Two employees of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) were kidnapped by four individuals who intercepted them to steal a vehicle. Carlos Hidalgo, a spokesman for the Ministry of Security, said the suspects were traveling in a black pickup and a black motorcycle. After the brief kidnap, the workers were left on the slope of Los Calderones […]
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The suspect of murdering 5 young people in Liberia is a 40-year-old man
Walter Espinoza, director of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), said that a 40-year-old man is the main suspect of murdering 5 young people in Liberia. He has a Chinese-letter tattoo on his back near the right shoulder. His height and nationality are unknown. Authorities did not give details of the suspect’s relationship with the victims, […]
Young girl who survived massacre in Liberia is getting better
The 14-year-old girl who survived the massacre in Liberia, where five university students lost their lives, is now stable. According to Vanessa Montiel, deputy director of the Enrique Baltodano Hospital in Liberia, the teenager remains stable and is getting better.” The young woman, a relative of one of the other victims, was in the house […]
A bill aims to help visually-impaired people
A bill that would allow visually-impaired people to access and reproduce books and texts without being sanctioned was affirmatively ruled by the Disability Affairs Committee of the Legislative Assembly. Legislator Óscar Pérez explained that at present, that possibility does not exist because the Copyright Law does not allow to do so. The legislator indicated that […]
RECOPE has new heating system for tanks
The Costa Rican Oil Refinery (RECOPE) hopes to downsize the use of energy in the bunker and asphalt storage process with the automatic steam heating system in the Moín Plant. The project was completed in August 2016 and it cost $ 385,000. The new system allows reducing the consumption of steam and fuels in this […]
Beware! A man lost his teeth when an e-cigarrette exploded in his mouth
A young man lost part of his teeth when an electronic cigarette exploded in his mouth. He had been using it for about a year. Andrew Hall shared his tragic experience on Facebook and said that he did nothing he had not done before. He detailed that he lost at least 7 teeth and he […]