ICE Rents Generators To Avoid Shortages
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), the state monopoly on electrical energy and telecommunications, reports to have rented two thermal electrical generating plants from the private sector.

Police Uncover Plot To Kill President and Top Cop
President Oscar Arias, the Ministro de Seguridad Pública Fernando Berrocal and the director of the Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional (DIS) Roberto Solórzano, were that targets of two Nicaraguan men, who who working as mules for the Colombian FARC, with operations in Costa Rica, the Spanish language newspaper Diario Extra reports.

Group Concerned About Increase in Child Pregnancies
The director of the group "Reciclando Esperanzas", located in San Francisco de Dos Ríos, Patricia Porras Sánchez, revealed that pregnancies in girls between 12 and 13 years of age is on the increase and by as much as 20% over the past year.

Pedestrian Run Over For Real During Simulation
A simulated accident organized by the Consejo de Seguridad Vial (Cosevi) with the objective of avoiding more deaths on the roads, resulted in a pedestrian being run over for real.

Immigration Asked To Refund Overcharges
Though most of the new regulations contained in the new "Ley de Migración y Extranjería" that came into effect, mainly due to lack of resources, both financial and manpower, one new rule is in force: the cost of processing a new passport.

Morning After Pill May Soon Be in Costa Rica
The morning-after pill, recently approved for over the counter sale, is becoming a controversy in Costa Rica, even though it has yet to be offered for the sale in Costa Rica.