Tornado Raises Roofs In Heredia
It was 3:10pm when a tornado formed in the area of Santa Cecilia de San Franciso, Heredia. The phenomenum last approximately five minutes and left a number of houses without roofs, windows, walls and strew objects, like zinc roof panels, like pieces of paper.

Pregnant Woman Strangled To Take Her Baby
Macabre. It is the only word that can be used to describe the event that surrounded the death of 22 year old woman that went missing last March and her body found in a Joaquina en Getzemaní de San Rafael de Heredia almost a month later.

Poverty Causes School Exodus
Costa Rican authorities recognized poverty as key cause of school drop-outs and announced the Money Transfer Program, a subsidy to help poor children complete their studies.

Tibás Garbage Finally Being Picked Up
With brooms, shovels and more important, six trucks, Municipalidad de Tibás workers were out in full force yesterday to rid the city of the estimated 1.200 tonnes of garbage that has been accumulating on the streets.

WORLD CUP SOCCER:
Bolt-cutter needed for Costa Rica arrival
A security gate at Frankfurt airport had to be cut open with a bolt-cutter on Thursday for a bus picking up Costa Rica's World Cup team from their plane.

Whale Shark Research
Costa Rican and US scientists will study, starting in June and through July 2007, the transit of whale sharks, the largest known fish, through the Costa Rican Pacific.