Report of Dobbins Body Buried Turned Out to be False
The report that the body of Brendan Keiran Dobbins, the Australian young man who went missing in Tamarindo om March 4th, was buried in a site known as La Chechenia, some 500 metres from Tamarindo centre, turned out to be false.

Traveler on Mend After Fall in Jungle
What started out as a simple mission to get some mangoes from the Costa Rican jungle ended in a harrowing fall to the bottom of a ravine and a weeklong struggle to survive.

Labour Unions Say They Won't Recognize Arias as President if Elected
Numerous labour unions, civic organizations and lobby groups got together this past week at the Melico Salazar Theatre, in downtown San José, to discuss the impending presidential candidacy of former president Dr. Oscar Arias as well as the upcoming debate for approval of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).

Turtle Tourism Beckons
As a tourist to Costa Rica more than a decade ago, Santa Rosa Junior College instructional assistant Debbie Sherman delighted in visiting Tortuguero National Park, home to many species of turtles.

Father and Son in Jail Over "Crime of Passion"
Twenty years jail each is what the Tribunal de Juicio de Limón ordered for Gazo Pérez (father) and Víctor Pérez (son) for hacking a man, Sebastián Gómez Picado, and then setting him on fire by dousing him with gasoline.