Person of interest in custody after triple murder in La Fortuna
Email this page February 12th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Officials of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) detained a man yesterday afternoon in downtown La Fortuna in San Carlos, who OIJ officials say…
Chinchilla says Pope Benedict XVI resignation was act of “humility and selflessness”
Email this page February 12th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) In a surprise announcement, Pope Benedict XVI said on Monday that he would resign at the end of the month, after only holding…
7 new hotels to add 1,309 rooms over next 24 months
Email this page February 12th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) According to the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), seven hotel projects currently under construction would increase the number of hotel rooms available in…
After 5 deaths in 2012, no cases of swine flu so far this year
Email this page February 12th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s Health Ministry reported that the country closed last year with 49 cases of H1N1 influenza, which has come to become known…
Asteroid will be near-miss next week, come closer than satellites
Email this page February 8th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) An asteroid, about 45 meters in diameter or about the size of a small office building, will make an extremely close pass by…
5 dead after blaze at motel in Santiago de Puriscal
Email this page February 8th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Five people are dead and two seriously injured after a fire broke out at 1:24am at the Las Águilas motel in the center…
CONAVI to install plastic manhole covers to prevent theft
Email this page February 8th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The National Roads Authority (CONAVI) has decided to buy plastic manhole covers in order to prevent their theft, as normal steel manhole covers…
Respiratory infections continue, filling hospitals and clinics
Email this page February 8th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Respiratory infections continue to fill Costa Rica’s hospitals and clinics, representing 12% of all care given and ranking as the most common reason…
