
Something you don't see every day. An unattended herd of cows were a traffic stopped Saturday afternoon in Lindora, Santa Ana. The cows criss crossed traffic making their way into a grass field nearby. See story and photos. |
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Illegal Barriers
On Public Roads
Used To Combat
Crime In Costa
Rica
We've all come
across them,
some form of
barrier closing
off a public
street from
traffic or a
security guard
asking you where
you are going
and taking down
your license
plate. These
barriers across
a public street
enable a "gated
community". But,
they are
illegal.

Costa Rica's
Ambassador to
Beijing Says
China Pressuring
For Work Visas
Costa Rica's
ambassador to
Beijing Antonio
Burgues has
condemned the
pressure brought
by a Chinese
diplomat in
Costa Rica to
secure 100
working visas
for Chinese
workers


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Legislative
Assembly Moving
To Zapote
Running out time
and options, the
president of the
Legislative
Assembly, Luis
Gerardo
Villanueva, said
that a recently
constructed
building in
Zapote could
soon be the new
home of the
Legislature.

Cows On The
Loose in Lindora
It is not every
day that you can
see a heard of
cows calmly and
at a leisurely
pace using a
major
thoroughfare and
all on their
own. That was
the case in
Lindora de Santa
Ana, Costa
Rica's upscale
community, on
Saturday shortly
after 2pm.

Medical
Residents Strike
Over
The strike by
medical
residents of the
CCSS is over and
everyone is back
to work after 13
days of
crippling state
hospitals and
clinics.

Cyclists To Wear
Vests and Have
Headlights At
Night
The Ministerio
de Obras
Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT)
is reminding all
cyclists the
requirement to
wear a helmet
and a reflective
vest and a
headlight when
riding at night.

Pan-American
Life President:
Expansion Into
Costa Rica a
'Natural Step'
Pan-American
Life Insurance
Group said its
subsidiary,
Pan-American
Life Insurance
de Costa Rica,
has received
final approval
from the Costa
Rican insurance
regulator to
operate in the
country.
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So,
What
Are
We
To
Do
Now?
Closing
the
San
José
-
Caldera
is
perhaps
a
prudent
move
on
the
part
of
transport
officials,
but
what
are
now
to
do,
go
back
to
the
old
road,
the
monte
de
Aguacate
or
the
Cambronero?
No
way,
I
think
I
will
stay
home
until
they
re-open
ruta
27
completely. |
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