Hospital Fire Suspect in Custody
The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) finally have a suspect in their hands, arresting 24 year old, Juan Carlos Ledesma Sánchez, responsable for the fire that took 21 lives at the Calderón Guardia hospital on July 12 this year.

Job Fair Next Weekend For 2.000 Bilingual Jobs
Habla usted inglés? is a promotional program by the Coalición de Iniciativas de Desarrollo (Cinde) that is looking for 2.000 Costa Ricans who speak English to fill jobs by service sector companies at the "Feria Bilingüe de Empleo" to be held on November 4 to 6 at the Centro Nacional de Cultura (Cenal).

Armoured Car  Abandoned By Gang Following Heist
A band of thieves yesterday were successful in heisting an armoured car operated by Wackenhut with an estimated ¢100 million colones (us$205.000) inside, but was later abandoned in a coffee plantation in Barrio Santa Teresita, in Aserrí, when the thieves couldn't open the doors to the loot and became nervous, pressured by the overflights of a helicopter.

20 "Compra y Ventas" Shut Down by Police
Due to the rising number of thefts in San José, in the downtown area as well as the suburbs, San José Municipal authorities, along with members of the Fuerza Pública (police), the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) and the Policía Fiscal, visited a number of "compra y ventas" - buy and sell - shops in the city.

Gasoline Costs More Today
Did you fill you tank yesterday? If not, the same gasoline you could have bought yesterday will cost you more today, as the price of gasoline takes another hike, bringing the price for a litre of the combustible to a record high.