The ATM Took Ate Up My Card!
Using an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) or completing an electronic transaction can still be risky business in Costa Rica.

Toll Booth Donations To Pay for Pedestrian Overpasses
Drivers leaving San José by highway are faced with a toll booth near the Airport and near Multiplaza to the west and Tres Rios to the east, where the Ministerio de Obras Pública y Transported (MOPT) charges ¢75 colones for each passenger vehicle.

Costa Rica Creates New Loophole for Landing Shark Fins
Costa Rica’s National Fisheries Institute (INCOPESCA) has created a new loophole for landing shark fins by allowing foreign vessels to completely cut off shark fins and then land the fins tied onto shark bodies, instead of attached in natural form.

NASA Researchers Studying Tropical Cyclones
As scientists and coastal residents brace for another potentially challenging hurricane season, NASA is launching the Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) mission. TCSP is a month-long research effort primarily intended to document "cyclogenesis," the birth of tropical storms, hurricanes and related phenomena.

American Stabbed to Death in His Apartment
The Fuerza Pública were called yesterday afternoon when 65 year old American Edward John Shoppock did answer the repeated knocks on his apartment door. The 30 year old woman called on the owner of the property to open the door when the Shoppock did not come to the door and became worried.

Did You Feel It?
Two earthquakes shook most of Costa Rica yesterday, reports the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico (Ovsicori) de la Universidad Nacional.

Costa Rica to Appeal FIFA Suspension
Costa Rica's soccer association will appeal to FIFA for a three-game ban handed down to defender Douglas Sequeira, it said on its website on Thursday.