Solution to arsenic water problem will have to wait until December
Email this page October 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Some 14 water systems across the country that are contaminated with arsenic in concentrations exceeding those allowed for human consumption will have to…
Updated: U.S. man in Playas del Coco throws himself in front of bus in apparent suicide
Email this page October 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A U.S. man who was staying in Playas del Coco was ran over and killed by a bus over the weekend in an…
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rattles Costa Rica’s southern zone
Email this page October 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook Costa Rica’s southern zone near the border with Panama, in whose territorial waters the…
French tourist drowns at Tortuguero
Email this page October 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A French tourist, identified as 59-year-old Jean Pierre Maurice Bomvallo, drowned on Sunday morning in front of the La Princesa hotel in Tortuguero,…
Child pornography cases have increased by more than 60% in five years
Email this page October 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Criminal cases related to child pornography, punishable under Article 173 of the Penal Code, have increased 63% since 2008. According to the…
Legendary rocker Lou Reed dead at 71
Email this page NEW YORK CITY, October 28, 2013 (AFP) – Songwriter and musician Lou Reed, one of the most influential US rockers in decades, died Sunday of complications from a recent…
Cash Can Beat Food Aid in Combating Hunger, Study Says
Email this page Steve Baragona / VOA October 28th, 2013 – Cash can be more effective than food aid when it comes to reaching hungry people, according to a new…
‘Lost world’ discovered in remote Australia
Email this page SYDNEY, October 28, 2013 (AFP) – An expedition to a remote part of northern Australia has uncovered three new vertebrate species isolated for millions of years, with…
