Twenty Gasoline Stations Closed For Non Compliance
Following the Shell gas station accident last October in Escazú and in an attempt to make refuelling safer, the Dirección de Combustibles del Ministerio del Ambiente (Minae), has been keeping a close eye on gasoline stations, as licenses for the majority of the stations came due last February 28.

Wanted Pastor Arrested in Costa Rica
A religious leader wanted in the United Sates for allegdly violating a 14 year old girl was arrested by the Fuerza Pública (police) yesterday while he was preaching in a Alajuela evangelical church.

Venezuelan Plant To Continue Operating
Alunasa (CVG Aluminios Nacionales), the manufacturing plant that is the property of Venezuela that had been threatened to be shut down leaving 400 people of work, will continue operating in Costa Rica, said Wednesday designated Ambassador José Huerta Castillo.

Earth University
It would be hard for me to say anything negative about Earth University, in Guácimo, Limón, Costa Rica, given my current state. I'm lounging in the peaceful on-campus "ecolodge," sipping on coconut milk the way nature intended it - straight from the coconut itself, which was grown right here, on one of the University's many experimental farms.

Scotiabank Points to Overseas Acquisitions As Reason For Big Profits
The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) in Canada is pointing to acquisitions in Costa Riac and elsewhere in the region as the main factors for the 20 per cent rise in its first-quarter profit.

Costa Developers Announces Opening of Costa Reserva at Esterillos
Costa Developers has announced the opening of Costa Reserva at Esterillos. Overlooking the turquoise waters of the Pacific Ocean, Costa Reserva at Esterillos is being developed as a private, gated community featuring five hundred acres of pristine tropical splendor and will offer magnificent ocean, mountain, or countryside view home sites, as well as secluded lots by a natural river.