A week and a half after a fire ragedthrough two floors of San José’s HospitalCalderón Guardia, claiming 19 lives andcausing an estimated $15-20 million...
DRUG laboratories in Costa Ricacould be producing ecstasy and other syntheticrecreational drugs, according toorganized crime specialists here.The evidence is stacked in favor of thepossibility:...
DCA S.A. Real Estate is planning tobuild the northwestern province ofGuanacaste’s first private hospital inLiberia, the provincial capital, just 3 kilometersfrom Daniel Oduber InternationalAirport,...
IMMIGRATION police, drug-controlpolice and regular officers detained 53undocumented foreigners Saturday in thecentral Pacific beach town of Jacó, thedaily La Nación reported. Most of thosedetained...
SHARK researchers on Saturday traveledto Isla del Coco, a Costa Rican island532 kilometers off the country’s Pacificcoast, to attach satellite tags to whalesharks and...
THE Ombudsman’s Office and theinternal auditor of the Child WelfareOffice (PANI) are looking into accusationsof slowness, bureaucracy andalleged bribery in PANI’s adoption system.After parents’...
ALL government offices and many privatebusinesses will close July 25 for GuanacasteDay, a national holiday to celebratethe annexation of the northwestern provinceof Guanacaste –...
A new police force created to overseesecurity at embassies and other diplomaticinstallations in Costa Rica has formallybegun operations.A spokesman from the PublicSecurity Ministry told...
Passport rates for U.S. citizenshave increased, according to the U.S.State Department. The new fee for those16 and older is $97, up from $85. Therate...
THOSE interested in growing theirown vegetables, medicinal and ornamentalplants using hydroponics are invitedto the free classes the Ministry ofAgriculture and Cattle offers once amonth...
