At the end of January 2017, the Fire Department assisted 6,070 emergencies, according to statistics from the institution. Compared to 2016, this figure represents an increase of 4%. Most emergencies had to do with fires in vegetation (1,102), swarms of bees (945), short circuits (645) and strong winds (279). Moreover, firefighters also took care of […]
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Bridge in La Platina will be named “Alfredo González Flores”
On Tuesday afternoon, President Luis Guillermo Solís announced that the bridge over Virilla River on Route 1 in General Cañas Highway would be named Alfredo González Flores Bridge, according to the request he made to the Nominating Commission. I am pleased to ask the Nominating Commission to name it after the former president Alfredo González […]
Solís: Without taxes, the country will be in peril
I say today, January 31st, 2017: the country could be in peril if no new taxes are approved. These were the remarks by President Luis Guillermo Solís due to the little feasibility of the new tax package sent to the Legislative Assembly. Four fractions stated that the document presented by the Ministry of Finance is […]
Two arrests for illegal logging
For the second time in a week, authorities seized a large amount of timber that had been illegally cut in Talamanca. The first case occurred in Bonifé in Talamanca, Limón, where several border officers located, an improvised sawmill and a man -who was later arrested- on the banks of the Sixaola River. In that place, […]
A drug-trafficking family was caught in Coto Brus
Officials from the Drug Control Police (PCD), dismantled a drug-trafficking family operating in San Vito de Coto Brus, in the Southern Zone of the country. Apparently , the group was led by a 31-year-old woman named Concepción, who had the support of several men, including a brother and a subject surnamed Chaves, who were murdered […]
Is Donald Trump’s decree of temporarily curbing the arrival of people from seven Muslim-majority countries legal?
President Donald Trump’s decree to temporarily curb the arrival of refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries has been the most controversial moment of his newly inaugurated mandate. The decision provoked an international scandal, especially after more than 100 immigrants and refugees, including several with permanent residence permits in the United States, were detained at […]