Workers must receive time off to vote on February 2nd
Email this page January 14th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Employers must allow their workers time to vote for Costa Rica’s next president on Sunday, February 2nd, or face stiff fines. That…
Nicaragua, Chinese tycoon say ‘mega canal’ work to begin this year
Email this page MANAGUA, January 13, 2014 (AFP) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Chinese tycoon Wang Jing on Saturday said plans to start building a $40-billion canal across the…
Fecal coliform exceeds recommended limits at seven beaches
Email this page January 13th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Of 122 beaches recently evaluated by the National Water Laboratory, only seven exceeded the recommend maximum level of fecal coliform, representatives of the…
Increase in traffic fines now in effect
Email this page January 13th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) An automatic adjustment in traffic fines came into effect on January 9th, with increases for various offenses ranging from ¢1,000 to ¢13,000. …
Group says removal of squatters near Liberia was politically motivated
Email this page January 10th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Police officers of the Fuerza Publica in Liberia, Guanacaste carried out the eviction this week of some 50 families consisting of some 200…
Man who went on rampage at geriatric clinic arrested
Email this page January 10th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A 22-year-old Nicaraguan man identified by the last names Acevedo Grijalva who went on a rampage at a geriatric clinic after losing his…
RECOPE requests additional increases in gasoline, diesel prices
Email this page January 10th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery (RECOPE) is requesting increases in the prices of gasoline and diesel for the second time this month, citing…
Scheme to slow global warming could wreck tropics: study
Email this page January 8, 2014 (AFP) – An idea by the father of the H-bomb to slow global warming by sowing the stratosphere with light-reflecting particles could wreck the…
