UPDATED: 3 children dead after boat capsizes
Email this page PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA – October 16th, 2012 – Three children ranging in age from 6 to 8 years old have died after the boat they were aboard…
Motorcyclist receives over $3,000 in tickets from single traffic stop
Email this page October 16th, 2012 – Kevin Benavidez Jimenez received over 1,500,000 colones, or more than $3,000 in traffic tickets, when stopped by a Fuerza Publica officer for a…
Tourism industry has fingers crossed for the high season
Email this page October 16th, 2012 – Costa Rica’s tourism industry, especially hotels, have had a difficult low season this year, but operators have their fingers crossed for a recovery…
France may send search dogs to Costa Rica in search for missing couple
Email this page SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – October 15th, 2012 – The French Embassy in Costa Rica announced that they are looking into the possibility of sending a special…
Costa Rica engineers have eyes on climate change’s effect on infrastructure
Email this page SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – October 15th, 2012 – Next year, Costa Rica’s Federated Engineer and Architect Professional College (CFIA, in Spanish), will be meeting with the…
More aftershocks, perhaps even another quake this week?
Email this page October 15th, 2012 – Costa Rica residents experienced a new earthquake on Friday, at around 1:20 p.m. local time. The earthquake was of 5.2 magnitude, with its…
Municipalities will appraise their own beach concessions
Email this page October 15th, 2012 – Municipalities on Costa Rica’s coasts will no longer have to ask the Dirección General de Tributación (Costa Rica’s central tax authority) to appraise…
Cigarette makers adapting to anti-tobacco law
Email this page SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – October 15th, 2012 – The “Tabacalera Costarricense S.A., or TACSA, which is affiliated with Phillip Morris International, says it is preparing to…
