Castillo, informed that she doesn’t receive any money from her assets, instead, members of the “Pollo” […]

Very few people have had the opportunity to visit South Korea, however Costa Rica has a very important representative of that culture, who visited the facilities of DIARIO EXTRA to talk a little about the relations between his country and Costa Rica, as well as the progress after the visit of President Luis Guillermo Solís […]

Minister of Public Works and Transport Carlos Villalta assured that the 2-month delay to complete the works on La Platina bridge, recently explained by Alfredo González Flores, will not mean a greater economic cost. In October, a report from the Comptroller General’s Office (CGR) pointed out the constant changes in the terms and prices of […]

The Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) reported that the 170 gold miners that were located in the Shore of Termo River, in the limits of Corcovado National Park, voluntarily left the place, after the negotiations on Tuesday. Dennis Carmona, secretary of MINAE Workers’ Union (SITRAMINAE), insisted that these people were not the real problem […]

This year, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will be applied to 20,000 teenagers between the ages of 12 and 16, as part of the research carried out by the Costa Rican Agency for Biomedical Research (ACIB), coordinated by Dr. Paula González. According to the expert, the young women will be invited to get the two-dose […]

The Directorate General of Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport began the second phase of the project to make more traffic lights in the capital run with solar energy. This was confirmed by Diego Rugama, who explained that on January 24th they were ordered to start installing the systems specifically between […]