Tamarindo Residents Protest Against Illegal Construction
Upset with all the illegal construction, some 50 residents of the Pacific coast town of Tamarindo decided to have a day of protest on Saturday. The main focus of the protest is the construction of a commercial centre smack in the centre of an already overbuilt area, authorized by the Municipalidad de Santa Cruz.

Pacheco To Be Nominated For Nobel Prize
The position of not allowing the exploitation of oil in Costa Rican waters may see former president, Abel Pacheco de la Espriella, awarded the Nobel Peace prize, that could make him the second Costa Rican to receive the prize. The first was current president Oscar Arias.

Small Plane Runs Into Buffaloes
It was Saturday 11:30pm when a small airplane was involved in bizarre accident in the small landing field of Coto 47, in the southern zone, when the plane, on landing, hit a buffalo - yes, a buffalo.

Banco Central Selects OpenLink's Findur
OpenLink, a leading provider of financial and commodity trading, risk management, and operations processing software solutions, announced today that Costa Rica's central bank, Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR), has licensed Findur, the company's integrated trading and portfolio management solution.

WORD CUP SOCCER:
Respect But No Dear as Costa Rica Prepare Opening Game
Costa Rica goalkeeper Jose Francisco Porras expects to be busy when they take on World Cup hosts Germany in the tournament opener in Munich on Friday.

Rockets With Tico Seal
Workers hurry under the hot sun of Liberia, Guanacaste, to complete the facility that will play a major role in the perfecting of the plasma rocket that NASA will use to travel to Mars.