FLYING the red flags of theLibertarian Movement Party, approximately150 pirate, or unlicensed, taxis motoredthrough downtown San José Tuesday morningproclaiming their support for the party,its...
BETWEEN three and five women eachweek are sexually assaulted by taxi drivers,according to the Judicial Investigation Police(OIJ), the daily Al Día reported.The assaults are...
THE Public Health Ministry hasordered the closure of several LegislativeAssembly buildings because of their poorsanitary conditions and high risk forearthquake damage.Describing what she called...
A water- and fire-resistant wood substitute,a fungus that helps decompose compactdiscs, and improved computer programmingfor modern operating systemswere the winners in this year’s NationalScience...
THE total amount of money involved ina national real estate fraud network beinginvestigated by the Judicial InvestigationPolice (OIJ) surpassed the $5 million markthis week...
COSTA Rica is one of the top 15peacekeeping countries in the world,according to a study by the Research andInformation Group on Peace and Security(GRIP),...
HELPING Costa Rica recover fromthe beating it received this year from hurricane-and torrential-rain-spawned flooding,Taiwan donated ¢215 million($439,000) to train professionals in climatology.The donation, part...
FOREIGN residents of Costa Rica cannow renew their residency cards (cédulas)Thursdays and Fridays without an appointment.The Immigration Department willattend to 300 people each day,...
THE Spanish exam students musttake in order to graduate from high schoolcontained a paragraph criticizing theCentral American Free-Trade Agreementwith the United States (CAFTA), and...
WITH the high tourism seasonapproaching and the number of flightsarriving at Daniel Oduber InternationalAirport expected to more than double bythe end of the month,...
