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Floods Delay Commuter Train Start

THE reopening of the highly anticipated commuter train between east and west San José has been delayed a week because of the heavy rains...

Port Strike Ends with Government Concessions

IN the nationwide struggle to improve the country’s ports, the Caribbean ports of Limón and Moín came to the forefront late last week when...

Crackdown on Police Taking Bribes from Drug Users

The Tico Times.Then, he said, police give the kids a reward for reporting the tourists.He has heard of it going on in Puerto Viejo,...

UCR Investigators Study Youth Alcohol Consumption

COSTA Rican youth begin drinking alcohol at an average age of 14.9, according to a recent study conducted by the University of Costa Rica...

ICE Unions March On Legislative Assembly

HUNDREDS of workers from the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), along with their supporters, marched on the Legislative Assembly Monday to protest the Central...

Thieves Threaten “La Negrita”

IN what has now become the fourth major robbery or attempted robbery at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels, a group of...

Finance Minister Makes Surprise Exit

FINANCE Minister Federico Carrillo announced yesterday that he is resigning, effective today. Vice-Minister David Fuentes will succeed him – becoming the fourth Finance Minister...

Hawksbill Turtle Nests Hatch on Pacific Coast

LAST weekend, two hawksbill turtle nests hatched successfully at Playa Caletas in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, according to a statement from the Sea...

Tico Times Readers Warn of Tourist Scam

A Tico Times reader has once again sounded the alarm about a several-year-old tourist scam on Avenida Central, the pedestrian boulevard in downtown San...

Environment Ministry Closes Caribbean Hotel

PUTTING an end to a 12-year controversy, authorities took possession Tuesday of Hotel Las Palmas, inside the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge in the Caribbean province...

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