Costa Rica Tops Nicaragua in Number of Deaths by Firearms
An report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), of which Costa Rica is a member state, reveals that Costa Rica surpasses neighbouring Nicaragua in the number of deaths by firearms.

Texas Residents Die in Fishing Boat Mishap
Funeral services are pending for two former Brenham, Texas, residents who drowned in a boating accident off he coast of Costa Rica.

Tamarindo, a Place for Easy Drugs and Prostitution
A report in today's edition of the Spanish language daily, Al Día, says that Playa Tamarindo is the beauty of the beach is not the only reason attracting the great number of tourists - foreigners - but, a well organized "mafia" that provides drugs and prostitution.

Cruel Twist in Missing Australian
Two weeks ago, on missing Melbourne student Brendan Dobbins' 25th birthday, his distraught parents believed the mystery surrounding his disappearance in Costa Rica was about to be solved.